Wildwood climate — normals and trends
Wildwood (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 977 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Wildwood averages 85 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Wildwood 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 96 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.4 °C (on 14 July 1954) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 17 January 1982).
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
WildwoodMissouri
- coords
- 38.58°, -90.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
977mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
62 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
57 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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
44.4 °C
14 July 1954
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
17 January 1982
Wettest day
95 mm
14 September 2008
Windiest day
41.7 km/h
15 December 1971
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
10 November 1998
Hottest feels-like
45.9 °C
14 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
20 January 1985
Snowiest day
24.9 cm
31 January 1982
Sunniest day
14.1 h
30 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | -1.4 °C | 57 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 5.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 41 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +5.7 °C | 82 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 169 mm | +60 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 121 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 205 mm | +113 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 91 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 14 mm | -60 mm |
| Sep | 29.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 92 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 21.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 76 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 17 mm | -47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wildwood?
Wildwood has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 977 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wildwood?
The hottest day measured in Wildwood between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 44.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wildwood?
The coldest day measured in Wildwood between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1982, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Wildwood?
Yes. Wildwood gets on average 38.9 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Wildwood warmed?
Yes: Wildwood warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wildwood?
The wettest day measured in Wildwood between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wildwood?
The windiest day measured in Wildwood between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1971, with winds reaching 41.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wildwood?
The warmest month in Wildwood is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Wildwood?
Wildwood receives on average 977 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wildwood?
Wildwood 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 Wildwood?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wildwood between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1982, with 24.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wildwood?
Yes: Wildwood has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wildwood?
In Wildwood, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 14 July 1954, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 20 January 1985.
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