Fort Leonard Wood Metro Area, MO Climate

The climate in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Metro Area is typically warm and humid. Summers are hot and often sticky, with average temperatures in the mid-80s. Winters are mild, with temperatures rarely dropping below freezing. Spring and fall offer a pleasant respite from the heat of summer with mild temperatures and comfortable humidity levels. Precipitation is distributed fairly evenly across the year, making this area an ideal destination for outdoor recreation throughout the year.

Fort Leonard Wood Metro Area, Missouri gets 46 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Fort Leonard Wood Metro Area averages 14 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 197 sunny days per year in Fort Leonard Wood Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Fort Leonard Wood Metro Area 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 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 20
Rain: averages 46 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 14 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Fort Leonard Wood metro area is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Missouri.

7.9 Summer - 5.7 Winter

September, May and June are the most pleasant months in the Fort Leonard Wood metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri	United States
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	87.4°	85.8°
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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.

August is the hottest month for the Fort Leonard Wood metro area with an average high temperature of 87.4°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Missouri. In the Fort Leonard Wood metro area, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Fort Leonard Wood metro area are September, May and June.

In the Fort Leonard Wood metro area, there are 26.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Missouri.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Fort Leonard Wood metro area with an average of 19.9°. This is about average compared to other places in Missouri.

In the Fort Leonard Wood metro area, there are 110.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Missouri.

In the Fort Leonard Wood metro area, there are 3.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Missouri.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the Fort Leonard Wood metro area 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 the Fort Leonard Wood metro area.

May is the wettest month in the Fort Leonard Wood metro area with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 29% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 46.4 inches in the Fort Leonard Wood metro area means that it is wetter than most places in Missouri.

May is the rainiest month in the Fort Leonard Wood metro area with 11.3 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 6.9 rainy days. There are 101.2 rainy days annually in the Fort Leonard Wood metro area, which is rainier 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 14.3 inches in the Fort Leonard Wood metro area means that it is snowier than most places in Missouri. January is the snowiest month in the Fort Leonard Wood metro area with 4.6 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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