Blue Springs climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Blue Springs?

Blue Springs has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 988 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Blue Springs?

The hottest day measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1954, reaching 42.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Blue Springs?

The coldest day measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -31.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Blue Springs?

Yes. Blue Springs gets on average 46.2 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Blue Springs warmed?

Yes: Blue Springs warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Blue Springs?

The wettest day measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1961, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Blue Springs?

The windiest day measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1950, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Blue Springs?

The warmest month in Blue Springs is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Blue Springs?

Blue Springs receives on average 988 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Blue Springs?

Blue Springs gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Blue Springs (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 988 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Blue Springs averages 95 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.

Blue Springs has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 104 to 86 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 12 July 1954) and the coldest -31.1 °C (on 23 December 1989).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Blue SpringsMissouri

coords: 39.02°, -94.28°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

12.7°C

Average daily high

17.8°C

Average daily low

7.9°C

Annual rainfall

988mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

27.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

95 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

106 d/yr

Annual snowfall

46.2 cm

Average feels-like high

16.6 °C

Average feels-like low

5.6 °C

Average peak gust

38.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

58 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

42.6 °C

12 July 1954

Coldest day

-31.1 °C

23 December 1989

Wettest day

118 mm

13 September 1961

Windiest day

50.3 km/h

5 May 1950

Strongest gust

108.0 km/h

15 December 2021

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

13 July 1954

Coldest feels-like

-36.2 °C

23 December 1989

Snowiest day

23.0 cm

1 February 2011

Sunniest day

14.7 h

29 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.0 °C29 July 2025	-22.7 °C20 February 2025	13.7 °C	993 mm	60	89
2024	36.4 °C26 August 2024	-22.0 °C14 January 2024	14.4 °C	910 mm	60	71
2023	37.7 °C24 August 2023	-13.0 °C31 January 2023	14.3 °C	853 mm	64	74
2022	36.7 °C23 July 2022	-21.0 °C23 December 2022	13.1 °C	1,065 mm	72	99
2021	35.6 °C17 June 2021	-28.0 °C16 February 2021	13.9 °C	1,109 mm	62	73
2020	34.3 °C18 July 2020	-17.3 °C14 February 2020	13.4 °C	1,048 mm	63	89
2019	35.4 °C19 July 2019	-20.5 °C30 January 2019	12.9 °C	1,270 mm	56	93
2018	36.6 °C28 June 2018	-22.4 °C1 January 2018	13.1 °C	1,024 mm	77	106
2017	36.7 °C22 July 2017	-18.2 °C27 December 2017	14.3 °C	1,032 mm	51	75
2016	36.6 °C22 June 2016	-21.0 °C18 December 2016	14.6 °C	888 mm	68	78
2015	35.3 °C14 July 2015	-17.2 °C8 January 2015	13.8 °C	1,102 mm	51	75
2014	35.6 °C23 August 2014	-23.3 °C6 January 2014	11.9 °C	997 mm	39	109
2013	36.6 °C30 August 2013	-19.2 °C24 December 2013	12.2 °C	931 mm	50	114
2012	39.6 °C25 July 2012	-13.7 °C12 February 2012	15.3 °C	778 mm	81	70
2011	41.1 °C2 August 2011	-23.4 °C3 February 2011	13.2 °C	988 mm	72	92
2010	37.6 °C2 August 2010	-23.1 °C9 January 2010	13.2 °C	942 mm	72	92
2009	36.1 °C23 June 2009	-19.0 °C15 January 2009	12.4 °C	1,134 mm	30	90
2008	36.2 °C3 August 2008	-17.7 °C24 January 2008	12.2 °C	1,157 mm	35	104
2007	37.5 °C14 August 2007	-17.9 °C16 January 2007	13.7 °C	1,001 mm	60	103
2006	38.8 °C6 August 2006	-16.2 °C18 February 2006	14.4 °C	750 mm	72	71
2005	37.5 °C23 July 2005	-22.8 °C9 December 2005	13.5 °C	841 mm	71	83
2004	35.2 °C13 July 2004	-19.1 °C8 February 2004	13.0 °C	922 mm	27	82
2003	38.6 °C21 August 2003	-19.2 °C23 January 2003	12.8 °C	975 mm	49	97
2002	35.7 °C26 July 2002	-18.2 °C4 March 2002	13.1 °C	866 mm	71	94
2001	35.9 °C17 July 2001	-17.7 °C2 February 2001	13.4 °C	1,236 mm	50	95
2000	37.7 °C2 September 2000	-22.4 °C22 December 2000	12.9 °C	782 mm	68	105
1999	38.5 °C29 July 1999	-23.0 °C4 January 1999	13.5 °C	1,044 mm	53	82
1998	35.9 °C20 July 1998	-19.1 °C12 March 1998	13.9 °C	1,390 mm	59	75
1997	36.2 °C25 July 1997	-27.5 °C28 January 1997	12.1 °C	1,060 mm	50	100
1996	35.0 °C18 July 1996	-25.2 °C3 February 1996	11.5 °C	1,034 mm	37	106
1995	36.7 °C12 July 1995	-21.9 °C5 January 1995	12.4 °C	1,097 mm	56	99
1994	34.3 °C19 July 1994	-18.2 °C7 January 1994	12.8 °C	967 mm	49	88
1993	36.5 °C17 August 1993	-19.0 °C18 February 1993	11.7 °C	1,416 mm	51	98
1992	34.1 °C2 July 1992	-13.5 °C15 January 1992	12.6 °C	1,251 mm	26	82
1991	38.5 °C2 August 1991	-18.6 °C30 January 1991	13.6 °C	943 mm	70	92
1990	37.0 °C4 July 1990	-19.7 °C22 December 1990	13.6 °C	1,294 mm	53	82
1989	34.9 °C7 July 1989	-31.1 °C23 December 1989	11.8 °C	889 mm	37	107
1988	37.7 °C8 August 1988	-23.0 °C12 February 1988	12.9 °C	794 mm	71	95
1987	39.5 °C2 August 1987	-12.9 °C17 December 1987	13.8 °C	993 mm	63	78
1986	37.8 °C30 July 1986	-17.1 °C27 January 1986	13.6 °C	1,342 mm	53	88
1985	34.7 °C11 July 1985	-25.0 °C20 January 1985	11.7 °C	1,324 mm	40	106
1984	38.3 °C29 August 1984	-17.6 °C21 January 1984	12.7 °C	1,192 mm	60	80
1983	39.6 °C16 August 1983	-25.4 °C25 December 1983	12.5 °C	1,123 mm	75	83
1982	36.7 °C4 August 1982	-25.8 °C10 January 1982	12.1 °C	1,204 mm	32	95
1981	35.6 °C15 July 1981	-23.0 °C11 February 1981	13.1 °C	1,205 mm	37	85
1980	41.4 °C1 August 1980	-19.8 °C31 January 1980	13.2 °C	886 mm	88	98
1979	34.2 °C29 July 1979	-25.6 °C1 February 1979	11.4 °C	814 mm	47	109
1978	36.7 °C5 July 1978	-22.5 °C17 January 1978	11.6 °C	820 mm	68	110
1977	35.2 °C24 July 1977	-25.8 °C11 January 1977	12.8 °C	1,133 mm	44	92
1976	35.6 °C10 August 1976	-21.1 °C8 January 1976	12.1 °C	830 mm	49	103
1975	36.3 °C12 August 1975	-17.6 °C9 February 1975	12.7 °C	850 mm	65	111
1974	39.2 °C21 July 1974	-26.0 °C12 January 1974	12.3 °C	1,063 mm	43	93
1973	35.4 °C25 August 1973	-22.5 °C9 January 1973	12.8 °C	1,348 mm	58	83
1972	36.0 °C26 July 1972	-21.6 °C15 January 1972	12.1 °C	785 mm	53	105
1971	35.7 °C24 June 1971	-23.5 °C8 February 1971	13.0 °C	790 mm	68	94
1970	38.8 °C31 July 1970	-21.8 °C21 January 1970	12.7 °C	808 mm	65	94
1969	37.4 °C13 July 1969	-21.6 °C4 January 1969	12.1 °C	998 mm	53	110
1968	34.3 °C6 August 1968	-29.1 °C7 January 1968	12.0 °C	921 mm	50	102
1967	35.7 °C23 July 1967	-16.2 °C8 March 1967	12.4 °C	1,030 mm	33	92
1966	39.1 °C18 July 1966	-22.2 °C29 January 1966	12.4 °C	622 mm	55	98
1965	36.4 °C23 July 1965	-20.7 °C31 January 1965	13.0 °C	899 mm	40	100
1964	38.1 °C2 August 1964	-18.0 °C18 December 1964	13.1 °C	868 mm	66	103
1963	36.5 °C2 August 1963	-23.7 °C23 January 1963	13.1 °C	768 mm	77	101
1962	38.1 °C19 August 1962	-26.0 °C11 January 1962	12.5 °C	835 mm	66	95
1961	34.2 °C18 July 1961	-21.4 °C13 December 1961	11.7 °C	1,411 mm	37	100
1960	35.9 °C11 July 1960	-21.7 °C5 March 1960	12.0 °C	1,006 mm	51	112
1959	35.9 °C3 August 1959	-24.7 °C5 January 1959	12.7 °C	1,033 mm	56	94
1958	36.3 °C29 August 1958	-24.5 °C16 February 1958	12.2 °C	859 mm	51	95
1957	37.0 °C15 August 1957	-18.9 °C23 January 1957	12.6 °C	1,136 mm	51	92
1956	39.3 °C16 August 1956	-16.5 °C16 January 1956	13.7 °C	562 mm	91	97
1955	38.8 °C30 July 1955	-21.1 °C12 February 1955	13.1 °C	799 mm	68	104
1954	42.6 °C12 July 1954	-18.8 °C21 January 1954	14.3 °C	750 mm	92	85
1953	38.4 °C28 September 1953	-19.5 °C23 December 1953	14.0 °C	597 mm	90	89
1952	38.8 °C27 July 1952	-15.9 °C28 November 1952	13.1 °C	754 mm	89	98
1951	36.5 °C30 August 1951	-20.3 °C1 February 1951	11.4 °C	1,284 mm	39	109
1950	35.4 °C25 June 1950	-20.6 °C31 January 1950	11.6 °C	920 mm	21	113
1949	34.9 °C1 July 1949	-28.0 °C30 January 1949	12.7 °C	1,094 mm	52	97
1948	36.7 °C22 August 1948	-24.8 °C12 March 1948	12.4 °C	896 mm	54	96
1947	37.8 °C30 August 1947	-27.7 °C4 January 1947	12.2 °C	930 mm	60	113
1946	37.3 °C8 August 1946	-20.9 °C30 December 1946	13.6 °C	1,063 mm	49	70
1945	35.1 °C24 July 1945	-20.4 °C19 December 1945	12.0 °C	1,066 mm	37	99
1944	36.1 °C13 August 1944	-15.8 °C12 February 1944	12.2 °C	1,123 mm	41	105
1943	37.6 °C26 August 1943	-21.0 °C15 December 1943	11.7 °C	881 mm	57	113
1942	34.4 °C2 August 1942	-27.3 °C10 January 1942	11.5 °C	896 mm	39	116
1941	35.7 °C29 July 1941	-19.8 °C19 January 1941	11.9 °C	895 mm	42	112
1940	36.1 °C25 July 1940	-25.7 °C25 January 1940	10.3 °C	777 mm	29	124

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.9 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

89 d/yr

-6

Annual rainfall

993 mm

+5 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	1.1 °C	-1.8 °C	58 mm	+17 mm
Feb	4.1 °C	-1.8 °C	17 mm	-31 mm
Mar	17.8 °C	+6.1 °C	69 mm	-15 mm
Apr	19.4 °C	+1.2 °C	145 mm	+31 mm
May	23.0 °C	-0.3 °C	113 mm	-18 mm
Jun	28.9 °C	+0.4 °C	213 mm	+91 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	+0.6 °C	127 mm	+41 mm
Aug	29.1 °C	-1.1 °C	63 mm	-19 mm
Sep	27.5 °C	+1.6 °C	52 mm	-39 mm
Oct	22.1 °C	+2.5 °C	56 mm	-30 mm
Nov	13.7 °C	+2.1 °C	63 mm	+4 mm
Dec	8.2 °C	+2.8 °C	18 mm	-27 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-22.7 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

75.0 mm

3 Jun 2025

Windiest day

44.2 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

86.8 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-27.9 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

18.3 cm

5 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.6 h

22 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Blue Springs?

Blue Springs has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 988 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Blue Springs?

The hottest day measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1954, reaching 42.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Blue Springs?

The coldest day measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -31.1 °C.

Does it snow in Blue Springs?

Yes. Blue Springs gets on average 46.2 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.

Has the climate of Blue Springs warmed?

Yes: Blue Springs warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Blue Springs?

The wettest day measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1961, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Blue Springs?

The windiest day measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1950, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Blue Springs?

The warmest month in Blue Springs is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Blue Springs?

Blue Springs receives on average 988 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Blue Springs?

Blue Springs gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Blue Springs?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Blue Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2011, with 23.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Blue Springs?

Yes: Blue Springs has on average 58 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Blue Springs?

In Blue Springs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 13 July 1954, and the lowest was -36.2 °C on 23 December 1989.

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