Liberal weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Liberal, Missouri: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lamar 7n, 21 km from Liberal; records cover 1890–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 48.9 in1241 mm
- Snow a year
- 7 in19 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 27
- Heating degree days
- 4,620
- Cooling degree days
- 1,341
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−15° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Liberal in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 22°−5°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1950)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 1009
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Liberal in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2017)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 791
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Liberal in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 34°1°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1907)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 602
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Liberal in April
Highs average 67°19° and lows 44°7°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1936)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 309
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Liberal in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 54°12°, with 7.1 in180 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1932)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 107
- Cooling degree days
- 90
Liberal in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 63°17°, with 6.3 in159 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1894)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 262
Liberal in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 67°20°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 118°48° (1936)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 400
Liberal in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 66°19°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1936)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 367
Liberal in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 57°14°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1913)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 50
- Cooling degree days
- 166
Liberal in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3.8 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1899)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 262
- Cooling degree days
- 32
Liberal in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°2°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1937)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 580
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Liberal in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 26°−3°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2025)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 899
- Cooling degree days
- 0