Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Carthage, MO. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Carthage runs mild on average, with highs near 63° and lows around 42° across 78 years of data. But the date has swung wild — from a 24° freeze in 1987 to a 84° scorcher just one year later in 1988. Rain is a modest possibility at 28%, and snow is essentially off the table.
Carthage weather doesn't mess around at the extremes — the thermometer has hit 115° in July 1954 and cratered to -15° in December 1989, a 130-degree swing over the station's history. A single September day in 1986 dropped 7.12 inches of rain, and a March storm in 1970 buried the town under 20 inches of snow.
Summers in Carthage are genuinely hot, with late July averaging a 91° high and August matching it — plan accordingly. Winters are cold but not brutal, with early January highs only reaching the mid-40s. If you're trying to dodge the rain, avoid late May, which is the wettest stretch of the year at nearly 1.5 inches per week.