Gainesville, MO Climate

Gainesville, MO has a humid subtropical climate, with hot and humid summers and mild winters. Average high temperatures in the summer reach into the low-90s, while average lows in winter drop to the mid-30s. The area receives an average of around 48 inches of precipitation per year, with some months receiving as much as 11 inches, primarily from thunderstorms during the warmer months. The area occasionally experiences snowfall in winter though usually only for short periods of time.

Gainesville, Missouri gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Gainesville averages 9 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 212 sunny days per year in Gainesville. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Gainesville gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 91 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 89 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 25
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 9 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Gainesville is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Missouri.

7.3 Summer - 6.2 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Gainesville, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Gainesville, Missouri	United States
	44.7 in.	38.1 in.
	9.1 in.	27.8 in.
	90.7 days	106.2 days
	212 days	205 days
	89.0°	85.8°
	25.0°	21.7°
	7.4	7
	4.5	4.3
	781 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

August is the hottest month for Gainesville with an average high temperature of 89.5°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Missouri. In Gainesville, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Gainesville are May, September and June.

In Gainesville, there are 38.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Missouri.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Gainesville with an average of 25.0°. This is one of the warmest places in Missouri.

In Gainesville, there are 87.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Missouri.

In Gainesville, there are 1.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the warmest places in Missouri.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Gainesville during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in Gainesville.

May is the wettest month in Gainesville with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 2.8 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.7 inches in Gainesville means that it is wetter than most places in Missouri.

May is the rainiest month in Gainesville with 10.3 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 6.2 rainy days. There are 90.7 rainy days annually in Gainesville, which is less rainy than most places in Missouri. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 9.1 inches in Gainesville means that it is less snowy than most places in Missouri. February is the snowiest month in Gainesville with 3.3 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.