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Weather extremes
How extreme does Jefferson City's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Jefferson City has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Jefferson City has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 22°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Jefferson City (typical high near 88°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 47°F colder than a normal December night in Jefferson City (typical low near 26°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Jefferson City usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 4.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (Jefferson City averages about 3 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Jefferson City's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 110°F is about 22°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Jefferson City Wtp (NOAA GHCN station USC00234271), about 1 km from the city centre.