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United States › Missouri › Lawrence County › Climate Station MT VERNON UNIV MO - SW CTR, MO US Distance 3.5 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Lawrence County home comfortable runs roughly $478 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Lawrence County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

89.4°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 22.2°F.

Lawrence County gets 45.45" of precipitation a year, and 34% of it falls in Apr, May, Jun.

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 44.0° 22.2° 2.38"
February 48.9° 26.0° 2.28"
March 58.0° 35.3° 3.67"
April 67.7° 44.4° 4.55"
May 75.8° 54.3° 5.86"
June 84.3° 63.6° 5.25"
July 89.4° 67.1° 4.01"
August 89.3° 64.9° 3.03"
September 81.5° 56.8° 4.70"
October 70.7° 44.7° 2.95"
November 57.9° 34.5° 3.93"
December 47.2° 26.4° 2.84"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 34% falling in the wettest three months (Apr, May, Jun).

January 2.38"
February 2.28"
March 3.67"
April 4.55"
May 5.86"
June 5.25"
July 4.01"
August 3.03"
September 4.70"
October 2.95"
November 3.93"
December 2.84"
Annual total 45.45"

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 1,411
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,493
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.02¢/kWh, Missouri average $226
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $252

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 Lawrence County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Lawrence County?

Lawrence County averages a high of 89.4°F in July and a low of 22.2°F in January. Annual precipitation is 45.45 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Lawrence County?

The wettest stretch is Apr, May, Jun, which accounts for 34% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Lawrence County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 89.4°F. That drives 1,411 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Lawrence County?

The weather station used for Lawrence County, MT VERNON UNIV MO - SW CTR, 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 45.45 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 MT VERNON UNIV MO - SW CTR, MO US (USC00235862), 3.5 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.