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United States › Missouri › Cass County › Climate Station LEES SUMMIT MUNI AP, MO US Distance 21.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Cass County home comfortable runs roughly $500 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Cass County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

88.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 22.1°F.

Cass County gets 38.34" of precipitation a year, and 40% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 39.0° 22.1° 0.96"
February 44.3° 25.9° 1.43"
March 55.4° 35.4° 2.14"
April 65.5° 45.5° 4.19"
May 74.8° 55.9° 5.70"
June 84.0° 65.4° 4.95"
July 88.3° 69.7° 4.57"
August 86.9° 67.6° 4.54"
September 79.0° 59.0° 3.07"
October 67.1° 47.2° 3.39"
November 54.0° 36.2° 2.05"
December 43.2° 26.3° 1.35"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 40% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.96"
February 1.43"
March 2.14"
April 4.19"
May 5.70"
June 4.95"
July 4.57"
August 4.54"
September 3.07"
October 3.39"
November 2.05"
December 1.35"
Annual total 38.34"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 1,446
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,786
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.02¢/kWh, Missouri average $232
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $268

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Cass County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Cass County?

Cass County averages a high of 88.3°F in July and a low of 22.1°F in January. Annual precipitation is 38.34 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Cass County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 40% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Cass County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 88.3°F. That drives 1,446 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Cass County?

The weather station used for Cass County, LEES SUMMIT MUNI AP, MO US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 38.34 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station LEES SUMMIT MUNI AP, MO US (USW00053879), 21.7 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Missouri residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.