Clark County, MO Climate

Clark, MO County has a temperate climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average summer temperature is 78°F while the average winter temperature is 37°F. It experiences an average of 48 inches of rain each year and 9 inches of snowfall annually. The county generally experiences mild weather throughout the year with few extreme temperatures or weather conditions.

Clark County, Missouri gets 39 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Clark County averages 21 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 198 sunny days per year in Clark County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Clark County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 98 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 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 39 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 21 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Clark County is 7.1 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Missouri.

8.3 Summer - 5.1 Winter

September, June and May are the most pleasant months in Clark County, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Clark, Missouri	United States
	38.7 in.	38.1 in.
	20.8 in.	27.8 in.
	97.6 days	106.2 days
	198 days	205 days
	86.6°	85.8°
	15.6°	21.7°
	7.1	7
	3.7	4.3
	641 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 Clark County with an average high temperature of 86.6°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Missouri. In Clark County, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Clark County are September, June and May.

In Clark County, there are 20.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Missouri.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Clark County with an average of 15.6°. This is one of the coldest places in Missouri.

In Clark County, there are 121.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Missouri.

In Clark County, there are 7.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Missouri.

The humidity is usually acceptable in Clark County but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in Clark County.

May is the wettest month in Clark County with 5.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 33% of yearly precipitation and 13% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 38.7 inches in Clark County means that it is one of the driest places in Missouri.

May is the rainiest month in Clark County with 11.1 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.3 rainy days. There are 97.6 rainy days annually in Clark County, which is about average compared to other 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 20.8 inches in Clark County means that it is one of the snowiest places in Missouri. January is the snowiest month in Clark County with 6.1 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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