Downing weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Downing, Missouri: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Memphis, 16 km from Downing; records cover 1938–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 37.3 in948 mm
- Snow a year
- 19 in49 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 16
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 6,150
- Cooling degree days
- 957
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Downing in January
Highs average 33°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1950)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 1297
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Downing in February
Highs average 38°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2024)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 1049
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Downing in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2026)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 801
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Downing in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 39°4°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1952)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 438
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Downing in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 51°10°, with 5.5 in139 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2018)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 174
- Cooling degree days
- 59
Downing in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°16°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1953)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 201
Downing in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 64°18°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 315
Downing in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 62°17°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1983)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 260
Downing in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1947)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 94
- Cooling degree days
- 101
Downing in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 42°5°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1953)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 383
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Downing in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 29°−1°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1950)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 764
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Downing in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2021)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1121
- Cooling degree days
- 0