Sedalia climate — normals and trends
Sedalia (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 989 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sedalia averages 90 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Sedalia has warmed by +1.5 °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 101 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 14 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
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- coords
- 38.70°, -93.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.0°C
Average daily high
18.3°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
989mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
61 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.2 cm
Average feels-like high
17.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.5 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
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
42.9 °C
14 July 1954
Coldest day
-31.1 °C
23 December 1989
Wettest day
104 mm
4 June 1998
Windiest day
47.5 km/h
27 March 1991
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
27 March 1991
Hottest feels-like
45.7 °C
13 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-36.7 °C
23 December 1989
Snowiest day
28.1 cm
1 February 2011
Sunniest day
14.4 h
30 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.8 °C | -1.7 °C | 49 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 21 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 18.4 °C | +6.2 °C | 72 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 130 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 125 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 168 mm | +58 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 89 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 49 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 28.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 76 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 22.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 65 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 14.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 59 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 16 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sedalia?
Sedalia has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 989 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sedalia?
The hottest day measured in Sedalia between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 42.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sedalia?
The coldest day measured in Sedalia between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -31.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sedalia?
Yes. Sedalia gets on average 45.2 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Sedalia warmed?
Yes: Sedalia warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sedalia?
The wettest day measured in Sedalia between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 1998, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sedalia?
The windiest day measured in Sedalia between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1991, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sedalia?
The warmest month in Sedalia is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sedalia?
Sedalia receives on average 989 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sedalia?
Sedalia 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 Sedalia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sedalia between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2011, with 28.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sedalia?
Yes: Sedalia has on average 58 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sedalia?
In Sedalia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 13 July 1954, and the lowest was -36.7 °C on 23 December 1989.
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