Snow in the Rockies; Showers and Thunderstorms Along the Gulf Coast; Potential Winter Storm for Northern Mid-Atlantic and Interior New England

A winter-like pattern will continue over much of the Lower 48 over the next few days, with snow stretching from the Rockies today into the Middle Mississippi Valley on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the Gulf Coast and Southeast on Monday. As the storm moves northward late Monday into Tuesday, winter weather is possible from the Central Appalachians to Interior New England. Read More >

Monthly Climate Summary - October 2014

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

Overview

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Report

Monthly Climate Overview

October was a month with warmer than normal temperature and much above normal precipitation across the forecast area. The 4 automated stations (Springfield / Joplin / West Plains / Joplin) all had top 10 precipitation amounts for the month. This helped to erase the moderate drought status which was present across parts of western Missouri during the Summer months.

Here are links to some of the events from October 2014.

Strong storms and heavy rain impact the area October 2nd

October 13th, 2014 Severe Storms

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Month	87	87	85	88
Average High Temperature	70.6	71.1	70.2	66.9
Lowest Temperature of the Month	29	28	30	29
Average Low Temperature	48.9	50.0	47.1	46.5
Average Mean Temperature	59.7	60.6	58.7	56.7
Depart from Normal	+ 1.9	+ 0.8	+ 1.3	+ 0.1
Rank	36th warmest / 127	38th warmest / 85	22nd warmest / 67	22nd coldest / 64
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	0	0	0	0
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	0	0	0	0
Days with lows of 32 deg F or lower	1	1	1	1
Days with lows of 0 deg F or lower	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (Inches)	7.55	7.95	7.29	5.65
Depart from Normal	+ 3.96	+ 3.92	+ 3.45	+ 2.14
Rank	7th wettest / 127	8th wettest / 102	5th wettest / 67	7th wettest / 67
days of 0.01 or greater	10	11	10	14
days of 0.10 or greater	5	6	9	8
days of 0.50 or greater	4	4	4	3
days of 1.00 or greater	4	4	2	2
Monthly Snowfall	0.0

Monthly Climate Maps

October 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

October 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

October 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

October 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Records

List of October 2014 Records
Date	Station	Record
Oct 3	Joplin	A record minimum high temperature of 58 degrees breaks the old record of 60 set in 1902.
Oct 9	Vichy	A record daily rainfall of 2.22 inches breaks the old record of 0.82 set in 2009.
Oct 9	Springfield	A record daily rainfall of 1.81 inches breaks the old record of 1.59 set in 1968.
Oct 10	Springfield	A record rainfall of 1.78 inches breaks the old record of 1.71 inches set in 1919.
Oct 10	Joplin	A record rainfall of 1.57 inches breaks the old record of 0.78 inches set back in 1961.
Oct 25	Joplin	A record high temperature of 83 tied the old record set in 2011.

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
November	56.7	35.4	4.22	0.7
December	44.9	25.0	3.04	4.9
January	42.9	22.4	2.47	5.4
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
November	58.9	37.9	3.78	0.4
December	47.0	27.5	2.82	2.8
January	44.9	25.0	2.03	4.7
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
November	57.0	36.5	4.58
December	46.4	26.0	3.64
January	44.6	23.5	2.72
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
November	55.3	35.1	3.87
December	43.0	24.4	2.64
January	40.7	21.5	2.17

Precipitation Report

Monthly Data for October 2014 for Springfield, MO NWS CWA
State	Name	Station Type	Total Precipitation
KS	COLUMBUS	COOP	11.50
MO	COLE CAMP 3NW	COOP	10.76
MO	ELDON	COOP	10.70
MO	PURDY 4.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	9.76
MO	ELDON 3.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	9.63
MO	WEST PLAINS 8.3 NNE	CoCoRaHS	9.35
MO	BIRCH TREE 10.1 SSW	CoCoRaHS	9.09
MO	MILLER 1 E	COOP	9.06
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	8.78
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 14.0 S	CoCoRaHS	8.68
MO	AVA 0.8 NNW	CoCoRaHS	8.61
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	8.57
MO	WASHBURN 5 W	COOP	8.53
MO	JOPLIN 2.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	8.50
MO	VERSAILLES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	8.40
MO	NOEL 3.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	8.39
MO	GRAVOIS MILLS 3.7 SE	CoCoRaHS	8.39
MO	NEOSHO 3.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	8.36
MO	CASSVILLE RS	COOP	8.33
MO	POMONA 2.4 NW	CoCoRaHS	8.33
MO	WINONA FOREST RS	COOP	8.32
MO	JOPLIN 4.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	8.31
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.9 W	CoCoRaHS	8.30
MO	CASSVILLE 4.8 SSE	CoCoRaHS	8.22
MO	SENECA 5.8 SSE	CoCoRaHS	8.18
MO	NOEL 3.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	8.16
MO	SHOAL CREEK ESTATES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	8.16
MO	CASSVILLE 0.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	8.10
MO	SELIGMAN 3.0 N	CoCoRaHS	8.06
MO	LINCOLN 0.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	7.99
MO	WHEATON 0.1 S	CoCoRaHS	7.97
MO	RAYMONDVILLE 3.5 SE	CoCoRaHS	7.97
MO	JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	7.95
MO	VIENNA 4.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	7.90
MO	AVA 6.0 NW	CoCoRaHS	7.84
KS	MCCUNE 1.6 NW	CoCoRaHS	7.74
MO	OSCEOLA 0.3 SW	CoCoRaHS	7.74
MO	ALTON 1.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	7.74
MO	MILLER 9.2 WNW	CoCoRaHS	7.59
MO	SPARTA 6.3 E	CoCoRaHS	7.58
MO	SPRINGFIELD RGNL AP	WBAN	7.55
MO	SPRINGFIELD 9.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	7.52
MO	LOCKWOOD	COOP	7.43
MO	CARTHAGE 0.8 S	CoCoRaHS	7.38
MO	HOUSTON 0.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	7.37
MO	ALTON 7.2 E	CoCoRaHS	7.36
MO	DIAMOND 2 W	COOP	7.34
MO	SEYMOUR 0.9 SSW	CoCoRaHS	7.33
MO	HOUSTON 4.5 WSW	CoCoRaHS	7.33
MO	WEST PLAINS 2.2 NNW	CoCoRaHS	7.32
MO	WEST PLAINS MUNI AP	WBAN	7.29
MO	IRON GATES 0.9 S	CoCoRaHS	7.27
MO	NEOSHO	COOP	7.26
KS	PITTSBURG	COOP	7.20
MO	DORA 2.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	7.13
MO	AURORA 2.7 S	CoCoRaHS	7.12
MO	AVA 6W	COOP	7.11
MO	AVA 13.6 SSE	CoCoRaHS	7.11
MO	NEOSHO 3.9 WNW	CoCoRaHS	7.05
MO	CARTHAGE 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	7.02
MO	STOCKTON DAM	COOP	6.96
MO	HOUSTON 2.0 S	CoCoRaHS	6.96
KS	PITTSBURG 0.7 WSW	CoCoRaHS	6.93
MO	LIBERAL 0.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	6.93
MO	ANDERSON 6.8 W	CoCoRaHS	6.88
MO	ASH GROVE 4S	COOP	6.88
MO	MOUNT VERNON 0.2 E	CoCoRaHS	6.87
MO	STOCKTON 0.2 NW	CoCoRaHS	6.86
MO	EMINENCE 0.1 SSE	CoCoRaHS	6.85
KS	FORT SCOTT 9.3 NNE	CoCoRaHS	6.83
MO	FAIR PLAY 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	6.80
MO	EMERALD BEACH 3.0 S	CoCoRaHS	6.78
MO	WAYNESVILLE 2 W	COOP	6.78
MO	HOUSTON 4.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	6.76
KS	CHEROKEE 0.3 N	CoCoRaHS	6.75
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.0 W	CoCoRaHS	6.73
MO	FAIR GROVE 4.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	6.71
MO	EDGAR SPRINGS 2.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	6.71
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	6.70
MO	JOPLIN 24 N	WBAN	6.67
MO	MORRISVILLE 2SW	COOP	6.60
MO	GREENFIELD 0.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	6.57
MO	STOCKTON 2.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	6.56
MO	AURORA 1.2 WSW	CoCoRaHS	6.55
MO	LAURIE 4.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	6.51
MO	CARTHAGE 1.5 S	CoCoRaHS	6.43
MO	EMINENCE 1 N	COOP	6.41
MO	LOWRY CITY 3.8 ESE	CoCoRaHS	6.40
MO	DORA 1N	COOP	6.38
MO	AVA 10.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	6.37
MO	WEST PLAINS 10.6 S	CoCoRaHS	6.29
KS	GIRARD 3.1 SSW	CoCoRaHS	6.28
MO	ANDERSON 3W	COOP	6.27
MO	MANSFIELD 3.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	6.26
MO	GOLDEN CITY 0.6 SSW	CoCoRaHS	6.25
MO	SPRINGFIELD 0.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	6.25
KS	PITTSBURG 4.9 WSW	CoCoRaHS	6.23
MO	POTTERSVILLE 0.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	6.23
MO	NORWOOD 0.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	6.21
MO	GOLDEN 1.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	6.20
MO	SPRINGFIELD WFO	COOP	6.20
MO	VERSAILLES	COOP	6.20
MO	EDWARDS 7.1 NW	CoCoRaHS	6.20
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	6.19
MO	BRANSON AP	COOP	6.17
MO	WALNUT GROVE 5.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	6.16
MO	GAINESVILLE 6.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	6.11
MO	CARL JUNCTION 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	6.04
MO	SHELL KNOB 5.6 ESE	CoCoRaHS	6.01
MO	LAKESIDE	COOP	5.99
MO	BRANSON 3.8 E	CoCoRaHS	5.98
KS	FT SCOTT	COOP	5.97
MO	TECUMSEH	COOP	5.97
MO	MONTAUK SP	COOP	5.97
MO	MOUNT VERNON 1.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	5.96
MO	MANSFIELD	COOP	5.96
KS	GIRARD	COOP	5.94
MO	ELDORADO SPRINGS	COOP	5.94
MO	STOCKTON 4.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	5.93
MO	HOLLISTER 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	5.92
MO	GALENA	COOP	5.90
KS	FORT SCOTT 3.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	5.89
MO	EMERALD BEACH 5.5 E	CoCoRaHS	5.89
MO	HOLLISTER 3.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	5.87
MO	LEBANON 7.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	5.82
MO	MONETT 1.8 N	CoCoRaHS	5.80
MO	UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS 0.1 WSW	CoCoRaHS	5.79
MO	OZARK 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	5.77
KS	WALNUT 3 S	COOP	5.76
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	5.71
MO	BUFFALO 1.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	5.71
MO	HARTVILLE	COOP	5.69
MO	LAMAR 0.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	5.68
MO	BOLIVAR 1.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	5.68
MO	WAYNESVILLE 3.9 NNW	CoCoRaHS	5.66
MO	VICHY ROLLA NATIONAL AP	WBAN	5.65
MO	WHEATLAND 5.0 SE	CoCoRaHS	5.64
MO	SALEM 1.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	5.64
MO	ALTON 3.4 W	CoCoRaHS	5.60
MO	VERONA 4.0 WNW	CoCoRaHS	5.59
MO	STARK CITY 5.5 ENE	CoCoRaHS	5.58
MO	NEVADA 0.2 W	CoCoRaHS	5.54
MO	MARSHFIELD 1.4 W	CoCoRaHS	5.54
MO	FLEMINGTON	COOP	5.51
MO	MARSHFIELD 3.6 S	CoCoRaHS	5.51
MO	ROLLA 8.1 S	CoCoRaHS	5.46
MO	GOODSON 0.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	5.44
MO	KIMBERLING CITY 1.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	5.43
MO	TABLE ROCK DAM	COOP	5.41
MO	BATTLEFIELD 3.3 E	CoCoRaHS	5.41
KS	DEVON 0.1 SE	CoCoRaHS	5.36
MO	ALDRICH 5.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	5.33
MO	NIXA 4.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	5.31
MO	BOLIVAR 2.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	5.28
MO	CONWAY 8.9 SW	CoCoRaHS	5.27
MO	HORTON	COOP	5.26
MO	NEVADA WTP	COOP	5.25
MO	MARSHFIELD 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	5.25
MO	ROLLA 8.2 SSE	CoCoRaHS	5.21
MO	ST. JAMES 4.6 ENE	CoCoRaHS	5.20
KS	FORT SCOTT 0.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	5.18
MO	BOLIVAR 2.7 E	CoCoRaHS	5.18
MO	FT LEONARD WOOD	COOP	5.17
MO	NEVADA 3.4 NE	CoCoRaHS	5.16
MO	MARSHFIELD 2E	COOP	5.13
MO	ROLLA 1.3 NE	CoCoRaHS	5.13
MO	DUNNEGAN 2.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	5.12
MO	SALEM 10 W	WBAN	5.12
MO	HOUSTON 6.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	5.10
MO	ROUND SPRING	COOP	5.08
MO	WHEATLAND 2.7 S	CoCoRaHS	5.06
MO	CONWAY 9.0 E	CoCoRaHS	5.06
MO	ROLLA 6.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	5.06
MO	APPLETON CITY	COOP	5.04
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	5.03
MO	BOLIVAR 1 NE	COOP	5.02
MO	LEBANON 2.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	4.99
MO	LAMAR	COOP	4.98
KS	GARLAND 2.7 SW	CoCoRaHS	4.97
MO	BUFFALO	COOP	4.95
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 13.0 NNW	CoCoRaHS	4.93
MO	CONWAY 5.7 W	CoCoRaHS	4.92
MO	BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	4.90
MO	CLEVER 3.9 ENE	CoCoRaHS	4.89
KS	HEPLER 4.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	4.88
MO	HURLEY 3.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	4.88
MO	BOLIVAR 9.0 N	CoCoRaHS	4.88
MO	ROLLA 1.3 S	CoCoRaHS	4.86
KS	FORT SCOTT 8.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	4.84
MO	NEWBURG 9.6 SSW	CoCoRaHS	4.84
MO	ROLLA 6.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	4.82
MO	PROTEM 4 NE	COOP	4.81
MO	LEBANON 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	4.81
MO	MANSFIELD 5.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	4.78
MO	OZARK BEACH	COOP	4.77
MO	EL DORADO SPRINGS 0.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	4.75
MO	LEBANON 0.6 N	CoCoRaHS	4.75
MO	IBERIA 5.6 NE	CoCoRaHS	4.74
KS	UNIONTOWN	COOP	4.73
MO	ROLLA UNI OF MISSOURI	COOP	4.67
MO	EL DORADO SPRINGS 12.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	4.63
MO	JERICO SPRINGS 3 S	COOP	4.60
MO	HAZELGREEN 1 W	COOP	4.58
MO	LICKING 4N	COOP	4.58
MO	CLEVER 4.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	4.56
MO	BRUMLEY 5.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	4.54
MO	HOUSTON	COOP	4.47
MO	RICHLAND 3.6 NNE	CoCoRaHS	4.41
MO	FORSYTH 0.9 S	CoCoRaHS	4.36
MO	SALEM 4.3 S	CoCoRaHS	4.35
MO	FORT LEONARD WOOD 5.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	4.27
MO	CARL JUNCTION 3.4 WSW	CoCoRaHS	4.23
MO	HARTVILLE 0.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	4.23
MO	HERMITAGE 0.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	4.21
MO	ROLLA 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	4.21
MO	LINN CREEK 9.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	3.96
KS	FARLINGTON 0.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	3.91
MO	WHITE CHURCH	COOP	3.90
MO	IBERIA	COOP	3.74
KS	FORT SCOTT 4.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	3.70
MO	POMME DE TERRE DAM	COOP	3.62
MO	STOCKTON 5.6 S	CoCoRaHS	3.58
MO	PROTEM	CoCoRaHS	3.55
MO	ST. JAMES 1.3 NE	CoCoRaHS	3.46
MO	SARCOXIE 1.0 W	CoCoRaHS	3.40
MO	HARTVILLE 0.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	3.40
MO	ST. JAMES 1.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	3.37
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	3.31
MO	SALEM 14.9 E	CoCoRaHS	3.12
MO	STRAFFORD 2.4 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.98
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	2.88
MO	WILLOW SPRINGS 6.1 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.84
MO	ISABELLA 2.0 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.73
MO	MYRTLE 0.3 E	CoCoRaHS	2.68
MO	HARTVILLE 0.9 WSW	CoCoRaHS	2.36
MO	WILLARD 2.6 W	CoCoRaHS	2.24
MO	MTN GROVE 2 N	COOP	2.12
MO	AVA 12 SW	COOP	1.68
KS	UNIONTOWN 4.7 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.35
MO	NIXA 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.30
MO	NEVADA 2.3 WNW	CoCoRaHS	1.29
MO	ISABELLA	COOP	0.89
MO	JOPLIN 5.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.48
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.3 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.27
MO	THEODOSIA 6.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.12
MO	HALLTOWN 5 NW	COOP	0.00
MO	FORT LEONARD WOOD 9.3 S	CoCoRaHS	0.00