Springfield, MO

Weather Forecast Office

2017 Yearly Climate Summary

2017 was a very warm year across the forecast area. All four of our ASOS climate stations ranked in the top 10 wamest years on record ranging from + 2.0 to +2.8 degrees above normal for average temperature. Despite the drought conditions over the past several months, Springfield and West Plains finished with above normal precipitation, with Joplin and Vichy slightly below normal.

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	98 on 7/22	101 on 7/22	99 on 7/23	98 on 7/22
Average High Temperature	69.9	71.1	70.2	68.2
Lowest Temperature of the Year	1 on 1/7	4 on 1/7	3 on 1/7	-2 on 1/7
Average Low Temperature	48.4	49.8	47.9	46.5
Average Mean Temperature	59.1	60.4	59.0	57.3
Depart from Normal	+ 2.8	+ 2.0	+ 2.2	+ 2.2
Rank	4th warmest / 130	7th warmest / 90	4th warmest / 70	9th warmest / 73
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	32	46	30	28
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	11	10	8	15
Days with lows of 32 degrees or lower	74	70	68	79
Days with lows of 0 degrees or lower	0	0	0	1

Precipitation (Inches)	47.55	46.37	46.88	42.59
Depart from Normal	+ 1.98	- 0.18	+ 0.66	- 1.02
Rank	31st wettest / 130	30th wettest / 108	28th wettest / 70	23rd wettest /76
days of 0.01 or greater	100	104	100	95
days of 0.10 or greater	62	74	67	58
days of 0.50 or greater	35	35	26	25
days of 1.00 or greater	13	10	13	13
Yearly Snowfall	3.4 (-13.6 from normal)

Year End Summary - Climatology

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	39.0	+ 6.4	39.6	+ 4.7	39.2	+ 5.2	36.2	+ 5.1
February	47.9	+ 10.7	49.4	+ 9.6	48.0	+ 10.1	46.0	+ 10.3
March	51.5	+ 5.2	53.0	+ 4.1	51.1	+ 3.6	48.6	+ 3.3
April	60.0	+ 4.2	60.5	+ 2.1	60.2	+ 2.8	59.1	+ 3.9
May	64.8	+ 0.6	67.1	+ 0.1	65.0	- 0.4	63.3	- 0.5
June	73.4	+ 0.4	75.7	+ 0.2	73.2	- 0.5	72.3	- 0.1
July	78.2	+ 1.5	82.0	+ 1.8	79.1	+ 1.1	78.0	+ 0.7
August	77.8	- 4.2	76.3	- 3.4	73.7	- 3.5	72.0	- 4.3
September	69.0	+ 2.8	72.8	+ 2.0	71.6	+ 2.7	70.8	+ 3.2
October	60.0	+ 2.2	60.6	+ 0.8	60.0	+ 2.6	59.8	+ 3.2
November	50.0	+ 3.9	51.0	+ 2.6	50.4	+ 3.6	48.0	+ 2.8
December	36.7	+ 1.7	37.6	+ 0.4	37.0	+ 0.8	34.1	+ 0.4
Annual	59.1	+ 2.8	60.4	+ 2.0	59.0	+ 2.2	57.3	+ 2.2
Annual	4th warmest / 130		7th warmest / 90		4th warmest / 70		9th warmest / 73

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	4.07	+ 1.6	3.65	+ 1.62	2.04	- 0.68	1.60	- 0.57
February	0.39	- 2.13	0.39	- 1.93	2.59	- 0.25	0.46	- 1.47
March	4.79	+ 1.17	2.70	- 0.72	6.29	+ 2.00	3.14	- 0.31
April	12.03	+ 7.71	11.24	+ 6.77	17.93	+ 13.45	11.09	+ 6.87
May	7.42	+ 2.32	8.00	+ 2.29	6.56	+ 1.62	6.15	+ 1.11
June	4.99	+ 0.14	4.18	- 1.68	1.67	- 2.35	2.93	- 1.70
July	1.78	- 1.90	3.11	- 0.70	2.33	- 1.22	7.27	+ 2.83
August	7.11	+ 3.56	5.46	+ 2.11	2.78	- 0.45	5.96	+ 2.29
September	0.59	- 4.02	1.49	- 3.46	0.51	- 3.58	0.19	- 3.85
October	2.49	- 1.10	4.31	+ 0.28	1.70	- 2.14	2.89	- 0.62
November	0.37	- 3.85	0.52	- 3.26	0.45	-4.13	0.27	- 3.60
December	1.52	- 1.52	1.37	- 1.45	2.03	- 1.61	0.64	- 2.00
Annual	47.55	+ 1.98	46.37	- 0.18	46.88	+ 0.66	42.59	- 1.02
Annual	31st wettest / 130		30th wettest / 108		28th Wettest / 70		23rd wettest / 76

Weather Stories

January 5th, 2017	Accumulating Snow
January 13th-15th, 2017	Ice storm
February 28th - March 1st , 2017	Tornadoes and Severe Storms
March 6th - 7th, 2017	Tornadoes and Severe Storms
March 9th, 2017	Tornadoes and Severe Storms
March 21st, 2017	Severe Thunderstorms with Hail
March 29th, 2017	Tornado and Severe Thunderstorms
April 4th, 2017	Tornadoes and Severe Storms
April 26th, 2017	Tornado and Severe Storms
April 28th - 30th, 2017	Historic Flooding
May 11th, 2017	Tornado, Severe Storms and Flooding
May 18th - 20th, 2017	Tornadoes and Severe Weather
May 27th, 2017	Tornadoes, Severe Weather and Flooding
December 22nd-23rd, 2017	Snow and Ice

Monthly Summaries

2017
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Outlook

Here is the climate outlook for January 2018 and for January through March 2018.

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 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
January 10th	West Plains	Record high of 71 breaks the old record of 67 set in 1960.
January 10th	Vichy	Record high of 65 breaks the old record of 61 set in 1960.
January 11th	Springfield	Record high of 74 breaks the old record of 73 set in 1911.
	West Plains	Record high of 69 breaks the old record of 67 set in 2005.
	Vichy	Record high of 71 breaks the old record of 67 set in 1995.
January 15th	Springfield	Record daily rainfall of 0.71 inches breaks the old record of 0.62 set in 1935.
January 22nd	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 0.87 inches breaks the old record of 0.50 set in 1982.

List of February 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
Feb 6th	Joplin	Record high of 74 degrees breaks the old record of 72 in 1904.
	West Plains	Record high of 66 degrees tied the old record set back in 2007.
	Vichy	Record high of 65 degrees tied the old record set back in 2009.
Feb 11th	West Plains	Record high of 80 degrees breaks the old record of 75 degrees in 1996.
Feb 17th	Vichy	Record high of 73 tied the old record set back in 2011.
Feb 19th	Springfield	Record high of 75 degrees breaks the old record of 72 set in 2016.
	Joplin	Record high of 78 degrees breaks the old record of 75 set in 2011.
	Vichy	Record high of 76 breaks the old record of 70 set in 2004 and 2016.
Feb 20th	Vichy	Record high of 76 breaks the old record of 75 set in 2016.
Feb 23rd	Springfield	Record high of 84 degrees breaks the old record of 79 set in 1982.
Feb 23rd	Joplin	Record high of 83 degrees breaks the old record set in 1982.
Feb 28th	Vichy	Record high of 76 degrees breaks the old record of 75 set in 2006.
	Springfield	Record high of 77 degrees tied the old mark set back in 2006.
	West Plains	Record high of 77 degrees tied the old mark set back in 1955.

Monthly Records
Feb 23rd	Springfield	All time highest temperature was tied for the Month of February was recorded when reading hit 84 degrees.

Average	Springfield	Highest average temperatures for month of February of 47.9 breaks the old record of 46.7 set in 1930.
Average	Joplin	Highest average temperatures for month of February of 49.4 breaks the old record of 47.4 set in 1976.
Average	West Plains	Highest average temperatures for month of February of 48.0 breaks the old ASOS record of 44.6 set in 2000 and the COOP station of 46.4 set back in 1976.
Average	Vichy	Highest average temperatures for the month of February of 46.0 breaks the old record of 45.0 set back in 1976.

List of March 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
March 20th	West Plains	Record high of 89 broke the old record of 83 set in 1952.
March 20th	Vichy	Record high of 83 broke the old record of 80 set in 1975.

List of April 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
April 21st	Joplin	Daily rainfall of 2.05 inches breaks the old record of 1.29 in 1996.
April 21st	Springfield	Daily rainfall of 1.97 inches breaks the old record of 1.84 in 1961.
April 22nd	Joplin	Record lowest Maximum temperature of 50 degrees breaks the old record of 52 set in 1984.
April 29th	Springfield	Daily rainfall of 2.81 inches breaks the old record of 2.51 set in 1983.
	Joplin	Daily rainfall of 3.67 inches breaks the old record of 1.89 set in 2006.
	West Plains	Daily rainfall of 4.24 inches breaks the old record of 2.04 set in 1991.
Monthly	Joplin	Monthly rainfall of 11.24 inches breaks the old record of 10.38 inches set in 1999.
Monthly	West Plains	Monthly rainfall of 17.93 inches breaks the old record of 15.78 inches set in 2011.

List of May 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
May 3rd	Vichy	2.47 inches of rain breaks the old record of 0.96 inches set in 1991.
May 3rd	Joplin	1.77 inches of rain breaks the old record of 0.87 inches set in 1979.
May 28th	Springfield	1.56 inches of rain breaks the old record of 1.47 inches set in 1910.

List of June 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
June 27th	Vichy	Record low temperature of 50 degrees breaks the old record of 51 set back in 1968.

List of July 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
July 5th	Vichy	2.86 inches of rain fell, breaking the old record of 1.48 inches set back in 1951.
July 14th	Vichy	3.20 inches of rain fell, breaking the old record of 1.30 inches set back in 1952.
July 30th	West Plains	A record low temperature of 53 degrees tied the old record originally set back in 1974.
July 30th	Vichy	A record low temperature of 53 degrees breaks the old record of 54 set back in 1948.

List of August 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
Aug 6th	Springfield	A record lowest maximum temperature of 71 degrees breaks the old record of 72 set in 1974
Aug 6th	Vichy	A record lowest maximum temperature of 72 degrees tied the old record set back in 1971.
August 16th	Vichy	A record daily rainfall of 1.34 inches breaks the old record of 1.19 inches set in 1905.

List of September 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
Sep. 2nd	Vichy	Record low of 48 degrees breaks the old record of 49 set in 1974.
Sep. 21st	Springfield	Record high of 93 degrees tied the old record set in 1955.
Sep. 21st	Vichy	Record high of 94 degrees tied the old record set in 1955.
Sep. 22nd	West Plains	Record high of 92 tied the old record set in 1948.
Sep 23rd	Vichy	Record high of 93 degrees breaks the old record of 92 set in 1901.
Sep 24th	West Plains	Record high of 91 breaks the old record of 90 set in 1961.
Sep 25th	Vichy	Record high of 91 breaks the old record of 90 set in 2012.
Monthly	Vichy	Record driest September on Record. Breaks the old record of 0.34 inches set in 2004.

List of October 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
October 13th	Springfield	Record high of 88 degrees breaks the old record of 87 set in 1952.
October 14th	Springfield	Record high of 89 tied the old record set in 1963.
October 29th	Vichy	Record low of 21 degrees breaks the old record of 24 set in 2012.

List of November 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
November 2nd	Springfield	Record high of 82 degrees breaks the old record of 80 set in 2016.
November 5th	Springfield	Record high of 81 degrees breaks the old record of 79 set in 1888.
	West Plains	Record high of 82 degrees breaks the old record of 81 set in 1978.
	Vichy	Record high of 79 degrees tied the old record set in 1999.
November 18th	West Plains	Record high of 74 degrees tied the old record of 74 set in 2001.
November 22nd	Joplin	Record low of 19 degrees tied the old record set back in 1964.
November 24th	Springfield	Record high of 74 degrees breaks the old record of 72 set in 2006.
November 24th	Vichy	Record high of 73 degrees breaks the old record of 71 set in 1966.
November 28th	Springfield	Record high of 73 degrees tied the old record set in 1998.
Monthly Precipitation	Vichy	Record low precipitation for the month of November of 0.27 inches breaks the old record of 0.28 set in 1949.

List of December 2017 Records
Date	Station	Record
December 3rd	Joplin	A Record high of 73 degrees tied the old record set back in 2012.
December 21st	Joplin	A record high of 69 degrees broke the old record of 68 set back in 2007.
December 27th	Joplin	A record low temperature of 10 degrees breaks the old record of 12 degrees set in 1951.
December 28th	West Plains	A record low temperature of 8 degrees broke the old record of 10 set back in 1950.
December 31st	Vichy	A record lowest Maximum temperature of 13 breaks the old record of 14 set in 1976.