Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Hottest Summers in Missouri
Average daily high in the hottest month of the year, by county. Read it next to the cooling degree days in the same row: the two together are what the summer electricity bill is actually made of. Figures are NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals from the weather station nearest each county seat, so they describe a thirty-year average rather than any single year.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Missouri ranked
| # | County | Summer high | Cooling degree days | Monthly to own |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taney County | 91.9°F | 1,544 | $1,691 |
| 2 | Shannon County | 91.5°F | 1,451 | $1,294 |
| 3 | Maries County | 90.7°F | 1,607 | $1,612 |
| 4 | Franklin County | 90.6°F | 1,485 | $1,815 |
| 5 | New Madrid County | 90.3°F | 1,755 | $997 |
| 6 | St. Clair County | 90.3°F | 1,490 | $1,259 |
| 7 | Cape Girardeau County | 90.2°F | 1,592 | $1,740 |
| 8 | Dunklin County | 90.1°F | 1,830 | $911 |
| 9 | Pemiscot County | 90.1°F | 1,908 | $952 |
| 10 | Cedar County | 90.0°F | 1,632 | $1,396 |
| 11 | Johnson County | 89.8°F | 1,356 | $1,837 |
| 12 | Newton County | 89.8°F | 1,679 | $1,502 |
| 13 | Benton County | 89.7°F | 1,523 | $1,408 |
| 14 | Ozark County | 89.7°F | 1,594 | $1,336 |
| 15 | Greene County | 89.6°F | 1,540 | $1,713 |
| 16 | Ripley County | 89.6°F | 1,470 | $1,017 |
| 17 | St. Louis County | 89.6°F | 1,713 | $2,240 |
| 18 | St. Louis city | 89.6°F | 1,769 | $1,629 |
| 19 | Bates County | 89.5°F | 1,469 | $1,345 |
| 20 | Bollinger County | 89.5°F | 1,528 | $1,255 |
| 21 | Dade County | 89.5°F | 1,439 | $1,366 |
| 22 | Henry County | 89.5°F | 1,406 | $1,359 |
| 23 | St. Charles County | 89.5°F | 1,448 | $2,494 |
| 24 | Camden County | 89.4°F | 1,565 | $2,154 |
| 25 | Carter County | 89.4°F | 1,392 | $1,271 |
| 26 | Lawrence County | 89.4°F | 1,411 | $1,379 |
| 27 | Reynolds County | 89.4°F | 1,392 | $1,078 |
| 28 | Stone County | 89.3°F | 1,368 | $1,909 |
| 29 | Butler County | 89.2°F | 1,628 | $1,236 |
| 30 | Scott County | 89.2°F | 1,566 | $1,269 |
| 31 | Stoddard County | 89.2°F | 1,628 | $1,209 |
| 32 | Wayne County | 89.2°F | 1,628 | $1,033 |
| 33 | Barton County | 89.1°F | 1,381 | $1,223 |
| 34 | Christian County | 89.1°F | 1,345 | $2,057 |
| 35 | Jasper County | 89.1°F | 1,381 | $1,387 |
| 36 | Polk County | 89.1°F | 1,366 | $1,590 |
| 37 | Pulaski County | 89.1°F | 1,399 | $1,595 |
| 38 | Ste. Genevieve County | 89.1°F | 1,461 | $1,787 |
| 39 | Howell County | 89.0°F | 1,213 | $1,381 |
| 40 | Cole County | 88.9°F | 1,456 | $1,808 |
| 41 | Crawford County | 88.9°F | 1,487 | $1,424 |
| 42 | Dallas County | 88.9°F | 1,242 | $1,301 |
| 43 | Grundy County | 88.9°F | 1,258 | $1,036 |
| 44 | Phelps County | 88.9°F | 1,487 | $1,637 |
| 45 | Hickory County | 88.7°F | 1,473 | $1,102 |
| 46 | Mississippi County | 88.7°F | 1,592 | $974 |
| 47 | Vernon County | 88.7°F | 1,437 | $1,225 |
| 48 | Boone County | 88.6°F | 1,487 | $2,116 |
| 49 | Iron County | 88.5°F | 1,341 | $1,047 |
| 50 | St. Francois County | 88.5°F | 1,341 | $1,364 |
| 51 | Jefferson County | 88.4°F | 1,352 | $1,846 |
| 52 | Laclede County | 88.4°F | 1,317 | $1,372 |
| 53 | Cass County | 88.3°F | 1,446 | $2,226 |
| 54 | Jackson County | 88.3°F | 1,446 | $1,861 |
| 55 | Oregon County | 88.3°F | 1,261 | $1,067 |
| 56 | Perry County | 88.3°F | 1,274 | $1,611 |
| 57 | Platte County | 88.3°F | 1,363 | $2,635 |
| 58 | Andrew County | 88.1°F | 1,288 | $1,667 |
| 59 | Atchison County | 88.1°F | 1,238 | $1,001 |
| 60 | Buchanan County | 88.1°F | 1,288 | $1,382 |
| 61 | Gentry County | 88.1°F | 1,204 | $1,158 |
| 62 | Holt County | 88.1°F | 1,238 | $1,126 |
| 63 | Carroll County | 88.0°F | 1,254 | $1,046 |
| 64 | Clay County | 88.0°F | 1,266 | $2,180 |
| 65 | Audrain County | 87.9°F | 1,275 | $1,132 |
| 66 | McDonald County | 87.9°F | 1,341 | $1,187 |
| 67 | Madison County | 87.9°F | 1,137 | $1,368 |
| 68 | Miller County | 87.9°F | 1,315 | $1,454 |
| 69 | Webster County | 87.9°F | 1,310 | $1,794 |
| 70 | Wright County | 87.9°F | 1,228 | $1,297 |
| 71 | Chariton County | 87.8°F | 1,296 | $1,100 |
| 72 | Moniteau County | 87.8°F | 1,315 | $1,456 |
| 73 | Montgomery County | 87.8°F | 1,253 | $1,482 |
| 74 | Warren County | 87.8°F | 1,253 | $1,992 |
| 75 | Cooper County | 87.7°F | 1,344 | $1,659 |
| 76 | Osage County | 87.7°F | 1,240 | $1,708 |
| 77 | Dent County | 87.6°F | 1,168 | $1,301 |
| 78 | Macon County | 87.5°F | 1,308 | $1,166 |
| 79 | Morgan County | 87.5°F | 1,379 | $1,528 |
| 80 | Saline County | 87.5°F | 1,280 | $1,258 |
| 81 | Douglas County | 87.4°F | 1,203 | $1,385 |
| 82 | Gasconade County | 87.4°F | 1,028 | $1,463 |
| 83 | Clinton County | 87.3°F | 1,173 | $1,743 |
| 84 | Livingston County | 87.3°F | 1,196 | $1,258 |
| 85 | Pettis County | 87.3°F | 1,266 | $1,415 |
| 86 | Howard County | 87.2°F | 1,244 | $1,307 |
| 87 | Ray County | 87.2°F | 1,099 | $1,611 |
| 88 | Texas County | 87.1°F | 1,256 | $1,109 |
| 89 | Barry County | 87.0°F | 1,212 | $1,469 |
| 90 | Randolph County | 87.0°F | 1,253 | $1,279 |
| 91 | Caldwell County | 86.8°F | 1,101 | $1,380 |
| 92 | Lincoln County | 86.8°F | 1,159 | $1,878 |
| 93 | Lafayette County | 86.7°F | 1,231 | $1,697 |
| 94 | Nodaway County | 86.7°F | 1,082 | $1,446 |
| 95 | Harrison County | 86.6°F | 1,086 | $1,022 |
| 96 | Monroe County | 86.6°F | 1,092 | $1,306 |
| 97 | Shelby County | 86.6°F | 1,092 | $870 |
| 98 | DeKalb County | 86.5°F | 1,058 | $1,456 |
| 99 | Clark County | 86.4°F | 1,088 | $1,111 |
| 100 | Ralls County | 86.2°F | 1,144 | $1,352 |
| 101 | Marion County | 86.0°F | 1,153 | $1,402 |
| 102 | Washington County | 86.0°F | 1,196 | $1,078 |
| 103 | Pike County | 85.9°F | 1,144 | $1,178 |
| 104 | Daviess County | 85.8°F | 1,031 | $1,316 |
| 105 | Knox County | 85.8°F | 1,009 | $945 |
| 106 | Mercer County | 85.8°F | 990 | $942 |
| 107 | Schuyler County | 85.8°F | 1,009 | $1,106 |
| 108 | Scotland County | 85.8°F | 958 | $1,273 |
| 109 | Adair County | 85.7°F | 1,016 | $1,397 |
| 110 | Lewis County | 85.7°F | 1,070 | $1,098 |
| 111 | Callaway County | 85.5°F | 1,083 | $1,671 |
| 112 | Putnam County | 85.5°F | 986 | $1,068 |
| 113 | Worth County | 85.4°F | 1,038 | $925 |
| 114 | Linn County | 85.2°F | 1,053 | $1,089 |
| 115 | Sullivan County | 85.2°F | 1,053 | $984 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Hottest Summers across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Missouri