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Monthly Climate Summary - November 2014

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

Overview

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Report

Monthly Climate Overview

November was a month with much below normal temperatures across the region as an Arctic air mass settled into the area for around a week in the middle of the month. With Gulf moisture held well to the south for much of the month, precipitation totals were also well below normal for the month.

Snowfall from November 16th, 2014 system

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Month	75	76	73	71
Average High Temperature	51.7	52.7	50.9	48.1
Lowest Temperature of the Month	9	6	10	7
Average Low Temperature	30.0	30.3	29.3	27.8
Average Mean Temperature	40.8	41.5	40.1	38.0
Depart from Normal	- 5.3	- 6.9	- 6.7	- 7.2
Rank	11th coldest / 127	6th coldest / 86	6th coldest / 67	2nd coldest / 66
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	0	0	0	0
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	3	3	1	6
Days with lows of 32 deg F or lower	21	18	19	22
Days with lows of 0 deg F or lower	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (Inches)	2.30	1.95	2.32	2.42
Depart from Normal	- 1.92	- 1.83	- 2.26	- 1.45
Rank	54th driest / 127	40th driest / 102	22nd driest / 67	32nd wettest / 69
days of 0.01 or greater	6	6	7	9
days of 0.10 or greater	4	4	3	5
days of 0.50 or greater	2	2	2	2
days of 1.00 or greater	1	1	1	0
Monthly Snowfall	1.7

Monthly Climate Maps

November 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

November 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

November 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

November 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Records

List of November 2014 Records
Date	Station	Record
Nov 1	Springfield	Record low of 22 degrees breaks the old record of 23 set in 1991.
Nov 14	Joplin	Record low of 14 degrees breaks the old record of 16 set in 1959.
Nov 14	Vichy	Record low 14 degrees breaks the old record o f16 set in 1969.
Nov 15	Vichy	Record low of 20 degrees ties the old record set in 1959.
Nov 16	Springfield	Record snowfall of 1.5 inches breaks the old daily record of 0.9 set in 1972.
Nov 17	Vichy	Record lowest maximum temperature of 24 degrees breaks the old record of 25 set in 1959.
Nov 18	Springfield	Record low of 9 degrees breaks the old record of 13 set in 1903.
	Joplin	Record low of 6 degrees breaks the old record of 17 set in 1951. This low breaks the all time record for the month of 7 degrees set back on November 29th, 1976.
	West Plains	Record low of 10 degrees breaks the old record of 12 set in 1959.
	Vichy	Record low of 7 degrees tied the old record set in 1903.
Nov 20	Vichy	Record low of 16 degrees tied the old record set in 1903.
Nov 29	Joplin	Record high of 72 degrees breaks the old record of 70 last set in 2006.
Nov 30	Springfield	Record high of 72 degrees breaks the old record of 71 set in 1970.
Nov 30	West Plains	Record high of 73 degrees breaks the old record of 71 set in 1960.

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
December	44.9	25.0	3.04	4.9
January	42.9	22.4	2.47	5.4
February	48.2	26.1	2.52	3.6
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
December	47.0	27.5	2.82	2.8
January	44.9	25.0	2.03	4.7
February	50.5	29.2	2.32	3.5
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
December	46.4	26.0	3.64
January	44.6	23.5	2.72
February	49.2	26.5	2.84
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
December	43.0	24.4	2.64
January	40.7	21.5	2.17
February	45.8	25.5	1.93

Precipitation Report

Monthly Data for November 2014 for Springfield, MO NWS CWA
State	Name	Station Type	Total Precipitation
MO	BUFFALO	COOP	3.92
MO	AVA 6.0 NW	CoCoRaHS	3.40
MO	ROUND SPRING	COOP	3.31
MO	ROLLA 6.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	3.29
MO	WEST PLAINS 8.3 NNE	CoCoRaHS	3.14
MO	ALTON 1.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	3.02
MO	MILLER 9.2 WNW	CoCoRaHS	3.02
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.9 W	CoCoRaHS	2.88
MO	MARSHFIELD 1.4 W	CoCoRaHS	2.86
MO	EDGAR SPRINGS 2.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.84
MO	SPRINGFIELD 9.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.78
MO	GREENFIELD 0.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.78
MO	LOCKWOOD	COOP	2.77
MO	NEOSHO 3.9 WNW	CoCoRaHS	2.75
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.74
MO	ROLLA 1.3 S	CoCoRaHS	2.74
MO	WILLARD 2.6 W	CoCoRaHS	2.72
MO	STOCKTON DAM	COOP	2.72
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.71
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	2.68
MO	LICKING 4N	COOP	2.68
MO	WINONA FOREST RS	COOP	2.68
MO	STARK CITY 5.5 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.68
MO	FAIR GROVE 4.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.66
MO	MILLER 1 E	COOP	2.65
MO	JOPLIN 2.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.64
MO	MORRISVILLE 2SW	COOP	2.63
MO	POMONA 2.4 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.63
MO	MARSHFIELD 2E	COOP	2.62
MO	ROLLA 8.2 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.62
MO	BIRCH TREE 10.1 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.59
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 14.0 S	CoCoRaHS	2.56
MO	SALEM 10 W	WBAN	2.55
KS	PITTSBURG	COOP	2.54
MO	WEST PLAINS 2.2 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.54
MO	ROLLA 1.3 NE	CoCoRaHS	2.54
MO	EMINENCE 0.1 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.54
MO	WHEATLAND 5.0 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.53
MO	DORA 1N	COOP	2.52
MO	IBERIA 5.6 NE	CoCoRaHS	2.52
MO	ANDERSON 3W	COOP	2.51
MO	EMINENCE 1 N	COOP	2.51
MO	HALLTOWN 5 NW	COOP	2.50
MO	AURORA 1.2 WSW	CoCoRaHS	2.49
MO	ANDERSON 6.8 W	CoCoRaHS	2.45
MO	WALNUT GROVE 5.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.45
MO	NEOSHO 3.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.44
MO	ROLLA 8.1 S	CoCoRaHS	2.43
MO	ASH GROVE 4S	COOP	2.43
MO	SALEM 1.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	2.42
MO	VICHY ROLLA NATIONAL AP	WBAN	2.42
MO	SPRINGFIELD WFO	COOP	2.41
MO	VERONA 4.0 WNW	CoCoRaHS	2.41
MO	WHEATON 0.1 S	CoCoRaHS	2.41
MO	RAYMONDVILLE 3.5 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.38
MO	FAIR PLAY 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	2.38
MO	ST. JAMES 1.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.37
MO	MONETT 1.8 N	CoCoRaHS	2.37
MO	SELIGMAN 3.0 N	CoCoRaHS	2.36
MO	ALDRICH 5.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.34
MO	PURDY 4.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.34
MO	WEST PLAINS MUNI AP	WBAN	2.32
MO	ROLLA UNI OF MISSOURI	COOP	2.32
MO	LEBANON 2.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.31
MO	SPRINGFIELD RGNL AP	WBAN	2.30
MO	BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.30
MO	HOUSTON 6.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.29
MO	RICHLAND 3.6 NNE	CoCoRaHS	2.28
MO	CONWAY 9.0 E	CoCoRaHS	2.28
MO	VIENNA 4.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.28
MO	WHEATLAND 2.7 S	CoCoRaHS	2.26
KS	COLUMBUS	COOP	2.23
MO	WEST PLAINS 10.6 S	CoCoRaHS	2.23
MO	ST. JAMES 1.3 NE	CoCoRaHS	2.23
MO	MOUNT VERNON 0.2 E	CoCoRaHS	2.23
MO	EMERALD BEACH 5.5 E	CoCoRaHS	2.21
MO	SHELL KNOB 5.6 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.21
MO	DORA 2.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.20
MO	LEBANON 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	2.20
MO	NEWBURG 9.6 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.20
MO	CARTHAGE 1.5 S	CoCoRaHS	2.19
MO	CARTHAGE 0.8 S	CoCoRaHS	2.18
MO	HOUSTON 4.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	2.18
MO	MARSHFIELD 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.17
MO	MOUNT VERNON 1.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.16
MO	MONTAUK SP	COOP	2.15
MO	NIXA 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.14
MO	TECUMSEH	COOP	2.13
MO	NEOSHO	COOP	2.12
MO	BOLIVAR 1.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.12
MO	FT LEONARD WOOD	COOP	2.11
MO	GALENA	COOP	2.10
MO	CARTHAGE 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.09
MO	CLEVER 4.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.09
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.09
MO	BOLIVAR 1 NE	COOP	2.09
MO	BUFFALO 1.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	2.09
MO	WAYNESVILLE 2 W	COOP	2.09
MO	POTTERSVILLE 0.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.08
MO	CLEVER 3.9 ENE	CoCoRaHS	2.06
MO	BOLIVAR 2.7 E	CoCoRaHS	2.06
MO	CASSVILLE 4.8 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.06
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.05
MO	WAYNESVILLE 3.9 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.05
MO	DIAMOND 2 W	COOP	2.03
MO	HOUSTON	COOP	2.02
MO	LINN CREEK 9.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.00
MO	SHOAL CREEK ESTATES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.99
MO	IRON GATES 0.9 S	CoCoRaHS	1.98
MO	GOODSON 0.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.98
MO	HAZELGREEN 1 W	COOP	1.96
MO	LEBANON 7.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.96
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.0 W	CoCoRaHS	1.96
MO	STOCKTON 0.2 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.96
MO	JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	1.95
MO	HERMITAGE 0.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.95
MO	BOLIVAR 9.0 N	CoCoRaHS	1.95
MO	EMERALD BEACH 3.0 S	CoCoRaHS	1.95
MO	SPRINGFIELD 0.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.94
MO	AVA 13.6 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.94
MO	CARL JUNCTION 3.4 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.92
MO	BRANSON 3.8 E	CoCoRaHS	1.91
MO	PROTEM 4 NE	COOP	1.90
MO	ROLLA 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.90
MO	HOUSTON 2.0 S	CoCoRaHS	1.89
MO	HOLLISTER 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.88
MO	ISABELLA	COOP	1.88
MO	NOEL 3.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.87
MO	FORSYTH 0.9 S	CoCoRaHS	1.87
MO	BRUMLEY 5.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.87
MO	EL DORADO SPRINGS 0.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.85
MO	DUNNEGAN 2.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.85
MO	GOLDEN 1.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.84
MO	FLEMINGTON	COOP	1.83
MO	HARTVILLE 0.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.83
MO	KIMBERLING CITY 1.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.82
MO	CONWAY 5.7 W	CoCoRaHS	1.82
MO	BRANSON AP	COOP	1.82
MO	SPARTA 6.3 E	CoCoRaHS	1.81
MO	UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS 0.1 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.80
MO	SARCOXIE 1.0 W	CoCoRaHS	1.78
KS	CHEROKEE 0.3 N	CoCoRaHS	1.77
MO	STOCKTON 5.6 S	CoCoRaHS	1.76
MO	HOLLISTER 3.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.75
MO	SEYMOUR 0.9 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.75
MO	LOWRY CITY 3.8 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.74
MO	STOCKTON 2.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.73
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.72
MO	ELDORADO SPRINGS	COOP	1.71
MO	OSCEOLA 0.3 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.71
MO	HARTVILLE	COOP	1.68
MO	LINCOLN 0.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.67
MO	LIBERAL 0.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.65
MO	TABLE ROCK DAM	COOP	1.65
MO	MTN GROVE 2 N	COOP	1.65
MO	AVA 10.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.65
MO	MANSFIELD 3.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.64
MO	CASSVILLE RS	COOP	1.64
MO	JOPLIN 24 N	WBAN	1.63
MO	OZARK 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.63
MO	JERICO SPRINGS 3 S	COOP	1.60
MO	IBERIA	COOP	1.58
MO	NEVADA WTP	COOP	1.57
MO	OZARK BEACH	COOP	1.57
MO	FORT LEONARD WOOD 5.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.57
MO	HORTON	COOP	1.53
MO	MANSFIELD 5.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.53
MO	CONWAY 8.9 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.49
MO	LEBANON 0.6 N	CoCoRaHS	1.49
MO	SALEM 4.3 S	CoCoRaHS	1.47
MO	JOPLIN 4.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.46
KS	PITTSBURG 0.7 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.46
KS	PITTSBURG 4.9 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.46
MO	MARSHFIELD 3.6 S	CoCoRaHS	1.43
MO	COLE CAMP 3NW	COOP	1.42
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 13.0 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.40
MO	ROLLA 6.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.39
MO	ALTON 7.2 E	CoCoRaHS	1.38
MO	LAKESIDE	COOP	1.36
MO	HURLEY 3.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.30
MO	CARL JUNCTION 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.29
MO	HOUSTON 0.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.27
MO	MANSFIELD	COOP	1.25
MO	GOLDEN CITY 0.6 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.24
KS	MCCUNE 1.6 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.23
MO	CASSVILLE 0.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.22
MO	NOEL 3.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.20
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.19
MO	NIXA 4.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.18
MO	LAMAR 0.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.16
MO	SALEM 14.9 E	CoCoRaHS	1.16
KS	UNIONTOWN	COOP	1.14
MO	NEVADA 0.2 W	CoCoRaHS	1.13
MO	BOLIVAR 2.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.13
MO	HARTVILLE 0.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.10
MO	MYRTLE 0.3 E	CoCoRaHS	1.10
KS	GIRARD	COOP	1.08
MO	LAURIE 4.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.08
KS	FT SCOTT	COOP	1.05
KS	DEVON 0.1 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.04
MO	WASHBURN 5 W	COOP	1.04
KS	GARLAND 2.7 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.03
MO	ELDON	COOP	1.03
MO	APPLETON CITY	COOP	1.03
KS	WALNUT 3 S	COOP	1.00
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.00
MO	GOLDEN CITY 6 S	COOP	1.00
MO	EDWARDS 7.1 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.98
KS	FORT SCOTT 3.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	0.95
MO	VERSAILLES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.95
MO	LAMAR	COOP	0.94
MO	STRAFFORD 2.4 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.94
MO	THEODOSIA 6.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.94
MO	NEVADA 2.3 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.93
MO	AVA 0.8 NNW	CoCoRaHS	0.92
KS	FARLINGTON 0.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	0.88
MO	GAINESVILLE 6.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	0.88
MO	NEVADA 3.4 NE	CoCoRaHS	0.86
KS	FORT SCOTT 9.3 NNE	CoCoRaHS	0.84
MO	VERSAILLES	COOP	0.82
KS	FORT SCOTT 8.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.81
MO	BATTLEFIELD 3.3 E	CoCoRaHS	0.80
MO	ISABELLA 2.0 NNW	CoCoRaHS	0.80
MO	AVA 6W	COOP	0.76
MO	GRAVOIS MILLS 3.7 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.73
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.3 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.72
KS	FORT SCOTT 4.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.70
MO	STOCKTON 4.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.67
MO	ELDON 3.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.65
MO	SENECA 5.8 SSE	CoCoRaHS	0.58
MO	POMME DE TERRE DAM	COOP	0.50