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

Scattered thunderstorms and widespread showers are expected from the Texas coast to the central Appalachians today. Heavy to excessive rainfall will continue in southern California into the Desert Southwest through Saturday. Heavy rain will pose a risk of flash flooding, especially across burn scar and urbanized regions. Read More >

December 2019 was a month with well above normal temperatures and below normal temperatures across the area.

Winter weather December 15th-16th, 2019

Damaging wind and tornado - December 28th, 2019

Overview

Climate Graphs

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Report

Daily Data

Climate Graphs

Springfield Temperature Plot for December 2019

Springfield Precipitation Plot for December 2019

Joplin Temperature Plot for December 2019

Joplin Precipitation Plot for December 2019

West Plains Temperature Plot for December 2019

West Plains Precipitation Plot for December 2019

Vichy Temperature Plot for December 2019

Vichy Precipitation Plot for December 2019

Monthly Climate Maps

December 2019 Precipitation Departure from Normal

December 2019 Precipitation Departure from Normal

December 2019 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

December 2019 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
January	42.9	22.4	2.47	5.4
February	48.2	26.1	2.52	3.6
March	57.5	35.2	3.62	2.4
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
January	44.9	25.0	2.03	4.7
February	50.5	29.2	2.32	3.5
March	60.1	37.7	3.42	1.1
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
January	44.6	23.5	2.72
February	49.2	26.5	2.84
March	59.5	35.5	4.29
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
January	40.7	21.5	2.17
February	45.8	25.5	1.93
March	56.3	34.3	3.45