2013 Year End Climate Summary

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Year End Climate Summary - 2013

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

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Year End Summary

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Year	96	98	95	97
Average High Temperature	65.5	66.7	65.6	63.5
Lowest Temperature of the Year	1	9	6	3
Average Low Temperature	45.2	45.9	44.6	43.0
Average Mean Temperature	55.3	56.3	55.1	53.2
Depart from Normal	-1.0	-2.2	-1.7	-1.9
Rank	44th coldest / 126	12th coldest / 86	18th coldest / 66	4th coldest / 69
Days with lows of 32 deg F or Lower	113	78	107	123
Days with lows of 0 deg F or Lower	0	0	0	0
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	16	5	13	30
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	33	52	17	20

Precipitation (Inches)	51.84	44.44	55.01	41.62
Depart from Normal	+6.27	-2.11	+8.79	-2.02
Rank	15th wettest / 126	41st wettest / 104	9th wettest / 66	28th wettest / 72
days of 0.01 or greater	114	93	105	105
days of 0.10 or greater	80	63	65	74
days of 0.50 or greater	34	32	34	33
days of 1.00 or greater	15	12	19	11
Yearly Snowfall	24.9

Year End Summary - Climatology

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	36.7	4.1	37.2	2.3	36.5	2.5	33.4	2.3
February	36.8	-0.4	37.6	-2.2	37.3	-0.6	34.1	-1.6
March	41.6	-4.7	43.5	-5.4	41.1	-6.4	38.3	-7.0
April	54.1	-1.7	54.7	-3.7	54.8	-2.6	52.3	-2.9
May	63.8	-1.0	63.8	-3.2	63.7	-1.7	63.0	-0.8
June	73.7	0.3	75.1	-0.4	72.8	-0.9	71.4	-1.0
July	76.7	-1.5	77.9	-2.3	74.2	-3.8	73.8	-3.5
August	76.3	-1.5	77.4	-2.3	74.5	-2.7	74.2	-2.1
September	71.9	2.9	72.8	2.0	71.0	2.1	69.8	2.2
October	56.8	-1.0	57.8	-2.0	57.5	0.1	55.4	-1.2
November	43.6	-2.5	44.4	-4.0	43.4	-3.4	41.8	-3.4
December	31.9	-3.1	33.0	-4.2	34.6	-1.6	31.2	-2.5
Annual	55.3	-1.0	56.3	-2.2	55.1	-1.7	53.2	-1.9
Annual	44th coldest / 126		12th coldest / 86		18th coldest / 66		4th coldest / 69

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	3.06	0.59	2.45	0.42	3.38	0.66	2.47	0.30
February	2.28	-0.24	2.70	0.38	4.74	1.90	2.24	0.31
March	4.77	1.15	2.70	-0.72	3.75	-0.54	3.26	-0.19
April	5.64	1.32	6.65	2.18	5.21	0.73	6.20	1.98
May	7.97	2.87	7.89	2.18	5.54	0.60	7.12	2.08
June	2.26	-2.59	5.39	-0.47	3.67	-0.35	3.79	-0.84
July	6.33	2.65	3.31	-0.50	6.12	2.57	3.58	-0.86
August	5.84	2.29	4.60	1.25	10.62	7.39	4.29	0.62
September	2.18	-2.43	0.20	-4.75	1.66	-2.43	2.86	-1.18
October	6.93	3.34	4.75	0.72	3.51	-0.33	2.24	-1.27
November	2.02	-2.20	2.42	-1.36	4.50	-0.08	1.67	-2.20
December	2.56	-0.48	1.38	-1.44	2.31	-1.33	1.87	-0.77
Annual	51.84	+6.27	44.44	-2.11	55.01	+8.79	41.59	-2.02
Annual	15th wettest / 126		41st wettest / 104		9th wettest / 66		28th wettest / 72

Year End Summary - Top Weather Stories

Here are links to some of our top weather events of the year.

2013

December 20th - 21st		Winter Weather and Flooding
December 13th		Winter Event
December 9th		Snowfall
December 5th-6th		Snowfall
August 3rd-10th		Extreme heavy rainfall and flash flooding
July 29th-30th		EF-1 Tornado and Flash Flooding
July 21st		Weak Tornado in Springfield
June 27th-28th		Severe Storms
June 15th		Intense Rainfall and Flash Flooding - South Springfield
May 30th-June 1st		Severe Storms and Flooding
May 19th-20th		Tornadoes and Severe Storms
May 3rd		Historic Snowfall for the Ozarks
April 17th-18th		Severe Storms and Flooding
April 10th		Severe Storms and Flooding
April 7th		Large Hail
March 30th		Large Hail
March 24th		Snowfall
March 21st		Snowfall
February 26th		Snowfall
February 20th-21st		Winter Storm
Jan 29th		Severe Storms
January 12th-13th		Winter Weather

Monthly Summaries

2013
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Year End Summary - Outlook

Jan-Feb-Mar Temperatures	Jan-Feb-Mar Precipitation

For more information on climate prediction, see the climate prediction official forecast site.

Year End Summary - Maps

January		February		March
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April		May		June
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July		August		September
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October		November		December
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