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2018 was a year with above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation.

Summary

Climatology

Weather Stories

Monthly Summaries

Outlook

Departure Maps

Records

Climate Graphs

Year End Summary

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Year	99	102	98	98
Average High Temperature	68.0	68.8	67.8	65.4
Lowest Temperature of the Year	-8	-6	-3	-8
Average Low Temperature	47.1	47.4	47.0	45.2
Average Mean Temperature	57.6	58.1	57.4	55.3
Depart from Normal	+ 1.3	- 0.4	+ 0.6	+ 0.2
Rank	20th warmest / 131	40th warmest / 91	14th warmest / 71	33rd coolest / 74
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	64	65	56	44
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	16	14	14	27
Days with lows of 32 degrees or lower	98	100	102	111
Days with lows of 0 degrees or lower	3	3	4	5

Precipitation (Inches)	44.96	34.53	48.57	40.40
Depart from Normal	- 0.61	- 12.02	+ 2.35	- 3.21
Rank	44th wettest / 131	22nd driest / 109	23rd wettest / 71	33rd wettest / 77
days of 0.01 or greater	117	103	130	122
days of 0.10 or greater	77	67	77	68
days of 0.50 or greater	29	21	30	36
days of 1.00 or greater	11	11	16	9
Yearly Snowfall	6.0

Year End Summary - Climatology

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	31.7	- 0.9	33.1	- 1.8	31.5	- 2.5	29.1	- 2.0
February	39.3	+ 2.1	39.1	- 0.7	40.2	+ 2.3	36.2	+ 0.5
March	47.4	+ 1.1	48.9	0.0	47.2	- 0.3	43.3	- 2.0
April	50.9	- 4.9	51.8	- 6.6	50.8	- 6.6	49.2	- 6.0
May	64.8	+ 8.5	73.8	+ 6.8	72.8	+ 7.4	71.5	+ 7.7
June	73.4	+ 6.4	79.5	+ 4.0	78.0	+ 4.3	76.4	+ 4.0
July	78.2	+ 2.2	80.7	+ 0.5	79.2	+ 1.2	78.0	+ 0.7
August	77.8	+ 0.1	78.4	- 1.3	76.9	- 0.3	76.1	- 0.2
September	69.0	+ 3.6	72.7	+ 1.9	72.4	+ 3.5	71.6	+ 4.0
October	57.8	+ 0.6	58.7	- 1.1	59.0	+ 1.6	56.9	+ 0.3
November	46.1	- 6.4	41.3	- 7.1	40.5	- 6.3	38.0	- 7.2
December	39.2	+ 4.2	38.8	+ 1.6	40.1	+ 3.9	37.7	+ 4.0
Annual	57.6	+ 1.3	58.1	- 0.4	57.4	+ 0.6	55.3	+ 0.2

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	1.96	- 0.51	0.47	- 1.56	2.02	- 0.7	1.66	- 0.51
February	7.57	+ 5.05	4.94	+ 2.62	7.21	+ 4.37	5.39	+ 3.46
March	3.61	- 0.01	2.30	- 1.12	5.77	+ 1.48	3.39	- 0.06
April	2.27	- 2.05	2.11	- 2.36	3.69	- 0.79	1.99	- 2.23
May	2.82	- 2.28	3.53	- 2.18	4.05	- 0.89	5.42	+ 0.38
June	4.32	- 0.53	2.99	- 2.87	1.74	- 2.28	2.70	- 1.93
July	1.04	- 2.64	2.06	- 1.75	4.82	+ 1.27	3.13	- 1.31
August	6.71	+ 3.16	6.62	+ 3.27	4.29	+ 1.06	3.44	- 0.23
September	4.09	- 0.52	2.23	- 2.72	2.41	- 1.68	2.16	- 1.88
October	3.57	- 0.02	2.57	- 1.46	4.94	+ 1.1	4.70	+ 1.19
November	2.76	- 1.46	2.02	- 1.76	2.83	- 1.75	2.59	- 1.28
December	4.24	+ 1.20	2.69	- 0.13	4.80	+ 1.16	3.83	+ 1.19
Annual	44.96	- 0.61	34.53	- 12.02	48.57	+ 2.35	40.40	- 3.21

Weather Stories

January 14th-15th	Snowfall
January 21st	Tornado
February 18th - 25th	Flooding
April 13th	Tornadoes
May 3rd	Tornadoes and Severe Storms
May 19th-20th	Tornadoes, Severe Storms and Flooding
May 31st	Severe Weather and Flooding
June 26th	Tornado and Severe Weather
July 19th	Severe Storms
August 19th	Tornadoes and Severe Weather
November 1st	Landspout Tornado
November 30th - December 1st	Damaging Wind and Tornadoes

Monthly Summaries

Monthly Climate Summaries
2018
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Outlook

Here is the climate outlook for January 2019 and for January through March 2019.

Maps

January		February		March
Temperatures	Precipitation	Temperatures	Precipitation	Temperatures	Precipitation


April		May		June
Temperature	Precipitation	Temperature	Precipitation	Temperature	Precipitation


July		August		September
Temperature	Precipitation	Temperature	Precipitation	Temperature	Precipitation


October		November		December
Temperature	Precipitation	Temperature	Precipitation	Temperature	Precipitation

Annual
Temperature	Precipitation

Records

List of January 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
January 1st	Joplin	Record low of -2 tied the old record set in 1974.
January 1st	West Plains	Record low of -1 broke the old record of 0 set in 1974.
January 2nd	Vichy	Record low of -8 broke the old record of -6 set in 1979.
January 2nd	West Plains	Record low of -2 tied the old record set in 1979.
January 15th	Springfield	Record snowfall of 2.2 inches broke the old daily record of 2.0 inches set in 1895.
January 16th	Joplin	Record low of -6 broke the old record of -1 set in 1997.
January 16th	Joplin	Record lowest Maximum temperature of 8 degrees tied the old recrod set in 1977.
January 21st	Springfield	Record high of 72 degrees broke the old record of 71 set in 1957.

List of February 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
Feb 20th	Vichy	Daily Rainfall of 1.10 inches broke the old record of 0.69 inches set back in 1951.
Feb 20th	West Plains	Daily rainfall of 2.82 inches broke the old record of 1.31 inches set back in 2017.
Feb 24th	Springfield	Daily rainfall of 2.86 inches broke the old record of 2.20 inches set in 2001.
Monthly	Springfield	Monthly rainfall of 7.57 inches broke the old record of 6.41 inches set in 2008.
Monthly	Vichy	Monthly rainfall of 5.39 inches broke the old record of 4.36 inches set back in 2008.

List of March 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
March 27th	Vichy	1.22 inches of rain breaks the old record of 1.06 in 1995.

List of April 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
April 7th	Joplin	A record low temperature of 23 degrees tied the old record set in 2007.
April 13th	West Plains	A record rainfall of 1.92 inches broke the old record of 1.72 inches set in 1983.
April 15th	Springfield	A record minimum high temperature of 35 degrees broke the old record of 42 set in 1993.
	Joplin	A record minimum high temperature of 40 degrees broke the old record of 45 set in 1993.
	West Plains	A record minimum high temperature of 39 degrees broke the old record of 49 set in 1949.

List of May 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
May 7th	Joplin	Record high of 88 degrees tied the old record set in 1962.
May 9th	West Plains	Record high of 88 broke the old record of 85 set back in 1963.
May 13th	Springfield	Record high of 88 degrees tied the old record set in 1974.
May 14th	Springfield	Record high of 88 degrees tied the old record set in 1947.
May 27th	Springfield	Record high of 93 degrees broke the old record of 91 set in 2012.
May 28th	Joplin	Record high of 92 tied the old record set in 1983.
May 28th	Springfield	Record high temperature of 91 degrees broke the old record of 90 set back in 2012.
May 29th	Springfield	Record high of 91 broke the old record of 90 set in 2012.
May 2018	Springfield	Record highest average temperature for the month of May with 73.3 degrees. This broke the old record of 72.3 set back in 1962.
May 2018	West Plains	Record highest average temperature for the month of May with 72.8 degrees. This broke the old record of 71.2 set back in 1962.

List of June 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
June 1st	Joplin	Record high temperature of 94 broke the old record of 92 set in 2010.

List of July 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
July 16th	West Plains	Record rainfall of 1.20 inches broke the old record of 1.16 inches set in 1981.
July 31st	Vichy	Record rainfall of 2.31 inches breaks the old record of 2.23 inches set in 1958.

List of August 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
August 1st	Vichy	Record low of 55 degrees breaks the old record of 56 set in 1992.
August 30th	Springfield	Record rainfall of 2.60 inches breaks the old record of 1.66 inches in 1888.

List of September 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
Sep 27th	Joplin	Record low of 40 degrees breaks the old record of 41 set in 1967.

List of October 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
October 15th	Springfield	A record lowest Maximum Temperature of 47 broke the old record of 48 degrees set in 1943.
	Joplin	A record lowest Maximum temperature of 49 degrees broke the old record of 50 set in 2009.
	Vichy	A record lowest Maximum Temperature of 48 degrees tied the old record set in 2009.

List of November 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
Nov 10th	Springfield	Record low of 15 degrees breaks the old record of 17 set in 1960.
	Vichy	Record low of 15 degrees breaks the old record of 17 set in 1960.
	Joplin	Record low of 14 degrees breaks the old record of 19 set in 1960.
Nov 13th	Vichy	Record lowest maximum temperature of 26 degrees breaks the old record of 30 set in 2014.
Nov 14th	Vichy	Record low of 11 degrees breaks the old record of 14 set in 2014.
Nov 14th	Joplin	Record low of 9 degrees breaks the old record of 14 set in 2014.

List of December 2018 Records
Date	Station	Record
December 1st	Vichy	Record rainfall of 0.75 inches breaks the old record of 0.46 inches set in 1968.
December 1st	West Plains	Record rainfall of 0.78 inches breaks the old record of 0.70 inches set in 1985.