Winter Weather Brings Dangerous Travel Conditions Across the Northern U.S.

Heavy lake effect snow will persist downwind of the Great Lakes through early Saturday. Snow squalls with heavy snow and gusty winds will create dangerous travel in the Interior Northeast due to low visibility and slippery roads. A major winter storm will bring moderate to heavy, accumulating snow and gusty winds from the eastern Plains to the western Great Lakes today through Saturday. Read More >

May 2019 was a month with well above normal precipitation for much of the area including some records and in the top 3 wettest. Temperatures were mostly above normal with the exception being far western Missouri and extreme southeast Kansas which had some of the highest precipitation totals.

May 20th-22nd Tornadoes and Flooding

Overview

Climate Graphs

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

Precipitation Reports

Daily Data

Climate Graphs

Springfield Temperature Plot for May 2019

Springfield Precipitation Plot for May 2019

Joplin Temperature Plot for May 2019

Joplin Precipitation Plot for May 2019

West Plains Temperature Plot for May 2019

West Plains Precipitation Plot for May 2019

Vichy Temperature Plot for May 2019

Vichy Precipitation Plot for May 2019

Monthly Climate Maps

May 2019 Precipitation Departure from Normal

May 2019 Precipitation Departure from Normal

May 2019 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

May 2019 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

Monthly Climate Normals

Normal Conditions for the Upcoming 3 Months
Springfield
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
June	83.8	63.1	4.85	0.0
July	88.8	67.6	3.68	0.0
August	89.0	66.6	3.55	0.0
Joplin
	High	Low	Precip.	Snowfall
June	85.8	65.1	5.86	0.0
July	90.6	69.9	3.81	0.0
August	91.0	68.4	3.35	0.0
West Plains
	High	Low	Precip.
June	84.2	63.2	4.02
July	89.5	66.6	3.55
August	89.4	65.0	3.23
Vichy
	High	Low	Precip.
June	82.6	62.1	4.63
July	88.1	66.5	4.44
August	87.6	65.0	3.67