#T1Anderson
McDonald County · 2,073 peopleJuly high·January low 25°·30 days of 90°+ a year
Anderson, #1 on this list · Photo: RebelAt at English Wikipedia · Public domainMissouri rankings · Climate
Towns with the hottest summers in Missouri
Anderson (tied with 1 more) has the hottest summers of Missouri’s 236 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 90° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 88°; 12 of the 236 average 90° or more.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T190°
Carl Junction
Jasper County · 8,484 peopleJuly high·January low 25°·53 days of 90°+ a year
Independence Township
Dunklin County · 11,792 peopleJuly high·January low 29°·65 days of 90°+ a year
All 236 towns
July high, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 232 towns here).
236 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
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Questions people ask
Which Missouri town has the hottest summers?
Anderson (McDonald County): July afternoons average a high of 90°. Carl Junction (90°) and Independence Township (90°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (236 in Missouri): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Missouri page.
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