Liberty climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Liberty?

Liberty 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.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Liberty?

The hottest day measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1954, reaching 42.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Liberty?

The coldest day measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -31.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Liberty?

Yes. Liberty gets on average 47.0 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Liberty warmed?

Yes: Liberty warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Liberty?

The wettest day measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 1986, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Liberty?

The windiest day measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1950, with winds reaching 50.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Liberty?

The warmest month in Liberty is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Liberty?

Liberty receives on average 953 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Liberty?

Liberty gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Liberty (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.

Liberty averages 98 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.

Liberty 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

LibertyMissouri

coords: 39.25°, -94.42°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

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

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

42.8 °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

2 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.1 °C29 July 2025	-23.1 °C20 February 2025	13.5 °C	966 mm	63	90
2024	36.9 °C24 June 2024	-22.6 °C14 January 2024	14.2 °C	960 mm	61	73
2023	37.8 °C25 August 2023	-13.0 °C31 January 2023	14.1 °C	857 mm	63	76
2022	36.8 °C23 July 2022	-21.1 °C22 December 2022	12.9 °C	1,027 mm	75	102
2021	36.2 °C17 June 2021	-26.9 °C16 February 2021	13.8 °C	980 mm	67	78
2020	34.3 °C18 July 2020	-21.6 °C14 February 2020	13.2 °C	953 mm	61	91
2019	35.6 °C19 July 2019	-21.2 °C30 January 2019	12.7 °C	1,242 mm	58	102
2018	36.8 °C28 June 2018	-23.1 °C1 January 2018	13.0 °C	1,002 mm	82	108
2017	36.8 °C22 July 2017	-21.5 °C6 January 2017	14.2 °C	925 mm	52	76
2016	37.4 °C22 June 2016	-22.1 °C18 December 2016	14.5 °C	917 mm	70	79
2015	35.0 °C20 June 2015	-17.2 °C8 January 2015	13.7 °C	1,090 mm	52	76
2014	35.5 °C23 August 2014	-23.1 °C6 January 2014	11.7 °C	956 mm	40	111
2013	37.3 °C30 August 2013	-22.3 °C24 December 2013	12.0 °C	894 mm	53	114
2012	40.2 °C29 July 2012	-13.2 °C12 February 2012	15.1 °C	741 mm	80	71
2011	41.4 °C2 August 2011	-23.6 °C3 February 2011	13.1 °C	862 mm	72	95
2010	37.7 °C2 August 2010	-23.1 °C9 January 2010	13.0 °C	998 mm	67	95
2009	36.3 °C23 June 2009	-19.7 °C15 January 2009	12.2 °C	1,006 mm	31	95
2008	36.5 °C3 August 2008	-18.1 °C24 January 2008	11.9 °C	1,197 mm	37	108
2007	38.4 °C14 August 2007	-18.8 °C16 January 2007	13.6 °C	849 mm	66	107
2006	38.9 °C19 July 2006	-16.5 °C18 February 2006	14.2 °C	701 mm	72	73
2005	37.6 °C23 July 2005	-23.6 °C9 December 2005	13.4 °C	775 mm	71	89
2004	35.0 °C13 July 2004	-18.9 °C8 February 2004	12.8 °C	880 mm	28	84
2003	38.7 °C21 August 2003	-19.5 °C23 January 2003	12.6 °C	922 mm	51	99
2002	36.0 °C26 July 2002	-17.5 °C4 March 2002	13.0 °C	820 mm	69	99
2001	36.1 °C17 July 2001	-18.5 °C10 February 2001	13.2 °C	1,234 mm	47	93
2000	37.8 °C2 September 2000	-22.7 °C22 December 2000	12.8 °C	769 mm	68	108
1999	38.8 °C29 July 1999	-23.2 °C5 January 1999	13.3 °C	1,010 mm	53	83
1998	36.0 °C20 July 1998	-22.3 °C12 March 1998	13.7 °C	1,324 mm	53	79
1997	36.5 °C25 July 1997	-25.3 °C28 January 1997	11.9 °C	998 mm	49	101
1996	35.3 °C18 July 1996	-25.3 °C3 February 1996	11.3 °C	1,015 mm	37	112
1995	36.8 °C12 July 1995	-22.2 °C5 January 1995	12.1 °C	1,047 mm	53	101
1994	34.7 °C19 July 1994	-18.5 °C7 January 1994	12.6 °C	827 mm	54	92
1993	36.5 °C17 August 1993	-19.1 °C18 February 1993	11.5 °C	1,459 mm	46	100
1992	33.6 °C2 July 1992	-14.3 °C15 January 1992	12.4 °C	1,195 mm	24	83
1991	38.8 °C2 August 1991	-19.7 °C30 January 1991	13.4 °C	907 mm	70	95
1990	37.1 °C4 July 1990	-20.4 °C22 December 1990	13.4 °C	1,283 mm	56	84
1989	35.4 °C7 July 1989	-31.7 °C23 December 1989	11.7 °C	884 mm	40	108
1988	38.3 °C24 June 1988	-23.0 °C11 February 1988	12.9 °C	662 mm	77	96
1987	39.5 °C2 August 1987	-15.8 °C24 January 1987	13.7 °C	970 mm	62	81
1986	37.1 °C30 July 1986	-17.4 °C27 January 1986	13.4 °C	1,415 mm	47	90
1985	35.3 °C11 July 1985	-24.7 °C20 January 1985	11.4 °C	1,205 mm	42	108
1984	40.1 °C28 August 1984	-17.0 °C20 January 1984	12.5 °C	1,078 mm	60	88
1983	39.3 °C16 August 1983	-26.7 °C19 December 1983	12.3 °C	1,056 mm	75	88
1982	36.8 °C3 August 1982	-27.4 °C6 February 1982	11.8 °C	1,101 mm	33	101
1981	35.7 °C14 July 1981	-23.0 °C18 December 1981	12.9 °C	1,208 mm	34	88
1980	41.3 °C14 July 1980	-20.1 °C31 January 1980	12.9 °C	898 mm	82	103
1979	34.3 °C29 July 1979	-25.7 °C1 February 1979	11.2 °C	822 mm	47	113
1978	36.6 °C5 July 1978	-23.2 °C17 January 1978	11.4 °C	810 mm	64	112
1977	35.3 °C24 July 1977	-24.3 °C11 January 1977	12.6 °C	1,146 mm	47	94
1976	36.8 °C10 August 1976	-20.5 °C8 January 1976	12.0 °C	764 mm	54	106
1975	36.6 °C12 August 1975	-18.4 °C9 February 1975	12.5 °C	835 mm	66	111
1974	39.2 °C21 July 1974	-27.1 °C12 January 1974	12.1 °C	1,073 mm	40	95
1973	35.7 °C25 August 1973	-21.6 °C9 January 1973	12.6 °C	1,309 mm	57	84
1972	36.0 °C20 August 1972	-22.6 °C28 January 1972	11.9 °C	785 mm	56	103
1971	36.6 °C24 June 1971	-25.0 °C9 February 1971	12.9 °C	767 mm	73	97
1970	39.3 °C31 July 1970	-20.4 °C21 January 1970	12.7 °C	817 mm	69	99
1969	37.5 °C13 July 1969	-22.0 °C4 January 1969	12.0 °C	924 mm	53	111
1968	34.5 °C6 August 1968	-29.3 °C7 January 1968	11.8 °C	907 mm	46	106
1967	36.1 °C23 July 1967	-16.5 °C18 January 1967	12.2 °C	1,013 mm	35	94
1966	39.0 °C18 July 1966	-22.2 °C29 January 1966	12.3 °C	612 mm	54	103
1965	36.8 °C23 July 1965	-21.1 °C31 January 1965	12.8 °C	866 mm	42	102
1964	38.6 °C2 August 1964	-18.8 °C17 December 1964	12.9 °C	874 mm	63	107
1963	36.8 °C2 August 1963	-23.8 °C23 January 1963	13.0 °C	749 mm	75	100
1962	38.4 °C19 August 1962	-25.3 °C11 January 1962	12.2 °C	798 mm	63	98
1961	34.7 °C18 July 1961	-22.0 °C13 December 1961	11.5 °C	1,321 mm	38	100
1960	35.8 °C11 July 1960	-21.8 °C5 March 1960	11.7 °C	920 mm	49	115
1959	35.7 °C3 August 1959	-24.7 °C5 January 1959	12.4 °C	1,031 mm	56	94
1958	36.3 °C29 August 1958	-25.7 °C16 February 1958	12.0 °C	845 mm	50	93
1957	37.5 °C15 August 1957	-19.5 °C23 January 1957	12.4 °C	1,068 mm	51	95
1956	39.7 °C16 August 1956	-18.5 °C3 February 1956	13.6 °C	542 mm	93	101
1955	39.7 °C30 July 1955	-21.3 °C12 February 1955	12.9 °C	768 mm	70	107
1954	42.8 °C12 July 1954	-19.6 °C21 January 1954	14.1 °C	735 mm	90	90
1953	38.7 °C18 June 1953	-20.9 °C23 December 1953	13.8 °C	620 mm	90	93
1952	39.2 °C27 July 1952	-19.2 °C28 November 1952	12.9 °C	760 mm	88	104
1951	36.3 °C30 August 1951	-21.0 °C1 February 1951	11.1 °C	1,232 mm	35	110
1950	35.9 °C25 June 1950	-21.7 °C31 January 1950	11.4 °C	874 mm	21	114
1949	35.0 °C30 June 1949	-27.1 °C30 January 1949	12.4 °C	1,003 mm	51	99
1948	37.2 °C22 August 1948	-24.5 °C28 January 1948	12.2 °C	838 mm	54	99
1947	37.8 °C30 July 1947	-29.7 °C4 January 1947	11.9 °C	950 mm	59	115
1946	36.9 °C23 July 1946	-21.3 °C30 December 1946	13.4 °C	1,087 mm	47	77
1945	35.3 °C1 August 1945	-21.4 °C19 December 1945	11.8 °C	960 mm	36	99
1944	36.2 °C13 August 1944	-19.8 °C12 February 1944	12.0 °C	1,098 mm	40	107
1943	36.8 °C15 August 1943	-21.2 °C15 December 1943	11.5 °C	866 mm	57	118
1942	34.3 °C1 August 1942	-27.9 °C10 January 1942	11.2 °C	898 mm	39	119
1941	35.8 °C29 July 1941	-18.7 °C19 January 1941	11.8 °C	833 mm	43	111
1940	36.5 °C25 July 1940	-26.1 °C25 January 1940	10.1 °C	758 mm	30	129

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.8 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

90 d/yr

-8

Annual rainfall

966 mm

+13 mm

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

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.1 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-23.1 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

63.8 mm

3 Jun 2025

Windiest day

44.2 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

88.9 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-28.4 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

16.7 cm

5 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.7 h

2 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Liberty?

Liberty 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 Liberty?

The hottest day measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1954, reaching 42.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Liberty?

The coldest day measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -31.7 °C.

Does it snow in Liberty?

Yes. Liberty gets on average 47.0 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.

Has the climate of Liberty warmed?

Yes: Liberty warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Liberty?

The wettest day measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 1986, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Liberty?

The windiest day measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1950, with winds reaching 50.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Liberty?

The warmest month in Liberty is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Liberty?

Liberty receives on average 953 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Liberty?

Liberty 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 Liberty?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Liberty between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1958, with 23.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Liberty?

Yes: Liberty has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Liberty?

In Liberty, 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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