Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint Joseph weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Saint Joseph: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kansas City (78 km away). In July its highs average 31.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Saint Joseph, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Saint Joseph ranks joint 250th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 435th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Saint Joseph is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Saint Joseph climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 30 | 5.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 4.9°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 44 | 6.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 76 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 115 | 11.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 143 | 12.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 114 | 11.1 | 14.915 h |
| July, selected | 30.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 112 | 9.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 91 | 9.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 85 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 81 | 7.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 54 | 6.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.4°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 45 | 5.4 | 9.49 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Kansas City in JulyUnited States · 78 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Independence in JulyUnited States · 84 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Overland Park in JulyUnited States · 89 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in JulyUnited States · 95 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Olathe in JulyUnited States · 99 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Lee's Summit in JulyUnited States · 103 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Topeka in JulyUnited States · 107 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Omaha in JulyUnited States · 190 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 88 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saint Joseph) is explained once on the Saint Joseph year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.