Cape Girardeau County, MO Climate

Cape Girardeau, MO County is located in Southeast Missouri in the Mississippi River Valley. The climate here is humid subtropical with hot summers and mild winters. Average summer temperatures are around 85°F (29°C) while winter temperatures average around 37°F (3°C). Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year with an annual average of 48 inches (122 cm). Snowfall is light, averaging 8 inches (20 cm) per season. Overall, the climate in Cape Girardeau County is characterized as mild and pleasant.

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri gets 48 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Cape Girardeau County averages 9 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 216 sunny days per year in Cape Girardeau County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Cape Girardeau County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 101 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 23
Rain: averages 48 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 9 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Cape Girardeau County is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Missouri.

7.1 Summer - 5.7 Winter

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

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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 Cape Girardeau County with an average high temperature of 89.4°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Missouri. In Cape Girardeau County, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Cape Girardeau County are May, September and October.

In Cape Girardeau County, there are 39.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Missouri.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Cape Girardeau County with an average of 23.2°. This is warmer than most places in Missouri.

In Cape Girardeau County, there are 96.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Missouri.

In Cape Girardeau County, there are 1.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Missouri.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Cape Girardeau County 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 Cape Girardeau County.

May is the wettest month in Cape Girardeau County with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 30% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 47.7 inches in Cape Girardeau County means that it is one of the wettest places in Missouri.

May is the rainiest month in Cape Girardeau County with 10.7 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 6.5 rainy days. There are 100.5 rainy days annually in Cape Girardeau County, which is rainier than most places in Missouri. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 8.8 inches in Cape Girardeau County means that it is less snowy than most places in Missouri. February is the snowiest month in Cape Girardeau County with 3.1 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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