La Tour, Missouri Weather
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La Tour weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
Conditions updated 9:22 AM CDT · Open-Meteo
- TodaySep 21Light Drizzle—0.03″73°67°—
- TuesdaySep 22Overcast——74°63°+1°
- WednesdaySep 23Overcast——78°53°+4°
- ThursdaySep 24Overcast——80°56°+2°
- FridaySep 25Light Drizzle18%—84°61°+4°
- SaturdaySep 26Heavy Drizzle40%—86°66°+2°
- SundaySep 27Heavy Drizzle25%—80°64°-6°
Air quality now AQI 32 · Good
AQI 32 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
September dries up ditches or breaks down bridges.
- Moonrise
- 4:46 PM
- Moonset
- 1:43 AM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
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La Tour at a glance
- Today vs. normal: Today averages 70°F (high 73°F, low 67°F), 3°F above the 67°F normal for Sep 21
- Last frost: April 8 (1991–2020 median, NOAA station 24 km away)
- Microseason: Sep 21–25
- Planting calendar: September — plant garlic (overwinter); harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash
16-Day Forecast — La Tour
- Mon73°67°9%
- Tue74°63°2%
- Wed78°53°0%
- Thu80°56°6%
- Fri84°61°18%
- Sat86°66°40%
- Sun80°64°25%
- Mon84°63°28%
- Tue83°64°41%
- Wed80°55°21%
- Thu87°59°10%
- Fri90°65°24%
- Sat83°64°24%
- Sun64°48°10%
- Mon65°43°19%
- Tue66°43°19%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Fall planting + final harvests
As of September 21, the season's first frost (typically October 29) is approaching. Pick what frost-tender plants still carry before the next cold front. This city's planting calendar for September: plant garlic (overwinter); harvest tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, and winter squash.
Sun & seasons in La Tour
La Tour sits in Johnson County, where the year’s longest day runs 14h 52m of daylight and its shortest just 9h 28m — a swing of +5h 24m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
St. Louis, the state’s largest city, lies about 208 miles to the E. The nearest town La Tour tracks is Lone Jack, roughly 17 miles to the NNW.
Planting calendar
| Month | Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| March | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes | — |
| April | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes | spinach, radishes |
| May | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes |
| June | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | lettuce, peas, spinach, summer squash, garlic |
| July | tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, garlic |
| August | beans, squash, fall brassicas, carrots | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| September | garlic (overwinter) | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash |
| October | garlic (overwinter) | tomatoes, peppers, beans, summer squash, winter squash, fall brassicas, carrots |
| November | — | fall brassicas, carrots |
A year in weather
The year in La Tour tops out in July (~78°F) and dips lowest in January (~30°F), with May wettest at 5.8 inches and January driest at 1.4 inches.
| Month | Mean temp | Precip | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 1.4″ | 7 |
| February | 34° | 1.8″ | 8 |
| March | 45° | 3.0″ | 10 |
| April | 55° | 4.2″ | 11 |
| May | 65° | 5.8″ | 12 |
| June | 74° | 5.3″ | 10 |
| July | 78° | 4.7″ | 9 |
| August | 77° | 4.4″ | 9 |
| September | 69° | 4.4″ | 8 |
| October | 57° | 3.4″ | 9 |
| November | 44° | 2.4″ | 6 |
| December | 34° | 1.9″ | 7 |
Regional context
Similar climates Gunn City, MO, Garden City, MO, East Lynne, MO
By the nearest station's NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals, La Tour sees 30°F Januarys and 78°F Julys, a 49°F range, plus around 42.7 inches of precipitation across 106 days.
Summer convection drives La Tour's precipitation: May logs 5.8 inches on 12.4 rainy days, against January's 1.4 inches on 7.0 — warm-season storms carry La Tour's moisture. That puts La Tour in a summer-convective cohort with places like Gunn City, MO, Garden City, MO and East Lynne, MO.
La Tour's growing window opens around April 8, once La Tour's overnight lows stop freezing — sow kale, peas, spinach, and parsnips. Hold La Tour's tender crops — tomatoes, peppers, basil — until 10-14 days past La Tour's last frost. La Tour's window closes around October 29 as La Tour's overnight lows return below freezing. Sheltered La Tour yards can escape a light frost.
Similar climates: Gunn City, MO, Garden City, MO, East Lynne, MO, Kingsville, MO, Holden, MO.
Frequently asked
- When does it freeze in La Tour?
- La Tour's last spring frost lands near April 8, and in La Tour the first fall frost follows around October 29.
- What is the rainy season in La Tour?
- La Tour sees its heaviest rain in May (around 5.8 inches), part of roughly 43 inches a year.
- What is the warmest month in La Tour?
- La Tour peaks in July, when the mean runs near 78°F.
- What is the coldest month in La Tour?
- January is La Tour's coldest month, averaging about 30°F.
- When can I start a vegetable garden in La Tour?
- In La Tour, sow peas and hardy greens around April 8; La Tour's tomatoes and peppers wait two weeks more.
- How many rainy days does La Tour get?
- La Tour records around 106 days of measurable precipitation annually.
- What hardiness zone is La Tour?
- Because La Tour bottoms near 30°F in January, that winter low sets La Tour's USDA zone — verify by ZIP.
- What is the 10-day forecast for La Tour?
- La Tour's extended outlook — daily high and low temperatures and precipitation chances for each upcoming day — is in the daily forecast above.
- Will it rain this week in La Tour?
- See this week's day-by-day rain chances for La Tour in the daily forecast above, and the next 24 hours in the hourly chart.
- What is the weather like right now in La Tour?
- Current conditions for La Tour and the next 24 hours — temperature, precipitation chance, and wind by the hour — are in the hourly forecast chart above.
- How often is the La Tour forecast updated?
- The La Tour forecast on this page is built from Open-Meteo weather-model data and refreshes regularly through the day.
- When are sunrise and sunset in La Tour?
- Today's sunrise and sunset times for La Tour are in the Almanac section above, along with civil dawn, civil dusk, and day length. Day length is longest near the summer solstice and shortest near the winter solstice.
- How accurate is the weather forecast for La Tour?
- The next few days in La Tour's forecast are the most reliable; accuracy declines beyond about a week as weather-model uncertainty grows.
La Tour sits at 38.6°N; its climate zone is humid subtropical (Köppen approximation).
ZIP codes in La Tour
- 64747