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Monthly Climate Summary - December 2014

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

Overview

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Report

Monthly Climate Overview

December 2014 was a month with above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation across the region. The northwest flow regime we had for much of November that brought well below normal temperatures became more zonal during the month of December and allowed for more moderate temperatures.

Light snow affected the region December 17th-18

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Month	58	65	63	65
Average High Temperature	44.5	46.5	44.1	42.1
Lowest Temperature of the Month	14	14	19	11
Average Low Temperature	32.1	33.1	32.0	31.1
Average Mean Temperature	38.3	39.8	38.0	36.6
Depart from Normal	+ 3.3	+ 2.6	+ 1.8	+ 2.9
Rank	41st warmest / 127	27th warmest / 87	20th warmest / 67	20th warmest / 67
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	0	0	0	0
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	2	2	2	3
Days with lows of 32 deg F or lower	14	14	14	17
Days with lows of 0 deg F or lower	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (Inches)	1.77	1.84	2.97	2.37
Depart from Normal	- 1.27	- 0.98	- 0.67	- 0.27
Rank	55th driest / 127	50th driest / 104	32nd driest / 67	27th wettest / 66
days of 0.01 or greater	13	11	10	9
days of 0.10 or greater	6	4	8	4
days of 0.50 or greater	0	1	2	1
days of 1.00 or greater	0	0	0	1
Monthly Snowfall	0.5

Monthly Climate Maps

December 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

December 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

December 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

December 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Records

List of December 2014 Records
Date	Station	Record
Dec 17th	Springfield	0.5 inches of snow fell which tied the old record on this date back in 1989.

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
January	42.9	22.4	2.47	5.4
February	48.2	26.1	2.52	3.6
March	57.5	35.2	3.62	2.4
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
January	44.9	25.0	2.03	4.7
February	50.5	29.2	2.32	3.5
March	60.1	37.7	3.42	1.1
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
January	44.6	23.5	2.72
February	49.2	26.5	2.84
March	59.5	35.5	4.29
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
January	40.7	21.5	2.17
February	45.8	25.5	1.93
March	56.3	34.3	3.45

Precipitation Report


State	Name	Station Type	Total Precipitation
MO	HARTVILLE 0.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	3.99
MO	SUMMERSVILLE	COOP	3.94
MO	VERSAILLES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	3.67
MO	EMINENCE 1 N	COOP	3.53
MO	DORA 1N	COOP	3.49
MO	SALEM 4.3 S	CoCoRaHS	3.41
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.0 W	CoCoRaHS	3.41
MO	TECUMSEH	COOP	3.32
MO	DORA 2.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	3.31
MO	WINONA FOREST RS	COOP	3.30
MO	HOUSTON 0.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	3.27
MO	AVA 6.0 NW	CoCoRaHS	3.26
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	3.24
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.9 W	CoCoRaHS	3.24
MO	APPLETON CITY	COOP	3.16
MO	HOUSTON 4.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	3.12
MO	WEST PLAINS 10.6 S	CoCoRaHS	3.09
MO	BRANSON 3.8 E	CoCoRaHS	3.09
MO	PROTEM 4 NE	COOP	3.08
MO	AVA 0.8 NNW	CoCoRaHS	3.06
MO	HOUSTON	COOP	3.06
MO	COLE CAMP 3NW	COOP	3.02
MO	LINCOLN 0.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	3.02
MO	ROUND SPRING	COOP	3.02
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 14.0 S	CoCoRaHS	3.01
MO	WEST PLAINS 2.2 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.99
MO	WEST PLAINS MUNI AP	WBAN	2.97
KS	DEVON 0.1 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.93
MO	SALEM 1.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.93
MO	SHELL KNOB 5.6 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.93
MO	MONTAUK SP	COOP	2.92
MO	EDGAR SPRINGS 2.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.91
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.88
MO	WASHBURN 5 W	COOP	2.88
MO	NEVADA WTP	COOP	2.85
MO	HOUSTON 6.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.85
MO	HOLLISTER 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.83
MO	GOLDEN 1.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	2.83
MO	BRANSON AP	COOP	2.83
MO	RAYMONDVILLE 3.5 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.82
MO	ST. JAMES 1.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.82
MO	HOLLISTER 3.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.82
MO	EMERALD BEACH 5.5 E	CoCoRaHS	2.79
MO	SPRINGFIELD 0.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.78
MO	VERSAILLES	COOP	2.77
MO	EMINENCE 0.1 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.77
MO	ROLLA 6.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.76
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.75
MO	WAYNESVILLE 2 W	COOP	2.74
MO	ROLLA 1.3 NE	CoCoRaHS	2.71
MO	BATTLEFIELD 3.3 E	CoCoRaHS	2.71
MO	ROLLA 1.3 S	CoCoRaHS	2.68
KS	COLUMBUS	COOP	2.67
MO	CLEVER 3.9 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.66
MO	CASSVILLE 4.8 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.66
MO	HARTVILLE	COOP	2.65
MO	HARTVILLE 0.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	2.65
KS	UNIONTOWN	COOP	2.60
MO	MANSFIELD	COOP	2.60
MO	MTN GROVE 2 N	COOP	2.59
MO	CLEVER 4.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.58
MO	ROLLA UNI OF MISSOURI	COOP	2.57
MO	OZARK	COOP	2.56
MO	ELDON	COOP	2.55
MO	WAYNESVILLE 3.9 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.54
MO	AVA 13.6 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.53
KS	FORT SCOTT 9.3 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.52
MO	AVA 10.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.52
MO	FORSYTH 0.9 S	CoCoRaHS	2.52
MO	NEWBURG 9.6 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.49
MO	TABLE ROCK DAM	COOP	2.49
MO	OSCEOLA 0.3 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.49
MO	SALEM 10 W	WBAN	2.46
MO	ROLLA 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.46
MO	SELIGMAN 3.0 N	CoCoRaHS	2.44
MO	GAINESVILLE 6.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.43
MO	HOUSTON 2.0 S	CoCoRaHS	2.42
MO	NIXA 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.42
KS	FORT SCOTT 3.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.41
MO	ROLLA 8.1 S	CoCoRaHS	2.41
KS	GIRARD	COOP	2.38
MO	VICHY ROLLA NATIONAL AP	WBAN	2.37
MO	LEBANON 2.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.37
MO	LOWRY CITY 3.8 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.36
MO	JOPLIN 2.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.34
KS	PITTSBURG	COOP	2.34
MO	FT LEONARD WOOD	COOP	2.34
KS	CHEROKEE 0.3 N	CoCoRaHS	2.33
MO	HERMITAGE 0.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.33
MO	OZARK 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.33
KS	FT SCOTT	COOP	2.32
KS	FARLINGTON 0.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.32
MO	WEST PLAINS 8.3 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.31
MO	VIENNA 4.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.26
MO	ST. JAMES 1.3 NE	CoCoRaHS	2.25
MO	LEBANON 0.6 N	CoCoRaHS	2.25
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.24
MO	MARSHFIELD 3.6 S	CoCoRaHS	2.23
KS	FORT SCOTT 8.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.22
MO	CONWAY 8.9 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.22
MO	POMONA 2.4 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.22
MO	ELDON 3.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.20
MO	ROLLA 8.2 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.18
MO	ELDORADO SPRINGS	COOP	2.17
KS	PITTSBURG 0.7 WSW	CoCoRaHS	2.16
MO	WHEATLAND 5.0 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.16
MO	MARSHFIELD 2E	COOP	2.14
MO	LOCKWOOD	COOP	2.14
MO	ANDERSON 3W	COOP	2.13
MO	NEVADA 0.2 W	CoCoRaHS	2.13
MO	MARSHFIELD 1.4 W	CoCoRaHS	2.13
MO	BUFFALO 1.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.11
MO	SPRINGFIELD 9.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.11
MO	CASSVILLE 0.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.11
MO	MANSFIELD 5.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.10
MO	HURLEY 3.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.09
MO	MOUNT VERNON 1.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.08
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.07
MO	CONWAY 5.7 W	CoCoRaHS	2.06
MO	FLEMINGTON	COOP	2.06
MO	PURDY 4.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.06
MO	HAZELGREEN 1 W	COOP	2.05
MO	FAIR PLAY 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	2.05
MO	WHEATLAND 2.7 S	CoCoRaHS	2.04
MO	GRAVOIS MILLS 3.7 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.04
MO	GOODSON 0.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.03
MO	MONETT 1.8 N	CoCoRaHS	2.03
KS	MCCUNE 1.6 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.02
KS	WALNUT 3 S	COOP	2.01
MO	MOUNT VERNON 0.2 E	CoCoRaHS	2.01
KS	PITTSBURG 4.9 WSW	CoCoRaHS	2.00
MO	STARK CITY 5.5 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.99
MO	STOCKTON 0.2 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.99
MO	LEBANON 7.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.98
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 13.0 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.97
MO	UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS 0.1 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.97
MO	CARL JUNCTION 3.4 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.96
MO	JOPLIN 24 N	WBAN	1.96
MO	RICHLAND 3.6 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.96
MO	GREENFIELD 0.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.96
MO	SPARTA 6.3 E	CoCoRaHS	1.95
MO	CARTHAGE 1.5 S	CoCoRaHS	1.93
MO	NEOSHO 3.9 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.93
MO	IBERIA 5.6 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.92
MO	IRON GATES 0.9 S	CoCoRaHS	1.90
MO	BOLIVAR 9.0 N	CoCoRaHS	1.90
MO	SHOAL CREEK ESTATES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.89
MO	PROTEM	CoCoRaHS	1.89
MO	MILLER 9.2 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.89
MO	FAIR GROVE 4.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.88
MO	LINN CREEK 9.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.87
MO	ANDERSON 6.8 W	CoCoRaHS	1.86
MO	BOLIVAR 1 NE	COOP	1.86
MO	JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	1.84
MO	NOEL 3.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.84
MO	MARSHFIELD 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.84
MO	BUFFALO	COOP	1.83
MO	STOCKTON 2.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.82
MO	LIBERAL 0.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.81
MO	POMME DE TERRE DAM	COOP	1.81
MO	LAURIE 4.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.79
MO	DIAMOND 2 W	COOP	1.78
MO	LAKESIDE	COOP	1.77
MO	SPRINGFIELD RGNL AP	WBAN	1.77
MO	ASH GROVE 4S	COOP	1.77
MO	FORT LEONARD WOOD 5.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.73
MO	BOLIVAR 1.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.72
MO	MANSFIELD 3.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.71
MO	CONWAY 9.0 E	CoCoRaHS	1.70
MO	SPRINGFIELD WFO	COOP	1.69
MO	MORRISVILLE 2SW	COOP	1.69
MO	BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.68
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.68
MO	LEBANON 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	1.67
MO	CARTHAGE 0.8 S	CoCoRaHS	1.66
MO	ROLLA 6.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.66
MO	LAMAR 0.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.65
MO	NEOSHO	COOP	1.63
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.63
MO	BOLIVAR 2.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.59
MO	SENECA 5.8 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.58
MO	ALTON 1.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.57
MO	WALNUT GROVE 5.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.56
MO	LICKING 4N	COOP	1.55
MO	STOCKTON 5.6 S	CoCoRaHS	1.55
MO	GOLDEN CITY 6 S	COOP	1.53
MO	DUNNEGAN 2.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.53
KS	HEPLER 4.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.50
MO	CARTHAGE 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.49
MO	BRUMLEY 5.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.48
MO	STOCKTON DAM	COOP	1.47
MO	NEOSHO 3.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.44
MO	HALLTOWN 5 NW	COOP	1.42
MO	EMERALD BEACH 3.0 S	CoCoRaHS	1.41
MO	NIXA 4.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.40
MO	JERICO SPRINGS 3 S	COOP	1.40
MO	JOPLIN 5.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.37
MO	LEBANON 2 W	COOP	1.33
MO	EL DORADO SPRINGS 12.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.31
MO	LAMAR	COOP	1.29
MO	MILLER 1 E	COOP	1.28
MO	BIRCH TREE 10.1 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.24
MO	NORWOOD 0.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.22
MO	POTTERSVILLE 0.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.22
MO	BOLIVAR 2.7 E	CoCoRaHS	1.21
MO	IBERIA	COOP	1.17
MO	WILLARD 2.6 W	CoCoRaHS	1.16
MO	ALDRICH 5.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.16
MO	VERONA 4.0 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.14
MO	JOPLIN 4.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.07
MO	ISABELLA 2.0 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.07
KS	FORT SCOTT 0.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.06
MO	WHEATON 0.1 S	CoCoRaHS	1.00
MO	NEVADA 2.3 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.88
MO	OZARK BEACH	COOP	0.86
MO	CASSVILLE RS	COOP	0.86
MO	HORTON	COOP	0.73
KS	GARLAND 2.7 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.69
MO	STOCKTON 4.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.68
MO	EL DORADO SPRINGS 0.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	0.66
MO	EDWARDS 7.1 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.65
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.3 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.64
MO	SEYMOUR 0.9 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.54
MO	MYRTLE 0.3 E	CoCoRaHS	0.49
MO	AVA 6W	COOP	0.46
MO	GALENA	COOP	0.45
MO	KIMBERLING CITY 1.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.42
MO	STRAFFORD 2.4 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.34
MO	AURORA 1.2 WSW	CoCoRaHS	0.33