Fort Leonard Wood climate — normals and trends
Fort Leonard Wood (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,004 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Fort Leonard Wood averages 84 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Fort Leonard Wood has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.0 °C (on 14 July 1954) and the coldest -29.0 °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
Fort Leonard WoodMissouri
- coords
- 37.71°, -92.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.3°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,004mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
84 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
60 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
37.7 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
52 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · p = < 0.001
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
44.0 °C
14 July 1954
Coldest day
-29.0 °C
23 December 1989
Wettest day
113 mm
29 April 2017
Windiest day
44.3 km/h
28 March 1977
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
11 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
45.4 °C
14 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
23 December 1989
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
19 January 1995
Sunniest day
14.1 h
4 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 56 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 42 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 18.6 °C | +5.5 °C | 47 mm | -50 mm |
| Apr | 20.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 193 mm | +78 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 123 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 217 mm | +122 mm |
| Jul | 31.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 84 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 30.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 13 mm | -63 mm |
| Sep | 28.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 60 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 96 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 15.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 62 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 10.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 11 mm | -53 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fort Leonard Wood?
Fort Leonard Wood has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,004 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Leonard Wood?
The hottest day measured in Fort Leonard Wood between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 44.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fort Leonard Wood?
The coldest day measured in Fort Leonard Wood between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -29.0 °C.
Does it snow in Fort Leonard Wood?
Yes. Fort Leonard Wood gets on average 37.7 cm of snow per year and has around 84 frost days.
Has the climate of Fort Leonard Wood warmed?
Yes: Fort Leonard Wood warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fort Leonard Wood?
The wettest day measured in Fort Leonard Wood between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2017, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fort Leonard Wood?
The windiest day measured in Fort Leonard Wood between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1977, with winds reaching 44.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fort Leonard Wood?
The warmest month in Fort Leonard Wood is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Fort Leonard Wood?
Fort Leonard Wood receives on average 1,004 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fort Leonard Wood?
Fort Leonard Wood 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 Fort Leonard Wood?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fort Leonard Wood between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1995, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fort Leonard Wood?
Yes: Fort Leonard Wood has on average 52 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fort Leonard Wood?
In Fort Leonard Wood, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 14 July 1954, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 23 December 1989.
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