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Year End Climate Summary - 2014

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

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2014 across the Missouri Ozarks into extreme southeast Kansas had well below normal temperatures and precipitation. Portions of the Ozarks had temperatures in the coldest top 10 and several stations had precipitation totals in the top 15 driest.

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Year	101	100	98	99
Average High Temperature	66.0	66.9	65.2	63.3
Lowest Temperature of the Year	- 10	- 9	- 4	- 13
Average Low Temperature	44.6	45.3	43.7	42.6
Average Mean Temperature	55.3	56.1	54.5	53.0
Depart from Normal	- 1.0	- 2.4	- 2.3	- 2.1
Rank	40th coldest / 127	11th coldest / 87	7th coldest / 67	3rd coldest / 70
Days with lows of 32 deg F or Lower	113	105	111	120
Days with lows of 0 deg F or Lower	2	2	2	5
Days with highs of 32 degrees or Lower	22	24	22	36
Days with highs of 90 degrees or Warmer	37	40	24	27

Precipitation (Inches)	38.59	31.71	36.40	29.65
Depart from Normal	- 6.98	- 14.84	- 9.82	- 13.96
Rank	45th driest / 127	13th driest / 105	12th driest / 67	13th driest / 73
days of 0.01 or greater	108	100	94	105
days of 0.10 or greater	62	46	61	58
days of 0.50 or greater	27	22	27	18
days of 1.00 or greater	12	12	9	9
Yearly Snowfall	20.9

Year End Summary - Climatology

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	29.0	- 3.6	30.5	- 4.4	29.2	- 4.8	26.0	- 5.1
February	31.7	- 5.5	32.1	- 7.7	31.3	- 6.6	27.1	- 8.6
March	42.8	- 3.5	43.4	- 5.5	42.1	- 5.4	40.5	- 4.8
April	56.1	+ 0.3	56.6	- 1.8	56.7	- 0.7	55.3	+ 0.1
May	66.8	+ 2.0	67.6	+ 0.6	65.9	+ 0.5	65.0	+ 1.2
June	74.5	+ 1.1	74.8	- 0.7	73.5	- 0.2	73.2	+ 0.8
July	74.2	- 4.0	75.4	- 4.8	72.2	- 5.8	73.2	- 4.1
August	79.8	+ 2.0	80.5	+ 0.8	77.9	+ 0.7	77.5	+ 1.2
September	69.7	+ 0.7	70.3	- 0.5	68.1	- 0.8	66.8	- 0.8
October	59.7	+ 1.9	60.6	+ 0.8	58.7	+ 1.3	56.7	+ 0.1
November	40.8	- 5.3	41.5	- 6.9	40.1	- 6.7	38.0	- 7.2
December	38.3	+ 3.3	39.8	+ 2.6	38.0	+ 1.8	36.6	+ 2.9
Annual	55.3	- 1.0	56.1	- 2.4	54.5	- 2.3	53.0	- 2.1
Annual	40th coldest / 127		11th coldest / 87		7th coldest / 67		3rd coldest / 70

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	1.29	- 1.18	0.59	- 1.44	1.60	- 1.12	0.85	- 1.32
February	0.5	- 2.02	0.26	- 2.06	0.25	- 2.59	0.61	- 1.32
March	2.33	- 1.29	1.88	- 1.54	3.22	- 1.07	0.71	- 2.74
April	2.08	- 2.24	1.25	- 3.22	4.10	- 0.38	3.65	- 0.57
May	5.28	+ 0.18	4.77	- 0.94	2.81	- 2.13	3.80	- 1.24
June	6.23	+ 1.38	3.93	- 1.93	5.23	+ 1.21	3.31	- 1.32
July	2.30	- 1.38	1.24	- 2.57	1.63	- 1.92	0.11	- 4.33
August	1.96	- 1.59	1.52	- 1.83	2.78	- 0.45	4.26	+ 0.59
September	5.00	+ 0.39	4.53	- 0.42	2.20	- 1.89	1.91	- 2.13
October	7.55	+ 3.96	7.95	+ 3.92	7.29	+ 3.45	5.65	+ 2.14
November	2.30	- 1.92	1.95	- 1.83	2.32	- 2.26	2.42	- 1.45
December	1.77	- 1.27	1.84	- 0.98	2.97	- 0.67	2.37	- 0.27
Annual	38.59	- 6.98	31.71	- 14.84	36.40	- 9.82	29.65	- 13.96
Annual	45th driest / 127		13th driest / 105		12th driest / 67		13th driest / 73

Year End Summary - Top Weather Stories

2014
December 17th-18th		Light Wintry Weather
November 16th		Snowfall Across the Ozarks
October 13th		Isolated severe storms and tornadoes
October 2nd		Strong storms and heavy rain impact the area
September 1st-2nd		Severe Storms
July 7th-8th		Severe Storms
June 7th		Severe Storms
June 5th-6th		Severe Storms and Flooding
May 8th		Severe Storms & Tornadoes
April 27th		Severe Storms and Tornadoes
April 24th		Severe Storms
April 13th		Severe Storms
April 3rd		Severe Storms
March 27th		Severe Storms
March 15th-16th		Strong winds, heavy rain, sleet and snow
March 1st-3rd		Winter Storm
February 20th		Windy Conditions
February 4th		Snowfall
February 2nd		Snowfall
January 12th		Wind Event
January 5th		Heavy Snow
January 1st-2nd		Light Snow

Monthly Summaries

2014
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Year End Summary - Outlook

Jan-Feb-Mar Temperatures	Jan-Feb-Mar Precipitation

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Year End Summary - Maps

January		February		March
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