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 >

May 2019 was a month with well above normal precipitation for much of the area including some records and in the top 3 wettest. Temperatures were mostly above normal with the exception being far western Missouri and extreme southeast Kansas which had some of the highest precipitation totals.

May 20th-22nd Tornadoes and Flooding

Overview

Climate Graphs

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Reports

Daily Data

Climate Graphs

Springfield Temperature Plot for May 2019

Springfield Precipitation Plot for May 2019

Joplin Temperature Plot for May 2019

Joplin Precipitation Plot for May 2019

West Plains Temperature Plot for May 2019

West Plains Precipitation Plot for May 2019

Vichy Temperature Plot for May 2019

Vichy Precipitation Plot for May 2019

Monthly Climate Maps

May 2019 Precipitation Departure from Normal

May 2019 Precipitation Departure from Normal

May 2019 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

May 2019 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
June	83.8	63.1	4.85	0.0
July	88.8	67.6	3.68	0.0
August	89.0	66.6	3.55	0.0
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
June	85.8	65.1	5.86	0.0
July	90.6	69.9	3.81	0.0
August	91.0	68.4	3.35	0.0
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
June	84.2	63.2	4.02
July	89.5	66.6	3.55
August	89.4	65.0	3.23
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
June	82.6	62.1	4.63
July	88.1	66.5	4.44
August	87.6	65.0	3.67