Peculiar weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Peculiar, Missouri: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Pleasant Hill WFO, 20 km from Peculiar; records cover 1995–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 42.7 in1084 mm
- Snow a year
- 17 in43 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 26
- Heating degree days
- 4,919
- Cooling degree days
- 1,387
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Peculiar in January
Highs average 39°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2003)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 1089
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Peculiar in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2017)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 858
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Peculiar in March
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2026)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 629
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Peculiar in April
Highs average 65°18° and lows 44°7°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2012)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 324
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Peculiar in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 55°13°, with 5.8 in147 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1998)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 104
- Cooling degree days
- 99
Peculiar in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 65°18°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2012)
- Record low
- 45°7° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 282
Peculiar in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 69°20°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2012)
- Record low
- 53°12° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 417
Peculiar in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 67°19°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2000)
- Record low
- 51°11° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 372
Peculiar in September
Highs average 80°26° and lows 58°15°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2000)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 48
- Cooling degree days
- 167
Peculiar in OctoberThis month
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2006)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 279
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Peculiar in November
Highs average 54°12° and lows 35°2°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1999)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 619
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Peculiar in December
Highs average 42°6° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2021)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 962
- Cooling degree days
- 0