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Weather extremes
How extreme does University City's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days University 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 University 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 June afternoon in University City (typical high near 86°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 42°F colder than a normal January night in University City (typical low near 24°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than University City usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 3.9 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical March's snow in one day (University City averages about 2 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.
University City's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 108°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 ST Charles 7 Ssw (NOAA GHCN station USC00237398), about 19 km from the city centre.