Gladstone climate — normals and trends
Gladstone (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 953 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 (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Gladstone averages 98 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Gladstone has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 107 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 12 July 1954) and the coldest -31.7 °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
GladstoneMissouri
- coords
- 39.20°, -94.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.5°C
Average daily high
17.7°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
953mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
56 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
57 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
42.8 °C
12 July 1954
Coldest day
-31.7 °C
23 December 1989
Wettest day
161 mm
3 October 1986
Windiest day
50.7 km/h
5 May 1950
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
15 December 2021
Hottest feels-like
46.8 °C
13 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-36.8 °C
23 December 1989
Snowiest day
23.3 cm
21 January 1958
Sunniest day
14.7 h
26 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.6 °C | -2.0 °C | 55 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | -1.9 °C | 16 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +6.0 °C | 64 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 122 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 102 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 199 mm | +82 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 130 mm | +44 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 66 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 45 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 65 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 13.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 65 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 37 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gladstone?
Gladstone has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 953 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gladstone?
The hottest day measured in Gladstone between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1954, reaching 42.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gladstone?
The coldest day measured in Gladstone between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -31.7 °C.
Does it snow in Gladstone?
Yes. Gladstone gets on average 47.0 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Gladstone warmed?
Yes: Gladstone warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gladstone?
The wettest day measured in Gladstone between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 1986, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gladstone?
The windiest day measured in Gladstone between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1950, with winds reaching 50.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gladstone?
The warmest month in Gladstone is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Gladstone?
Gladstone receives on average 953 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gladstone?
Gladstone gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gladstone?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gladstone between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1958, with 23.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gladstone?
Yes: Gladstone has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gladstone?
In Gladstone, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.8 °C on 13 July 1954, and the lowest was -36.8 °C on 23 December 1989.
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