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United States / Missouri / No Metro Area / Crawford County / St. Cloud / Zip Codes
St. Cloud, MO has a humid continental climate with hot, humid summers and cold, snowy winters. Summers in St. Cloud are typically warm and muggy with high temperatures reaching into the mid-80s Fahrenheit (mid-30s Celsius). Winters are much colder with temperatures dropping to well below freezing and snow accumulations of up to 14 inches (35 cm) annually. Spring and Autumn bring milder temperatures and are the best times to enjoy the outdoors in St. Cloud.

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

St. Cloud averages 12 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 199 sunny days per year in St. Cloud. The US average is 205 sunny days.

St. Cloud gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 95 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 88 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 19
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 12 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for St. Cloud is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Missouri.

8 Summer - 5.6 Winter
September, June and May are the most pleasant months in St. Cloud, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateSt. Cloud, MissouriUnited States
  44.8 in.38.1 in.
  12.3 in.27.8 in.
  94.6 days106.2 days
  199 days205 days
  87.6°85.8°
  18.8°21.7°
  7.37
  44.3
  955 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.

July is the hottest month for St. Cloud with an average high temperature of 87.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Missouri. In St. Cloud, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for St. Cloud are September, May and June.
In St. Cloud, there are 28.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Missouri.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for St. Cloud with an average of 18.8°. This is colder than most places in Missouri.
In St. Cloud, there are 120.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Missouri.
In St. Cloud, there are 5.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Missouri.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in St. Cloud 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 St. Cloud.
May is the wettest month in St. Cloud with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 19% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.8 inches in St. Cloud means that it is wetter than most places in Missouri.
May is the rainiest month in St. Cloud with 10.2 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 6.3 rainy days. There are 94.6 rainy days annually in St. Cloud, 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 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 12.3 inches in St. Cloud means that it is less snowy than most places in Missouri. December is the snowiest month in St. Cloud with 4.3 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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