Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

March 2019 was a month with above normal precipitation for much of the area, however far southern Missouri did have below normal precipitation. Temperatures were below normal across the entire area.

Here are some events from March 2019:

Accumulating snow on March 3rd

Severe Weather on March 24th

Overview

Climate Graphs

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Report

Daily Data

Climate Graphs

Springfield Temperature Plot for March 2019

Springfield Precipitation Plot for March 2019

Joplin Temperature Plot for March 2019

Joplin Precipitation Plot for March 2019

West Plains Temperature Plot for March 2019

West Plains Precipitation Plot for March 2019

Vichy Temperature Plot for March 2019

Vichy Precipitation Plot for March 2019

Monthly Climate Maps

March 2019 Precipitation Departure from Normal

March 2019 Precipitation Departure from Normal

March 2019 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

March 2019 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
April	67.2	44.3	4.32	0.0
May	75.3	54.4	5.10	0.0
June	83.8	63.1	4.85	0.0
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
April	70.0	46.9	4.47	0.0
May	77.7	56.2	5.71	0.0
June	85.8	65.1	5.86	0.0
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
April	69.7	45.1	4.48
May	76.7	54.2	4.94
June	84.2	63.2	4.02
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
April	66.7	43.8	4.22
May	74.5	53.2	5.04
June	82.6	62.1	4.63