Steffenville, Missouri
Steffenville is an unincorporated community in southwestern Lewis County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route D, approximately 22 miles southwest of Canton. The community is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
A post office called Steffenville was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1988.[2] Steffenville was named for Henry Steffens, a pioneer settler.[3] The Steffens family was the original owner of the town site.[4]
Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Steffenville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Steffenville was 115 °F (46.1 °C) on July 15, 1936, while the coldest temperature recorded was −28 °F (−33.3 °C) on February 13, 1905.[5]
Climate data for Steffenville, Missouri, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 74 (23) | 80 (27) | 90 (32) | 94 (34) | 102 (39) | 107 (42) | 115 (46) | 113 (45) | 109 (43) | 98 (37) | 85 (29) | 74 (23) | 115 (46) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 58.2 (14.6) | 64.3 (17.9) | 75.3 (24.1) | 82.7 (28.2) | 87.7 (30.9) | 92.4 (33.6) | 96.1 (35.6) | 96.1 (35.6) | 91.8 (33.2) | 84.9 (29.4) | 72.0 (22.2) | 61.9 (16.6) | 97.9 (36.6) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34.5 (1.4) | 39.5 (4.2) | 52.1 (11.2) | 64.1 (17.8) | 73.2 (22.9) | 81.9 (27.7) | 85.7 (29.8) | 84.3 (29.1) | 77.7 (25.4) | 65.6 (18.7) | 50.9 (10.5) | 38.6 (3.7) | 62.3 (16.9) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 26.1 (−3.3) | 30.5 (−0.8) | 41.8 (5.4) | 53.0 (11.7) | 63.0 (17.2) | 72.1 (22.3) | 75.6 (24.2) | 73.9 (23.3) | 66.3 (19.1) | 54.9 (12.7) | 41.8 (5.4) | 30.9 (−0.6) | 52.5 (11.4) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.8 (−7.9) | 21.5 (−5.8) | 31.5 (−0.3) | 42.0 (5.6) | 52.8 (11.6) | 62.2 (16.8) | 65.5 (18.6) | 63.5 (17.5) | 55.0 (12.8) | 44.1 (6.7) | 32.6 (0.3) | 23.3 (−4.8) | 42.7 (5.9) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −4.1 (−20.1) | 0.8 (−17.3) | 11.5 (−11.4) | 26.2 (−3.2) | 38.1 (3.4) | 50.7 (10.4) | 55.9 (13.3) | 53.9 (12.2) | 39.8 (4.3) | 27.8 (−2.3) | 15.6 (−9.1) | 2.9 (−16.2) | −7.8 (−22.1) |
Record low °F (°C) | −24 (−31) | −28 (−33) | −11 (−24) | 5 (−15) | 26 (−3) | 38 (3) | 42 (6) | 38 (3) | 24 (−4) | 7 (−14) | −10 (−23) | −26 (−32) | −28 (−33) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.70 (43) | 1.85 (47) | 2.49 (63) | 4.01 (102) | 5.06 (129) | 4.84 (123) | 3.98 (101) | 3.88 (99) | 3.73 (95) | 3.41 (87) | 2.61 (66) | 1.91 (49) | 39.47 (1,004) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.8 (15) | 4.1 (10) | 2.1 (5.3) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 1.0 (2.5) | 4.0 (10) | 17.8 (44.85) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 6.6 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 98.7 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 12.4 |
Source 1: NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service[5] |
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Steffenville, Missouri
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 185.
- ^ "Lewis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS St. Louis". National Weather Service. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Steffenville, MO". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
39°58′14″N 91°52′56″W / 39.97056°N 91.88222°W