Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 44 min5:38 am – 8:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 36 min7:09 am – 4:44 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 90°F, lows 69°FColdest month January: highs 41°F, lows 24°F50 in of rain a year, on about 77 dayswettest month May8 in of snow a year, on about 3 days57 days above 90°F, 91 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Jackson station, 5 mi away
Nearby landmarksPemberton Lakelake · 2.7 miPemberton Lake Section 22lake · 3.4 miMount Taborpeak · 6.3 miCave Hillpeak · 8.6 miSoutheast Health College of Nursing and Health Sciencescollege · 8.4 miSoutheast Missouri State Universitycollege · 9.2 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsJackson Soccer Parkrecreation area · 3.6 miJackson Football Parkrecreation area · 4.7 miBollinger Mill State Historic Sitestate historic site · 6.9 miCape Woods Conservation Areastate conservation land · 7.0 miLake Girardeau Conservation Areastate conservation land · 7.6 mi · 344 acresTywappity Towersitestate conservation land · 8.3 mi · 62 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes43 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.8 on 26 Sep 199012 mi away, near Chaffee, MissouriMost recent: magnitude 3.1 on 6 Sep 202538 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateCape Girardeau County, MO, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsIce storm Relatively HighWinter weather Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality68% of days had good air in 2025248 of 364 days measured115 moderate, 1 unhealthy daysMedian index 43, worst day 161main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Randolph County, IL, 52 mi away
Drinking waterCape Girardeau County Pwsd 4serves 1,743 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 20215 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation432 ft132 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalSaint Francis Medical Center7.0 miPost officeGordonville Post Office1.7 miTown hallGordonville City Hall1.3 miPoliceJackson Police Department5.0 miFire stationGordonville Area Volunteer Fire Department Station 11.1 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 elementaryElementaryGordonville Elementary School1.3 miCollegeSoutheast Health College of Nursing and Health Sciences8.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportCape Girardeau Regional Airport CGI9.1 miMajor airportSt. Louis Lambert International Airport STL106 miInterstateI-55 Business Lp5.0 miUS highwayUS 615.0 miAmtrakPoplar Bluff, MO PBF54 miCoachCape Girardeau Leming LaneGreyhound8.0 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 63752 ZIP area.
