Queen City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Queen City, Missouri: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at KIRKSVILLE, 23 km from Queen City; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 42.5 in1079 mm
- Snow a year
- 19 in48 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 16
- First fall freeze
- Oct 17
- Heating degree days
- 5,955
- Cooling degree days
- 1,014
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −5°−21° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Queen City in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 15°−9°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1950)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 1260
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Queen City in February
Highs average 38°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1932)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1016
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Queen City in March
Highs average 51°10° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2026)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 781
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Queen City in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 40°4°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1930)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 430
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Queen City in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 51°11°, with 5.8 in147 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 165
- Cooling degree days
- 61
Queen City in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 5.9 in151 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1894)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 208
Queen City in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 66°19°, with 4.9 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1936)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 330
Queen City in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 63°17°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1934)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 278
Queen City in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1913)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 92
- Cooling degree days
- 111
Queen City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 43°6°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1939)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 366
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Queen City in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 31°−1°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1913)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 729
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Queen City in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1913)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1090
- Cooling degree days
- 0