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Monthly Climate Summary - July 2014

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

Overview

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Report

Monthly Climate Overview

July of 2014 was a much cooler and drier than normal month across the Missouri Ozarks into extreme southeast Kansas. Many records were tied or broken for low temperatures. Northwest flow aloft kept the cooler and drier air mass in place for much of the month. In fact, all 4 ASOS climate stations broke the top 10 coolest July's on record with West Plains setting a new record.

Severe storms on July 7th-8th, 2014

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Month	97	99	93	99
Average High Temperature	84.6	86.8	82.6	84.5
Lowest Temperature of the Month	52	50	53	51
Average Low Temperature	63.7	64.0	61.8	61.1
Average Mean Temperature	74.2	75.4	72.2	73.2
Depart from Normal	-4.0	-4.8	-5.8	-4.1
Rank	9th coldest / 127	5th coldest / 84	coldest / 67	4th coldest / 67
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	9	11	4	9
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	0	0	0	0
Days with lows of 32 deg F or lower	0	0	0	0
Days with lows of 0 deg F or lower	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (Inches)	2.30	1.24	1.63	0.11
Depart from Normal	-1.38	-2.57	-1.92	-4.33
Rank	40th driest / 127	18th driest / 101	15th driest / 67	driest / 70
days of 0.01 or greater	5	7	8	3
days of 0.10 or greater	3	3	4	0
days of 0.50 or greater	2	1	2	0
days of 1.00 or greater	1	0	0	0
Monthly Snowfall	0.0

Monthly Climate Maps

July 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

July 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

July 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

July 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Records

List of July 2014 Records
Date	Station	Record
July 3rd	Joplin	Record low of 50 degrees breaks the old record of 55 set in 2013. This also ties the all time record low for the month of July set in 1975.
July 3rd	Springfield	Record low of 52 degrees tied the old record set in 1968.
July 4th	Vichy	Record low of 54 degrees breaks the old record of 55 set in 1997.
July 15th	Vichy	Record low of 54 degrees breaks the old record of 55 set in 1967.
	Joplin	Record low of 53 degrees ties the old record set in 1967.
	Vichy	Record lowest maximum temperature of 73 degrees breaks the old record of 79 set in 1967.
July 16th	Springfield	Record low of 54 degrees tied the old record set in 1970.
	Vichy	Record low of 51 degrees breaks the old record of 60 set in 1967.
	West Plains	Record low of 53 degrees tied the old record set in 1990.
	Joplin	Record low of 50 degrees breaks the old record of 59 set in 1976. This also ties the all time record low for the month of July which was set earlier in the month.
	West Plains	A record lowest maximum temperature of 75 degrees breaks the record of 79 set in 1967.
July 17th	Vichy	A record low of 51 degrees breaks the old record of 56 set in 1967.
	West Plains	A record low of 53 degrees breaks the old record of 54 set in 1990.
	West Plains	A record lowest maximum of 74 degrees breaks the old record of 78 set in 1989.
	Joplin	A record lowest maximum temperature of 76 degrees ties the old record set in 1950.
July 18th	West Plains	A record lowest maximum tempeature of 75 tied the old record set in 2002.
July 18th	Vichy	A record low of 58 tied the old record set in 2009.
July 19th	West Plains	A record low of 54 degrees tied the old record set in 2009.
	Vichy	A record low of 54 degrees breaks the old record of 56 set in 2009.
	Springfield	A record low of 57 tied the old record set in 2009.
	Joplin	A record low of 56 degrees tied the old record set in 2009.
July 29th	Vichy	A record low of 53 breaks the old record of 56 set in 1971.
July 29th	West Plains	A record low of 55 tied the old record set in 1994.
July 30th	Joplin	A record lowest maximum temperature of 70 degrees breaks the old record of 73 set in 1971.
July 30th	West Plains	A record lowest maximum temperature of 74 degrees breaks the old record of 76 set in 2009.
Month of July	West Plains	The coldest month of July on record was established with an average temperature of 72.2 degrees. This is 5.8 degrees below normal. The old record was set in 2004 at 74.4 degrees.

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
August	89.0	66.6	3.55	0.0
September	80.3	57.7	4.61	0.0
October	69.0	46.5	3.59	0.0
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
August	91.0	68.4	3.35	0.0
September	82.3	59.3	4.95	0.0
October	71.3	48.3	4.03	0.0
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
August	89.4	65.0	3.23
September	80.8	56.9	4.09
October	69.6	45.1	3.84
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
August	87.6	65.0	3.67
September	78.6	56.7	4.04
October	67.4	45.8	3.51

Precipitation Report

Monthly Data for July 2014 for Springfield, MO NWS CWA
State	Name	Station Type	Total Precipitation
MO	NEVADA 0.2 W	CoCoRaHS	4.10
MO	NEVADA WTP	COOP	3.91
MO	MANSFIELD 5.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	3.90
MO	NEVADA 2.3 WNW	CoCoRaHS	3.80
MO	JERICO SPRINGS 3 S	COOP	3.75
MO	MARSHFIELD 1.4 W	CoCoRaHS	3.71
MO	RICHLAND 3.6 NNE	CoCoRaHS	3.51
MO	NEVADA 3.4 NE	CoCoRaHS	3.49
MO	MARSHFIELD 2E	COOP	3.49
MO	EL DORADO SPRINGS 0.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	3.45
MO	MARSHFIELD 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	3.37
MO	HARTVILLE	COOP	3.27
MO	HARTVILLE 0.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	3.27
MO	NEOSHO	COOP	3.20
MO	HARTVILLE 0.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	3.16
KS	FT SCOTT	COOP	3.11
MO	PROTEM 4 NE	COOP	3.11
MO	AVA 0.8 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.97
MO	BRUMLEY 5.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.95
MO	GALENA	COOP	2.94
MO	STOCKTON 2.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.90
MO	STOCKTON 0.2 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.89
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.87
MO	WASHBURN 5 W	COOP	2.85
MO	STOCKTON DAM	COOP	2.83
MO	TABLE ROCK DAM	COOP	2.83
MO	ELDORADO SPRINGS	COOP	2.82
KS	FORT SCOTT 3.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.81
MO	MANSFIELD	COOP	2.76
MO	FAIR PLAY 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	2.75
MO	MTN GROVE 2 N	COOP	2.73
MO	LAKESIDE	COOP	2.71
MO	STOCKTON 4.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.71
MO	WAYNESVILLE 2 W	COOP	2.70
MO	ANDERSON 3W	COOP	2.69
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 13.0 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.66
MO	SPRINGFIELD 0.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.64
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.0 W	CoCoRaHS	2.64
MO	MORRISVILLE 2SW	COOP	2.63
MO	ALDRICH 5.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.63
MO	SEYMOUR 0.9 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.61
MO	FLEMINGTON	COOP	2.57
MO	FORT LEONARD WOOD 5.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.57
KS	FORT SCOTT 0.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.56
MO	WEST PLAINS 2.2 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.56
MO	AVA 6.0 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.54
MO	POTTERSVILLE 0.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.53
MO	BOLIVAR 1.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.51
MO	DORA 1N	COOP	2.44
KS	FORT SCOTT 9.3 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.42
MO	SPRINGFIELD 9.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.42
MO	APPLETON CITY	COOP	2.42
MO	WEST PLAINS 10.6 S	CoCoRaHS	2.41
MO	AURORA 2.7 S	CoCoRaHS	2.40
MO	BIRCH TREE 10.1 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.39
MO	ELDON	COOP	2.38
MO	WINONA FOREST RS	COOP	2.34
MO	COLE CAMP 3NW	COOP	2.33
MO	HOUSTON 2.0 S	CoCoRaHS	2.33
MO	CONWAY 9.0 E	CoCoRaHS	2.31
MO	ELDON 3.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.31
MO	SPRINGFIELD RGNL AP	WBAN	2.30
MO	EMINENCE 0.1 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.30
MO	STOCKTON 5.6 S	CoCoRaHS	2.30
MO	ROLLA 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.28
MO	MANSFIELD 3.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.25
MO	GOODSON 0.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.24
MO	HOUSTON 0.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.24
MO	MARSHFIELD 3.6 S	CoCoRaHS	2.23
MO	BOLIVAR 2.7 E	CoCoRaHS	2.22
MO	MONTAUK SP	COOP	2.22
MO	BUFFALO 1.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.21
MO	BOLIVAR 9.0 N	CoCoRaHS	2.21
MO	EMINENCE 1 N	COOP	2.19
MO	LAMAR	COOP	2.17
MO	EDWARDS 7.1 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.15
MO	STRAFFORD 2.4 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.12
MO	ALTON 1.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.12
MO	HOUSTON 4.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.11
MO	DORA 2.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.10
MO	LEBANON 2.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.10
MO	LAURIE 4.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.09
MO	HOUSTON 4.5 WSW	CoCoRaHS	2.09
MO	ROLLA 6.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.09
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.9 W	CoCoRaHS	2.08
MO	NIXA 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.07
MO	SPARTA 6.3 E	CoCoRaHS	2.07
MO	UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS 0.1 WSW	CoCoRaHS	2.07
MO	HURLEY 3.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.03
MO	SENECA 5.8 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.01
MO	HORTON	COOP	2.01
MO	WHEATLAND 2.7 S	CoCoRaHS	1.98
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.97
MO	TECUMSEH	COOP	1.95
MO	ROLLA 1.3 S	CoCoRaHS	1.95
KS	GARLAND 2.7 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.93
MO	EDGAR SPRINGS 2.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.93
MO	DUNNEGAN 2.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.93
MO	POMONA 2.4 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.92
MO	ROLLA 1.3 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.92
MO	BOLIVAR 1 NE	COOP	1.88
MO	HERMITAGE 0.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.88
MO	IBERIA	COOP	1.88
MO	GOLDEN CITY 0.6 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.88
MO	EL DORADO SPRINGS 12.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.88
MO	CONWAY 8.9 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.86
MO	BRANSON AP	COOP	1.86
MO	WALNUT GROVE 5.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.83
MO	OZARK 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.82
MO	VERSAILLES	COOP	1.82
MO	LOCKWOOD	COOP	1.82
MO	AVA 6W	COOP	1.80
MO	GOLDEN CITY 6 S	COOP	1.80
MO	LINCOLN 0.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.79
MO	HOUSTON	COOP	1.79
MO	JOPLIN 5.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.78
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.78
MO	FAIR GROVE 4.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.78
MO	FORT LEONARD WOOD 9.3 S	CoCoRaHS	1.75
MO	SALEM 1.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.75
MO	WHEATLAND 5.0 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.74
MO	BATTLEFIELD 3.3 E	CoCoRaHS	1.70
MO	PROTEM	CoCoRaHS	1.70
MO	LINN CREEK 9.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.70
KS	DEVON 0.1 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.69
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.69
MO	POMME DE TERRE DAM	COOP	1.68
MO	DIAMOND 2 W	COOP	1.67
MO	NIXA 4.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.67
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.66
MO	MILLER 1 E	COOP	1.66
MO	ISABELLA	COOP	1.65
MO	BUFFALO	COOP	1.64
MO	LEBANON 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	1.64
MO	LICKING 4N	COOP	1.64
MO	ROLLA UNI OF MISSOURI	COOP	1.64
MO	WEST PLAINS MUNI AP	WBAN	1.63
MO	GREENFIELD 0.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.60
MO	LIBERAL 0.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.57
MO	PLATO 5.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.57
KS	WALNUT 3 S	COOP	1.56
MO	IBERIA 5.6 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.56
MO	JOPLIN 4.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.55
KS	PITTSBURG	COOP	1.54
KS	FORT SCOTT 8.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.53
MO	LEBANON 0.6 N	CoCoRaHS	1.53
MO	SHOAL CREEK ESTATES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.51
KS	GIRARD	COOP	1.47
MO	BUFFALO 0.8 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.47
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.46
MO	VERSAILLES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.44
MO	AVA 13.6 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.42
KS	FARLINGTON 0.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.40
MO	HAZELGREEN 1 W	COOP	1.40
MO	VERONA 4.0 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.40
KS	COLUMBUS	COOP	1.39
MO	JOPLIN 2.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.39
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.39
MO	AVA 10.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.36
MO	ASH GROVE 4S	COOP	1.36
KS	GIRARD 3.1 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.35
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.3 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.35
MO	GAINESVILLE 6.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.35
MO	SALEM 10 W	WBAN	1.35
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 14.0 S	CoCoRaHS	1.34
MO	SALEM 14.9 E	CoCoRaHS	1.33
MO	ALTON 7.2 E	CoCoRaHS	1.32
MO	OSCEOLA 0.3 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.30
MO	NORWOOD 0.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.29
MO	LOWRY CITY 3.8 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.29
MO	WILLARD 2.6 W	CoCoRaHS	1.27
MO	VIENNA 4.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.27
MO	JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	1.24
KS	PITTSBURG 0.7 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.22
MO	IRON GATES 0.9 S	CoCoRaHS	1.18
MO	CARTHAGE 1.5 S	CoCoRaHS	1.16
KS	CHEROKEE 0.3 N	CoCoRaHS	1.16
MO	MOUNT VERNON 1.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.15
KS	MCCUNE 1.6 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.13
KS	UNIONTOWN 0.7 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.12
MO	NEOSHO 3.9 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.12
MO	ROUND SPRING	COOP	1.12
MO	LAMAR 0.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.11
MO	SALEM 4.3 S	CoCoRaHS	1.10
MO	CLEVER 4.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.03
KS	UNIONTOWN 4.7 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.00
MO	MOUNT VERNON 0.2 E	CoCoRaHS	1.00
KS	PITTSBURG 4.9 WSW	CoCoRaHS	0.99
MO	CARTHAGE 0.8 S	CoCoRaHS	0.98
MO	HOLLISTER 3.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.91
MO	PURDY 4.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.90
MO	HOLLISTER 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.88
MO	MILLER 9.2 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.81
MO	JOPLIN 24 N	WBAN	0.80
MO	SPRINGFIELD WFO	COOP	0.78
MO	MYRTLE 0.3 E	CoCoRaHS	0.78
MO	BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	0.74
MO	BRANSON 3.8 E	CoCoRaHS	0.73
MO	ROLLA 8.1 S	CoCoRaHS	0.71
MO	KIMBERLING CITY 1.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.62
MO	CARL JUNCTION 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.60
MO	NEOSHO 3.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.56
MO	CARL JUNCTION 3.4 WSW	CoCoRaHS	0.53
KS	UNIONTOWN	COOP	0.47
MO	NOEL 3.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	0.45
MO	CASSVILLE 0.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.45
MO	LEBANON 7.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.44
MO	SHELL KNOB 5.6 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.41
MO	EMERALD BEACH 3.0 S	CoCoRaHS	0.40
KS	HEPLER 4.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	0.37
MO	NOEL 3.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	0.35
MO	SELIGMAN 3.0 N	CoCoRaHS	0.34
MO	CARTHAGE 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.33
MO	ROLLA 8.2 SSE	CoCoRaHS	0.27
MO	GOLDEN 1.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	0.26
MO	SARCOXIE 1.0 W	CoCoRaHS	0.25
MO	EMERALD BEACH 5.5 E	CoCoRaHS	0.17
MO	SALEM 5.9 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.15
MO	VICHY ROLLA NATIONAL AP	WBAN	0.11
MO	FT LEONARD WOOD	COOP	0.04
MO	OZARK BEACH	COOP	0.01
MO	HARTVILLE 0.9 WSW	CoCoRaHS	0.00
MO	HOUSTON 6.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.00
MO	HALLTOWN 5 NW	COOP	0.00