Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Sedalia, MO. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in Sedalia typically lands in that classic Missouri in-between: a 60° high, 37° low, and about a 1-in-3 shot at rain. The date has seen wild swings, though — from a scorching 86° back in 1942 to a brutal 20° low as recently as 2018.
Sedalia doesn't mess around at the extremes. The mercury has hit 116° in July 1954 and plummeted to -30° in February 1899 — a 146-degree spread that captures just how uncompromising Missouri's continental climate can be. A single storm dropped 21.3 inches of snow in February 2011, and a July deluge in 1996 dumped 6.5 inches in one day.
Summer is the main event in Sedalia, with late July average highs hitting 90° and the whole stretch from June through August staying firmly in the mid-to-upper 80s. If you're avoiding heat, aim for April through May or September through October, when highs sit comfortably in the 60s and 70s. Just know that early June is the wettest stretch of the year, averaging 1.3 inches of precipitation in a single week.