Springfield, MO

Weather Forecast Office

2016 Yearly Climate Summary

2016 was a year with well above normal temperatures across the area, with Springfield, Joplin and West Plains all in the top 10 warmest years on record. Vichy was 11th warmest. In fact, Springfield and West Plains both only had one month of the year with below normal temperatures (May). All but the far southeast portion of the forecast area had below normal precipitation for the year.

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	99	99	96
Average High Temperature	70.0	71.0	69.7	67.2
Lowest Temperature of the Year	1	-4	4	-3
Average Low Temperature	48.9	49.7	48.4	46.9
Average Mean Temperature	59.4	60.3	59.1	57.0
Depart from Normal	+ 3.1	+ 1.8	+ 2.3	+ 1.9
Rank	3rd warmest / 129	7th warmest / 89	3rd warmest / 69	11th warmest / 72
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	47	56	42	27
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	10	10	10	17
Days with lows of 32 degrees or lower	87	78	78	87
Days with lows of 0 degrees or lower	0	1	0	3

Precipitation (Inches)	36.25	39.23	37.26	40.92
Depart from Normal	- 9.32	- 7.32	- 8.96	- 2.69
Rank	27th driest / 129	38th driest / 107	17th driest / 69	30th wettest / 75
days of 0.01 or greater	101	93	100	107
days of 0.10 or greater	61	63	67	66
days of 0.50 or greater	23	27	21	27
days of 1.00 or greater	9	10	11	10
Yearly Snowfall	3.2 (-13.8)

Year End Summary - Climatology

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	34.2	+ 1.6	35.0	+ 1.0	35.0	+ 1.0	31.3	+ 0.2
February	41.5	+ 4.3	41.9	+ 4.0	41.9	+ 4.0	38.3	+ 2.6
March	51.9	+ 5.6	52.2	+ 4.7	52.2	+ 4.7	50.4	+ 5.1
April	59.4	+ 3.6	58.9	+ 1.5	58.9	+ 1.5	57.1	+ 1.9
May	63.6	- 1.2	63.5	- 1.9	63.5	- 1.9	61.6	- 2.2
June	77.9	+ 4.5	76.4	+ 2.7	76.4	+ 2.7	76.4	+ 4.0
July	80.1	+ 1.9	79.4	+ 1.4	79.4	+ 1.4	77.9	+ 0.6
August	78.9	+ 1.1	77.3	+ 0.1	77.3	+ 0.1	76.2	- 0.1
September	73.1	+ 4.1	71.9	+ 3.0	71.9	+ 3.0	71.0	+ 3.4
October	65.0	+ 7.2	63.8	+ 6.4	63.8	+ 6.4	62.5	+ 5.9
November	51.6	+ 5.5	51.7	+ 4.9	51.7	+ 4.9	49.6	+ 4.4
December	35.9	+ 0.9	36.5	- 0.7	36.7	+ 0.5	32.2	- 1.5
Annual	59.4	+ 3.1	60.3	+ 1.8	59.1	+ 2.3	57.0	+ 1.9
Annual	3rd warmest / 129		7th warmest / 89		3rd warmest / 69		11th warmest / 72

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	0.92	- 1.55	0.30	- 1.73	0.93	- 1.79	0.74	- 1.43
February	0.36	- 2.16	0.37	- 1.95	1.71	- 1.13	1.38	- 0.55
March	2.94	- 0.68	2.57	- 0.85	3.93	- 0.36	2.86	- 0.59
April	2.50	- 1.82	4.55	+ 0.08	1.30	- 3.18	4.08	- 0.14
May	4.53	- 0.57	6.31	+ 0.60	6.87	+ 1.93	5.18	+ 0.14
June	4.42	- 0.43	6.12	+ 0.26	4.41	+ 0.39	1.94	- 2.69
July	7.33	+ 3.65	5.30	+ 1.49	9.34	+ 5.79	6.16	+ 1.72
August	2.62	- 0.93	4.26	+ 0.91	3.63	+ 0.40	10.00	+ 6.33
September	3.89	- 0.72	2.74	- 2.21	1.35	- 2.74	4.48	+ 0.44
October	3.80	+ 0.21	5.25	+ 1.22	2.06	- 1.78	2.72	- 0.79
November	2.32	- 1.90	0.87	- 2.91	0.71	- 3.87	0.52	- 3.35
December	0.62	- 2.42	0.59	- 2.23	1.02	- 2.62	0.86	- 1.78
Annual	36.25	- 9.32	39.23	- 7.32	37.26	- 8.96	40.92	- 2.69
Annual	27th driest / 129		38th driest / 107		17th driest / 69		30th wettest / 75

Weather Stories

Jaunary 9th, 2016	Accumulating Snowfall
January 19th-21st, 2016	Winter Weather
March 23rd, 2016	Barry County Tornado
March 30th-31st, 2016	Severe Storms
April 26th-27th, 2016	Severe Storms and Tornadoes
April 30th, 2016	Severe Storms with Large Hail
May 9th-10th, 2016	Severe Storms and Flooding
June 23rd, 2016	Severe Storms and Flooding
June 26th, 2016	Severe Storms
June 30th, 2016	Severe Storms and Flooding
August 25th, 2016	Severe Storms and Flooding
October 19th, 2016	Severe Storms and Flooding

Monthly Summaries

2016 Monthly Climate Summaries
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Outlook

Normal Departure 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 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
January 29th	Joplin	Record high of 73 degrees tied the old record set in 2011.
January 30th	Vichy	Record high of 65 degrees tied the old record set in 2012.
January 30th	Joplin	Record high of 68 degrees breaks the old record of 66 set in 2012.
January 31st	Vichy	Record high of 66 degrees breaks the old record of 64 degrees set in 1952.

List of February 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
February 18th	Springfield	Record high of 74 tied the previous record set in 1948.
February 19th	Springfield	Record high of 72 breaks the old record of 71 set in 2004.
February 19th	Vichy	Record high of 70 tied the old record set in 2004.
February 20th	Springfield	Record high of 77 breaks the old record of 76 set in 1996.
	Joplin	Record high of 78 tied the old record set in 1981.
	Vichy	Record high of 75 breaks the old record of 74 set in 1996.
	West Plains	Record high of 76 breaks the old record of 75 set in 2014.

List of March 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
March 15th	Vichy	Record high of 82 breaks the old record of 80 set in 2012.
March 15th	West Plains	Record high of 86 breaks the old record of 80 set in 2013.

List of April 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
No Records were set in April 2016

List of May 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
May 15th	Vichy	Record low temperature of 35 degrees breaks the old record of 37 set in 2014.
May 16th	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 2.48 inches breaks the old record for the day of 2.27 inches set in 1957.
	Vichy	Record lowest maximum temperature of 55 degrees, breaks the old record of 57 set in 2014.
	Joplin	Record lowest maximum temperature of 56 degrees breaks the old record of 62 set in 1945.
	West Plains	Record lowest maximum temperature of 53 tied the old record set in 1952.
May 27th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 1.57 inches breaks the old record of 1.36 inches in 2015.

List of June 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
June 12th	West Plains	Record of 1.66 inches of rainfall occurred breaking the daily total of 1.49 inches set in 2003.
June 22nd	Springfield	Record high of 96 degrees breaks the old record of 95 set in 1988.
June 22nd	Joplin	Record high of 98 degrees breaks the old record of 97 set in 1949.

List of July 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
July 2nd	Vichy	Record lowest Maxium temperature of 67 degrees broke the old record of 70 degrees set back in 1976.
July 8th	Vichy	Record daily rainfall of 1.47 inches breaks the old record of 1.31 inches set in 2015.
July 14th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 1.13 inches breaks the old record of 0.88 inches set in 1978.
July 25th	Springfield	Record daily rainfall of 2.08 inches tied the old record set in 1944.
July 27th	Springfield	Record daily rainfall of 1.74 inches breaks the old record of 1.42 inches set in 1979.

List of August 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
Aug 5	Vichy	3.30 inches of rainfall broke the previous record of 1.70 inches set in 2008.
Aug 12th	Vichy	2.95 inches or rainfall broke the previous record of 2.02 inches set in 1993.

List of September 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
September 16th	Springfield	Record daily rainfall of 2.22 inches breaks the old record of 1.73 inches set in 1911.

List of October 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
October 16th	Springfield	Record high of 87 degrees breaks the old record of 85 set in 1950.
October 17th	Springfield	Record warmest minimum of 68 degrees breaks the old record of 63 set in 1971.
	Joplin	Record warmest minimum of 73 breaks the old record of 65 set in 1994.
	West Plains	Record warmest minimum of 66 breaks the old record of 65 set in 1998.
	Vichy	Record warmest minimum of 67 breaks the old record of 63 set in 1998.
October 18th	Joplin	Record warmest minimum temperature of 65 degrees breaks the old record of 64 set in 1985.
	West Plains	Record warmest minimum temperature of 67 degrees breaks the old record of 61 set in 1985.
	Vichy	Record warmest minimum of 65 degrees breaks the old record of 63 degrees set in 1971.
October 31st	Joplin	Record high of 83 degrees tied the old record set in 1950.

List of November 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
November 1st	Springfield	Record high of 82 degrees breaks the old record of 81 set in 1937.
	Joplin	Record high of 83 degrees breaks the old record of 79 set in 1952.
	Joplin	Record warmest low of 67 degrees breaks the old record of 65 set in 1944.
	Vichy	Record warmest low of 63 degrees breaks the old record of 60 set in 2000.
November 16th	Springfield	Record high of 77 degrees breaks the old record of 76 degrees in 1941.
	Joplin	Record high of 82 degrees breaks the old record of 80 set in 1941.
	West Plains	Record high of 77 degrees tied the old record set in 1952.
November 17th	West Plains	Record high of 80 degrees breaks the old record of 78 set in 2013.
	Joplin	Record high of 79 degrees breaks the old record of 77 set in 1954.
	Springfield	Record high of 79 degrees breaks the old record of 78 set in 1963.
	Vichy	Record high of 79 degrees breaks the old record of 76 set in 1963.

List of December 2016 Records
Date	Station	Record
Dec 18th	Springfield	Record lowest high temperature of 15 degrees breaks the old record of 18 set in 1996
	Joplin	Record lowest high temperature of 12 degrees breaks the old record of 15 set in 1963.
	Joplin	Record low temperature of -4 breaks the old record of 1 set in 1964
	Vichy	Record lowest high temperature of 12 breaks the old record of 16 set in 1996.
	Vichy	Record low of -2 breaks the old record of -1 set in 1964.
Dec 25th	Joplin	Record high of 72 degrees breaks the old record of 71 set in 1971.