January 2014 Climate Summary

Monthly Climate Summary - January 2014

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

Overview

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Report

Monthly Climate Overview

January 2014 was one of the colder January's on record with two stations hitting in the top 10. The upper pattern remained stagnant for most of the month, keeping a north to northwest flow aloft in place and generally dry cold fronts pushing through every couple of days. The precipitation generally occurred early on in the month with snow events on both the 1st through the 2nd and again on the 5th. Temperatures dipped well below zero in the middle of the month with one of the Arctic air masses.

Light snow on Jan 1st-2nd

Heavy snow event on January 5th

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Month	67	67	67	62
Average High Temperature	40.9	42.2	40.9	37.5
Lowest Temperature of the Month	-10	-9	-4	-13
Average Low Temperature	17.2	18.8	17.6	14.6
Average Mean Temperature	29.0	30.5	29.2	26.0
Depart from Normal	-3.6	-4.4	-4.8	-5.1
Rank	22nd coldest / 127	15th coldest / 86	9th coldest / 66	9th coldest / 66
Days with lows of 32 deg F or Lower	30	30	30	31
Days with lows of 0 deg F or Lower	2	2	2	2
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	5	7	8	12
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (Inches)	1.29	0.59	1.60	0.85
Depart from Normal	-1.18	-1.44	-1.12	-1.32
Rank	40th driest / 127	17th driest / 104	19th driest / 66	21st driest / 67
days of 0.01 or greater	7	7	5	4
days of 0.10 or greater	2	2	2	2
days of 0.50 or greater	2	0	2	1
days of 1.00 or greater	0	0	0	0
Monthly Snowfall	9.5

Monthly Climate Maps

January 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

January 2014 Precipitation Departure from Normal

January 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

January 2014 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Records

List of January 2014 Records
Date	Station	Record
Jan 5th	Springfield	Record daily snowfall of 7 inches breaks the old record of 2.3 set in 1963.
Jan 6th	West Plains	Lowest high temperature of 6 degrees breaks the old record of 19 set in 1970.
	West Plains	Low temperature of -4 breaks the old record of 2 set in 1995.
	Springfield	Lowest high temperature of 3 degrees breaks the old record of 13 set in 1909.
	Joplin	Low temperature of -9 degrees breaks the old record of -1 set in 1968.
	Joplin	Lowest high temperature of 6 degrees breaks the old record of 18 set in 2005.
	Vichy-Rolla	Low temperature of -13 degrees breaks the old record of -2 set in 1968.
	Vichy-Rolla	Lowest high temperature of 1 degree breaks the old record of 17 set in 1996. This ties the all time lowest high temperature on record.
Jan 7th	Vichy-Rolla	Low temperature of -11 degrees breaks the old record of -9 set in 1968.
Jan 7th	West Plains	Low temperature of -4 degrees breaks the old record of -3 set in 1968.

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
February	48.2	26.1	2.52	3.6
March	57.5	35.2	3.62	2.4
April	67.2	44.3	4.32	0.0
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
February	50.5	29.2	2.32	3.5
March	60.1	37.7	3.42	1.1
April	70.0	46.9	4.47	0.0
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
February	49.2	26.5	2.84
March	59.5	35.5	4.29
April	69.7	45.1	4.48
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
February	45.8	25.5	1.93
March	56.3	34.3	3.45
April	66.7	43.8	4.22

Precipitation Report

Monthly Data for January 2014 for Springfield, MO NWS CWA
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

MO	NEVADA WTP	COOP	7.28
MO	ELDORADO SPRINGS	COOP	6.48
MO	MTN GROVE 2 N	COOP	3.87
MO	WINONA FOREST RS	COOP	2.68
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.39
MO	AVA 13.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	2.31
MO	WEST PLAINS 2.2 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.30
MO	MARSHFIELD 3.6 S	CoCoRaHS	2.21
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 13.0 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.16
MO	LICKING 4N	COOP	2.14
MO	POTTERSVILLE 0.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.13
MO	WAYNESVILLE 2 W	COOP	2.13
MO	ROLLA 1.3 S	CoCoRaHS	2.07
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.06
MO	HOUSTON 0.3 SE	CoCoRaHS	2.06
MO	SALEM 14.9 E	CoCoRaHS	2.05
MO	SALEM 4.3 S	CoCoRaHS	2.04
MO	DORA 2.6 NNW	CoCoRaHS	2.03
MO	TECUMSEH	COOP	2.01
MO	ROLLA 8.2 SSE	CoCoRaHS	2.00
MO	WEST PLAINS 10.6 S	CoCoRaHS	1.98
MO	ROLLA 3.6 E	CoCoRaHS	1.97
MO	EDGAR SPRINGS 2.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.92
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.91
MO	PROTEM 4 NE	COOP	1.86
MO	DORA 1N	COOP	1.85
MO	ROLLA 0.7 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.83
MO	ROLLA 8.1 S	CoCoRaHS	1.82
MO	ALTON 3.0 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.82
MO	EMINENCE 1 N	COOP	1.79
MO	HARTVILLE 0.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.78
MO	MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.9 W	CoCoRaHS	1.76
MO	SELIGMAN 3.0 N	CoCoRaHS	1.74
MO	ROLLA UNI OF MISSOURI	COOP	1.73
MO	HOUSTON 4.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.72
MO	ROUND SPRING	COOP	1.67
MO	WEST PLAINS	WBAN	1.64
MO	AVA 0.8 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.63
MO	SALEM 10 W	WBAN	1.62
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.61
MO	BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.60
MO	IBERIA 5.6 NE	CoCoRaHS	1.60
MO	WEST PLAINS MUNI AP	WBAN	1.60
MO	MANSFIELD 5.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.59
MO	EMINENCE 0.1 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.58
MO	CAULFIELD 0.9 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.57
MO	MANSFIELD	COOP	1.57
MO	HARTVILLE	COOP	1.57
MO	MOUNTAIN GROVE 14.0 S	CoCoRaHS	1.56
MO	ROLLA 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.55
MO	SALEM 1.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.54
MO	MONTAUK SP	COOP	1.53
MO	ALTON 1.7 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.52
MO	NORWOOD 0.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.50
MO	AVA 6.0 NW	CoCoRaHS	1.49
MO	AVA 13.6 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.49
MO	HOUSTON 0.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.48
MO	ROLLA 6.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.46
MO	GAINESVILLE 6.2 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.45
MO	HARTVILLE 0.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	1.43
MO	SPRINGFIELD 0.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.39
MO	PROTEM	CoCoRaHS	1.36
MO	EMERALD BEACH 3.0 S	CoCoRaHS	1.35
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.34
MO	HOLLISTER 3.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.33
MO	LEBANON 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	1.31
MO	SPRINGFIELD RGNL AP	WBAN	1.29
MO	BATTLEFIELD 3.3 E	CoCoRaHS	1.29
MO	CASSVILLE 0.5 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.28
MO	MOUNT VERNON 0.2 E	CoCoRaHS	1.28
MO	AVA 6W	COOP	1.28
MO	RICHLAND 3.6 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.28
MO	ANDERSON 3W	COOP	1.27
MO	MARSHFIELD 2E	COOP	1.26
MO	POMONA 2.3 SSE	CoCoRaHS	1.26
MO	SPRINGFIELD WFO	COOP	1.25
MO	FAIR GROVE 4.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.25
MO	NOEL 3.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.24
MO	NIXA 2.7 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.22
MO	CLEVER 4.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	1.21
MO	LINN CREEK 9.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.21
MO	CARTHAGE 0.8 S	CoCoRaHS	1.19
MO	CONWAY 9.0 E	CoCoRaHS	1.18
MO	FT LEONARD WOOD	COOP	1.18
MO	HOLLISTER 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.17
MO	LEBANON 0.6 N	CoCoRaHS	1.16
MO	SPRINGFIELD 9.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.13
MO	HOUSTON 6.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.13
MO	OZARK 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.08
MO	PURDY 4.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.07
MO	GREENFIELD 0.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	1.07
MO	HURLEY 3.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	1.05
MO	SPRINGFIELD 0.8 S	CoCoRaHS	1.04
MO	HERMITAGE 0.5 ESE	CoCoRaHS	1.03
MO	VIENNA 4.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	1.03
MO	CARTHAGE 3.8 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.03
MO	OSCEOLA 0.3 SW	CoCoRaHS	1.00
MO	GALENA	COOP	1.00
MO	WHEATLAND 5.0 SE	CoCoRaHS	1.00
MO	FAIR PLAY 1.3 E	CoCoRaHS	0.99
MO	CONWAY 8.9 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.97
MO	ISABELLA	COOP	0.97
MO	NEOSHO 3.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.97
MO	MARSHFIELD 1.4 W	CoCoRaHS	0.96
MO	HOUSTON 2.0 S	CoCoRaHS	0.96
MO	AVA 10.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.95
MO	MORRISVILLE 2SW	COOP	0.93
MO	WILLARD 5.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	0.93
MO	POMONA 2.4 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.93
MO	FORT LEONARD WOOD 5.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.93
MO	MARSHFIELD 0.9 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.93
MO	WILLARD 2.6 W	CoCoRaHS	0.93
MO	JERICO SPRINGS 3 S	COOP	0.90
MO	LEBANON 2.4 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.89
MO	JOPLIN 2.8 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.89
MO	UMBER VIEW HEIGHTS 0.1 WSW	CoCoRaHS	0.88
MO	NEOSHO	COOP	0.87
MO	BOLIVAR 1 NE	COOP	0.86
MO	FORT LEONARD WOOD 9.3 S	CoCoRaHS	0.86
MO	WEST PLAINS 1.0 W	CoCoRaHS	0.85
MO	VICHY ROLLA NATIONAL AP	WBAN	0.85
MO	LOCKWOOD	COOP	0.84
MO	CARL JUNCTION 3.4 WSW	CoCoRaHS	0.84
MO	MOUNT VERNON 1.3 NNW	CoCoRaHS	0.83
MO	VERONA 4.0 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.82
KS	COLUMBUS	COOP	0.81
MO	IBERIA 6.6 NE	CoCoRaHS	0.80
MO	SHELL KNOB 5.6 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.79
MO	IRON GATES 0.9 S	CoCoRaHS	0.79
MO	CARL JUNCTION 1.6 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.79
MO	JOPLIN 5.2 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.79
MO	WASHBURN 5 W	COOP	0.78
MO	NEOSHO 3.9 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.78
MO	SHOAL CREEK ESTATES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.78
MO	BRANSON AP	COOP	0.76
MO	ALTON 7.2 E	CoCoRaHS	0.76
MO	SENECA 5.8 SSE	CoCoRaHS	0.76
MO	EMERALD BEACH 5.5 E	CoCoRaHS	0.74
MO	BOLIVAR 1.0 ENE	CoCoRaHS	0.74
MO	EDWARDS 7.1 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.74
MO	CARTHAGE 1.5 S	CoCoRaHS	0.71
KS	FORT SCOTT 0.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.70
MO	WALNUT GROVE 5.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.67
MO	STOCKTON 0.2 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.65
MO	PLATO 5.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	0.64
MO	LAKESIDE	COOP	0.64
MO	DIAMOND 2 W	COOP	0.64
MO	OZARK BEACH	COOP	0.63
KS	PITTSBURG	COOP	0.63
MO	JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT	WBAN	0.59
MO	WHEATLAND 2.7 S	CoCoRaHS	0.58
MO	EL DORADO SPRINGS 12.0 NE	CoCoRaHS	0.57
MO	BUFFALO	COOP	0.57
MO	JOPLIN 24 N	WBAN	0.57
MO	LIBERAL 0.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	0.57
MO	STOCKTON 2.5 NNE	CoCoRaHS	0.56
MO	HOUSTON	COOP	0.55
MO	COLE CAMP 3NW	COOP	0.55
MO	ASH GROVE 4S	COOP	0.54
MO	HAZELGREEN 1 W	COOP	0.54
MO	LOWRY CITY 3.8 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.53
MO	NEVADA 0.2 W	CoCoRaHS	0.53
MO	LINCOLN 0.4 NNE	CoCoRaHS	0.52
KS	CHEROKEE 0.3 N	CoCoRaHS	0.52
MO	LAMAR 0.3 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.52
MO	BOLIVAR 9.0 N	CoCoRaHS	0.51
MO	DUNNEGAN 2.4 NNW	CoCoRaHS	0.50
MO	LEBANON 7.5 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.50
MO	GOODSON 0.5 NNW	CoCoRaHS	0.48
MO	ELDON	COOP	0.48
MO	ALDRICH 5.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.46
MO	JOPLIN 4.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.45
MO	ELDON 3.8 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.44
MO	BUFFALO 1.0 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.41
MO	VERSAILLES 0.2 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.40
MO	STOCKTON 4.0 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.39
KS	FARLINGTON 0.8 NNE	CoCoRaHS	0.39
MO	FLEMINGTON	COOP	0.37
MO	LEBANON 2 W	COOP	0.36
KS	DEVON 0.1 SE	CoCoRaHS	0.34
MO	BRUMLEY 5.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.33
KS	FORT SCOTT 3.7 ENE	CoCoRaHS	0.31
KS	PITTSBURG 0.7 WSW	CoCoRaHS	0.30
MO	STOCKTON 5.6 S	CoCoRaHS	0.28
KS	UNIONTOWN	COOP	0.28
MO	IBERIA	COOP	0.25
KS	FORT SCOTT 9.3 NNE	CoCoRaHS	0.23
KS	WALNUT 3 S	COOP	0.19
KS	HEPLER 4.5 SSE	CoCoRaHS	0.18
MO	MILLER 9.2 WNW	CoCoRaHS	0.17
MO	STOCKTON DAM	COOP	0.12
MO	POMME DE TERRE DAM	COOP	0.12
KS	GIRARD	COOP	0.12
KS	UNIONTOWN 0.7 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.11
KS	FORT SCOTT 8.2 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.09
MO	TABLE ROCK DAM	COOP	0.08
MO	NIXA 4.6 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.07
MO	MANSFIELD 1.4 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.07
MO	SEYMOUR 0.9 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.07
KS	GARLAND 2.7 SW	CoCoRaHS	0.06
MO	GOLDEN 1.7 NE	CoCoRaHS	0.05
MO	BRANSON 3.8 E	CoCoRaHS	0.04
MO	MANSFIELD 3.7 SSE	CoCoRaHS	0.04
MO	HARTVILLE 0.9 WSW	CoCoRaHS	0.03
KS	MCCUNE 1.6 NW	CoCoRaHS	0.03
MO	APPLETON CITY	COOP	T
MO	SPARTA 6.3 E	CoCoRaHS	T
MO	SPRINGFIELD 4.8 WSW	CoCoRaHS	T
MO	AVA 12 SW	COOP	0.00
MO	SPRINGFIELD 5.5 SSW	CoCoRaHS	0.00
MO	MYRTLE 0.3 E	CoCoRaHS	0.00
MO	CLIMAX SPRINGS 3.1 ESE	CoCoRaHS	0.00
MO	JOPLIN RIVER	COOP	0.00
MO	LAMAR	COOP	0.00

Widespread Rain from Texas to the Central Appalachians; Heavy to Excessive Rainfall in Southern California and the Southwest