Springfield, MO

Weather Forecast Office

2021 Annual Climate Summary

2021 was a year with mostly near normal to above normal temperatures while most of the western 2/3 of the area had above normal precipitation, the eastern 1/3 of the area had below normal precipitation.

The month of December stands out with the warmest Decembers on record for Joplin, West Plains and Vichy, while Springfield finished with the 2nd warmest.

Summary

Monthly Climatology

Weather Stories

Monthly Summaries

Jan-Mar Outlook

Departure Maps

Records

Climate Graphs

Annual Climate Overview

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Year	96	98	97	96
Average High Temperature	67.8	69.4	69.1	66.8
Lowest Temperature of the Year	-15	-15	-8	-6
Average Low Temperature	47.5	49	47.9	46.5
Average Mean Temperature	57.6	59.2	58.5	56.6
Depart from Normal	+0.2	+1.1	+1.5	+1.1
Rank	20th warmest / 134	17th warmest / 94	6th warmest / 74	18th warmest / 77
Days With highs Of 90 degrees Or warmer	43	54	46	27
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	16	15	12	20
Days with lows of 32 deg F or lower	84	69	82	86
Days with lows of 0 deg F or lower	4	3	2	3
Precipitation (Inches)	46.96	44.74	46.11	35.68
Depart from Normal	+2.25	-0.84	-1.14	-7.39
Rank	38th wettest / 134	45th wettest / 112	34th wettest / 74	30th driest / 80
days of 0.01 or greater	117	101	112	112
days of 0.10 or greater	80	63	84	64
days of 0.50 or greater	36	27	36	26
days of 1.00 or greater	14	14	10	9
Annual Snowfall	15.5

Climatology Summary

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	35.4	+1.1	37.1	+2.2	37.1	+2.6	34.3	+2.7
February	26.7	-12.0	28.2	-11.2	29.2	-9.7	25.7	-10.4
March	50.9	+3.3	52.3	+3.7	51.4	+3.8	49.8	+4.2
April	54.7	-2.3	56.7	-1.2	55.5	-1.9	53.6	-2.2
May	62.5	-3.5	63.7	-2.8	63.1	-2.5	62.0	-2.7
June	75.1	+0.2	76.6	+1.0	75.4	+1.5	74.3	+1.2
July	77.6	-1.6	78.8	-1.1	77.7	-0.2	76.4	-1.0
August	79.3	+1.1	80.5	+1.5	79.3	+2.4	77.8	+1.5
September	73.2	+2.9	75.3	+4.6	73.1	+4.0	71.4	+3.1
October	60.7	+2.1	62.0	+2.7	62.5	+4.6	60.6	+3.5
November	47.2	+0.5	49.2	+1.4	47.5	+0.9	46.7	+1.6
December	48.6	+11.2	50.0	+11.9	50.1	+12.6	47.2	+11.8
Annual	57.6	+0.2	59.2	+1.1	58.5	+1.5	56.6	+1.1

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	4.19	+1.65	4.01	+2.09	4.98	+2.35	4.12	+1.90
February	1.11	-1.29	0.35	-1.63	1.99	-1.12	0.47	-1.59
March	8.35	+4.84	5.41	+2.12	5.71	+1.30	3.44	+0.04
April	4.81	+0.10	1.56	-3.43	4.87	-0.44	4.33	-0.38
May	8.75	+3.19	7.39	+0.83	5.83	+0.28	3.27	-2.08
June	3.39	-1.08	8.08	+2.48	2.35	-1.69	5.06	+0.60
July	3.79	-0.06	3.26	-0.71	3.49	-0.72	3.14	-1.29
August	1.62	-1.97	2.13	-1.23	1.69	-1.67	2.84	-0.82
September	1.79	-2.52	3.08	-1.10	1.90	-1.19	2.32	-1.49
October	6.74	+3.14	7.69	+3.89	6.24	+2.16	4.42	+1.21
November	1.11	-2.45	0.85	-2.48	0.88	-3.46	0.55	-2.90
December	1.31	-1.30	0.93	-1.67	6.18	+3.06	1.72	-0.59
Annual	46.96	+2.25	44.74	-0.84	46.11	-1.14	35.68	-7.39

Weather Stories of 2021

Freezing Rain December 31st (2020) - Jan 1st 2021

Snowfall January 6th-7th

Snowfall and Wind - January 15th

Arctic Air Intrusion and Snow (historic cold wave) Feb 13th-18th

April 28th Tornadoes and Flooding

May 27th - Tornadoes and Flooding

October 10th-11th Tornadoes

October 24th Tornadoes and Severe Storms

December 5th Storms and Tornado

December 10th Tornadoes and Severe Storms (outbreak)

Monthly Summaries

2021
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Outlook

Temperature Outlook (Jan-Mar 2022)

Precipitation Outlook (Jan-Mar 2022)

Upcoming 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

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 2021 Records
Date	Station	Record
January 25th	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 1.29 inches breaks the old record of 0.94 inches in 1989.
January 25th	Springfield	Record daily rainfall of 1.60 inches breaks the old record of 1.12 inches set in 1895.
January 25th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 2.92 inches breaks the old record of 1.70 inches set in 2012.
January 25th	Vichy	Record daily rainfall of 1.63 inches breaks the old record of 0.81 inches set in 1950.
February 14th	Joplin	Record low of 1 broke the old record of 9 set in 1986.
February 14th	West Plains	Record low of 2 broke the old record of 8 set in 2020.
February 14th	Vichy	Record low of -2 broke the old record of 4 set in 2020.
February 14th	West Plains	Record lowest high temperature of 11 broke the old record of 29 set in 2007.
February 16th	Springfield	Record low of -15 broke the old record of -1 set in 1958.
February 16th	Joplin	Record low of -15 broke the old record of -8 set in 1903.
February 16th	West Plains	Record low of -8 broke the old record of -2 set in 1958.
February 16th	West Plains	Record lowest high temperature of 19 tied the old record set in 1958.
March 17th	Joplin	1.53 inches of rain broke the daily rainfall record of 1.33 set in 1987.
April 21st	Joplin	Record low temperature of 28 broke the old record of 30 set in 1966.
April 22nd	Vichy	Record low temperature of 25 broke the old record of 33 set in 2000.
April 22nd	Springfield	Record low temperature of 29 broke the old record of 30 set in 1982.
April 28th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 1.28 inches broke the old record of 1.26 inches set in 1991.
May 27th	Joplin	A record rainfall of 3.07 inches broke the old record of 1.83 inches set in 1987.
May 30th	Vichy	A record low of 38 broke the old record of 46 set in 1901.
June 1st	Springfield	A record lowest high temperature of 61 broke the old record of 62 set in 1907.
June 1st	West Plains	A record lowest high temperature of 62 broke the old record of 67 set in 1967.
June 26th	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 3.30 inches broke the old record of 2.35 inches set in 1948.
September 20th	Joplin	A daily rain of 1.15 inches broke the old record of 1.07 inches set in 1992.
October 9th	Springfield	A record warmest low temperature of 67 tied the old record set in 1928.
October 9th	Joplin	A record warmest low temperature of 72 broke the old record of 67 set in 1949.
October 23rd	Springfield	A record rainfall of 2.68 inches broke the old record of 1.29 inches set in 1943.
October 23rd	Joplin	A record rainfall of 2.90 inches broke the old record of 1.06 inches set in 1970.
November 16th	Springfield	Record high temperature of 78 broke the old record of 77 degrees set in 2016.
December 2nd	Springfield	Record high of 75 broke the old record of 73 set in 2012.
December 2nd	Joplin	Record high of 76 broke the old record of 74 set in 1970.
December 2nd	Vichy	Record high of 74 broke the old record of 73 set in 2012.
December 2nd	West Plains	Record high of 77 broke the old record of 73 set in 2012.
December 3rd	Springfield	Record high of 74 tied the old record set in 1916.
December 3rd	West Plains	Record high of 77 tied the old record set in 1970.
December 3rd	Joplin	Record high of 74 broke the old record of 73 set in 2012.
December 3rd	Vichy	Record high of 76 broke the old record of 74 set in 1970.
December 15th	Joplin	Record high of 76 broke the old record of 74 set in 1984.
December 15th	West Plains	Record high of 71 broke the old record of 69 set in 1948.
December 15th	Springfield	Record high of 75 broke the old record of 73 set in 1948.
December 15th	Joplin	Record warmest low of 53 broke the old record of 47 set in 1957.
December 15th	Vichy	Record warmest low of 62 broke the old record of 44 set in 1957.
December 15th	West Plains	Record warmest low of 61 broke the old record of 54 set in 1984.
December 24th	Joplin	Record high of 75 broke the old record of 73 set in 1955.
December 24th	Vichy	Record high of 72 tied the old record set in 1955.
December 24th	Joplin	Record warmest low of 58 broke the old record of 53 set in 1982.
December 25th	West Plains	Record high of 74 broke the old record of 68 set in 1971.
Month of December	Joplin	Record warmest month of December with an average temperature of 50.0 degrees. The previous record was 47.4 degrees back in 1965.
Month of December	West Plains	Record warmest month of December with an average temperature of 50.1 degrees. The previous record was 45.0 degrees in 2015.
Month of December	Vichy	Record warmest month of December with an average temperature of 47.2. The previous record was 43.0 degrees in 2015.
December 26th	Joplin	Record high of 75 broke the old record of 71 set in 2008.