← How Fulton ranks
Missouri rankings · Climate Towns with the coolest summers in Missouri Ranked by the typical afternoon high in July, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. Neighboring towns on the same 5 km grid square have the same numbers, so each square is listed once, under its largest town. 232 towns with 2,500+ residents.
The race around Fulton
Just behind Grain Valley, just ahead of Greenwood All 232 towns July high, lowest first.
# Town July high Days at 90°+ July low
1
Union Putnam County · 2,571 people 85.4° 20 65°
3
Polk Nodaway County · 13,968 people 86.2° 31 66°
6
Macon 5,466 people 86.5° 36 66°
7
Bethany Harrison County · 3,080 people 86.5° 24 66°
8
Marceline Linn County · 2,599 people 86.6° 28 67°
16
Canton 2,752 people 86.9° 22 67°
18
Lawson 2,905 people 87.0° 37 67°
20
Brookfield Linn County · 4,706 people 87.1° 28 67°
22
Mexico 11,477 people 87.2° 38 67°
26
Burdine Texas County · 3,199 people 87.3° 27 66°
37
Chillicothe Livingston County · 8,923 people 87.6° 36 67°
38
Trenton Grundy County · 5,536 people 87.6° 41 67°
40
Carrollton Carroll County · 3,818 people 87.6° 38 67°
41
Tipton 2,667 people 87.6° 30 67°
44
Belton 25,008 people 87.7° 37 68°
46
Fulton 12,617 people 87.7° 29 67°
48
Sherrill Texas County · 5,408 people 87.7° 34 66°
50
Raytown 29,445 people 87.8° 31 68°
51
Raymore 24,526 people 87.8° 37 68°
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Lebanon 15,270 people 87.8° 38 67°
55
Salem 4,677 people 87.8° 39 65°
62
Kearney 10,885 people 87.9° 37 68°
65
Odessa 5,620 people 87.9° 33 67°
67
Eldon 4,556 people 87.9° 39 68°
70
Potosi 2,544 people 87.9° 23 65°
73
Sedalia 22,003 people 88.0° 38 67°
76
Troy 13,947 people 88.0° 31 67°
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St. Ann 12,811 people 88.0° 47 69°
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Ava 3,045 people 88.0° 28 66°
85
Liberty 30,689 people 88.1° 31 68°
98
Ballwin 31,279 people 88.2° 41 68°
99
Rolla 20,287 people 88.2° 43 66°
105
Ladue 8,940 people 88.2° 41 69°
110
Piney Texas County · 4,871 people 88.2° 29 66°
115
Cuba 3,189 people 88.2° 36 65°
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Clever 3,030 people 88.2° 36 66°
118
Nixa 24,836 people 88.3° 47 66°
126
Windsor Henry County · 3,094 people 88.3° 29 68°
134
Murphy 8,285 people 88.4° 41 68°
148
Ozark 22,417 people 88.5° 47 66°
149
Concord 18,368 people 88.5° 39 69°
151
Aurora 7,397 people 88.5° 36 67°
159
Affton 19,052 people 88.6° 39 69°
162
Monett 9,873 people 88.6° 34 67°
164
Desloge 4,863 people 88.6° 32 66°
165
Buffalo 3,417 people 88.6° 34 67°
177
Fenton 4,088 people 88.8° 41 69°
179
Arnold 20,956 people 88.9° 38 69°
180
Eureka 13,081 people 88.9° 44 68°
181
Union 12,781 people 88.9° 50 67°
182
Pacific 7,475 people 88.9° 44 67°
183
De Soto 6,470 people 88.9° 38 67°
186
Lemay 16,228 people 89.0° 46 69°
187
Jackson 15,659 people 89.0° 57 68°
189
Bolivar 11,170 people 89.0° 41 67°
190
Willard 6,488 people 89.0° 40 67°
192
Festus 13,201 people 89.1° 38 68°
194
Pevely 6,055 people 89.2° 38 68°
200
Clinton 9,065 people 89.4° 42 68°
201
Castor Stoddard County · 4,679 people 89.4° 44 69°
202
Chaffee 3,026 people 89.4° 47 69°
204
Neosho 13,224 people 89.5° 41 68°
205
Center Vernon County · 9,372 people 89.5° 42 69°
206
Nevada 7,925 people 89.5° 42 69°
207
Pike Stoddard County · 3,605 people 89.5° 44 69°
211
Granby 2,745 people 89.6° 41 68°
212
Dexter 7,891 people 89.7° 59 70°
213
City Barton County · 4,284 people 89.7° 42 69°
215
Branson 12,817 people 89.8° 53 67°
219
Liberty Stoddard County · 14,846 people 89.9° 59 70°
220
Duck Creek Stoddard County · 2,813 people 89.9° 53 69°
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Joplin 52,593 people 90.1° 53 69°
224
Cotton Hill Dunklin County · 4,830 people 90.1° 59 71°
225
Malden 3,805 people 90.1° 59 70°
226
Union Dunklin County · 3,349 people 90.1° 59 70°
227
Forsyth 2,766 people 90.1° 53 67°
229
Kennett 10,196 people 90.2° 65 71°
230
Oronogo 2,804 people 90.2° 53 69°
We rank every town by the typical afternoon high in July, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. The lowest ranks first. The town with the lowest figure ranks #1. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast, and each town’s Climate page shows its whole year month by month.
Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals, about 5 km (3 miles) square, read at each town’s center, so hills and coastlines are built in. Towns whose centers fall in the same square have the same numbers, so only the largest of them is listed.
Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals , 1991–2020. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.
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