Dover weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Dover, Missouri: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Higginsville, 14 km from Dover; records cover 1991–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 40.9 in1038 mm
- Snow a year
- 14 in35 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 10
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 5,348
- Cooling degree days
- 1,233
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −1°−18° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Dover in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2013)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 1165
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dover in February
Highs average 42°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2024)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 923
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dover in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 33°0°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2026)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 690
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Dover in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 43°6°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2012)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 363
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Dover in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 55°13°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2018)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 119
- Cooling degree days
- 90
Dover in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 64°18°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2012)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 260
Dover in July
Highs average 87°30° and lows 68°20°, with 5 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2012)
- Record low
- 52°11° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 378
Dover in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 65°19°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2011)
- Record low
- 49°9° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 325
Dover in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2000)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 65
- Cooling degree days
- 140
Dover in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 45°7°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2006)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 318
- Cooling degree days
- 23
Dover in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 33°1°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2005)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 668
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Dover in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2021)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 1023
- Cooling degree days
- 0