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Springtime in Waynesville
Missouri occasionally sees a rather intense severe weather season, which may last from April to June each year. Waynesville will experience several rounds of dangerous thunderstorms including hail, winds and possible tornadoes each spring. The good news: actual tornado touchdowns are uncommon. An average of 30 tornadoes per year take place within the entire state. Waynesville has about half the risk of Kansas City to get a tornado in any given year . Even then, the year-to-year risk is very small; there's only a 0.15 percent chance of a tornado in the entire Pulaski County area within which Waynesville resides. This makes for an exceedingly small chance of a tornado within the city itself at 0.0075 percent per year. Temperatures in the spring average in the 70 degrees Fahrenheit range for highs in April to 80s in May. The average last spring freeze date is April 20.
Summer in Waynesville
Summertime in southern Missouri is humid subtropical. The average high in July is around 90, and the relative humidity is fairly high. The nearby Ozarks contribute to quite a lot of haze during the summer. Thunderstorms are less frequent, but an occasional downpour can provide a cool relief from the summer heat. Severe weather becomes much less common in July and August as the jet stream retreats northward. The hottest period of the summer runs from mid July to mid August. Summertime fronts are seen once or twice during the hot season -- they usher in a few pleasantly cool nights in the 50s along with drier, more comfortable air. The typical low for a Waynesville summer morning is around 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
Autumn in Waynesville
Waynesville enjoys a true fall season with colorful leaf changes peaking in the last 10 days of October. Cold frontal passages become frequent by late September and average temperatures drop from highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s in early September to highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s by early November. Snowfall is infrequent until late November, when an occasional Thanksgiving week snowstorm might show up. Dry and cool Canadian air masses offer many pleasant days in a typical Waynesville fall. The average first freeze for fall comes around October 15.
Waynesville Missouri Winters
Cold Canadian air masses generally dominate the Midwest in wintertime, and this includes the state of Missouri. Waynesville's daytime highs in January average in the low 40s. A freeze can be expected on average almost every night from mid December to late February. The average January low is in the low to mid 20s. Waynesville has accumulating snow nearly every winter, and you'll get about 12 inches of snow a year. A "big" snowstorm with a foot or more of snow only comes around an average of once every 10 years.
Waynesville Climate Summary
Waynesville's average annual precipitation is 45 inches. There are 55 thunderstorm days per year on average, and three days with hail. The spring average temperature is a high of 68 and a low of 43, heating up to in the summer to a high of 88 and a low of 67, cooling in the fall to a high of 71 and a low of 45 and finishing out in the winter with an average high of 45 and low of 22. Overall it's a fairly pleasant climate, which is typically hot and humid in the summer, mild in the spring and fall, with winters that are cold but not particularly severe.