January 2013 - Monthly Climate Summary

Monthly Climate Summary - January 2013

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

Overview

Normal Departure Maps

Records

Upcoming Normals

January 2013 had above normal temperatures and above normal precipitation across the Missouri Ozarks. Both elements ranked in the top 20 to 35 percent of records for the month.

A strong storm system brought widespread rain and thunderstorms on Jan 29th

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Month	74	73	72	73
Average High Temperature	47.4	47.8	47.1	43.9
Lowest Temperature of the Month	11	9	14	3
Average Low Temperature	25.9	26.6	25.9	22.8
Average Mean Temperature	36.7	37.2	36.5	33.4
Depart from Normal	+ 4.1	+ 2.3	+ 2.5	+ 2.3
Rank	27th warmest / 126	23rd warmest / 85	15th warmest / 65	16th warmest / 65
Days with lows of 32 deg F or Lower	24	23	25	24
Days with lows of 0 deg F or Lower	0	0	0	0
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	3	3	4	8
Days with highs of 90 degrees or warmer	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (Inches)	3.06	2.45	3.38	2.47
Depart from Normal	+ 0.59	+ 0.42	+ 0.66	+ 0.30
Rank	32nd wettest / 126	33rd wettest / 103	19th wettest / 65	21st wettest / 66
days of 0.01 or greater	7	5	8	5
days of 0.10 or greater	4	4	4	4
days of 0.50 or greater	3	2	2	1
days of 1.00 or greater	1	1	2	1
Monthly Snowfall	0.4

January 2013 Precipitation Departure from Normal

January 2013 Precipitation Departure from Normal

January 2013 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

January 2013 Average Temperature Departure from Normal

List of January 2013 Records
Date	Station	Record
Jan 12th	West Plains	Record rainfall of 1.65 inches broke the old record of 0.99 inches in 2005.
Jan 28th	Springfield	Record high temperature of 74 degrees breaks the old record of 72 set in 2002.
	Joplin	Record high temperature of 73 degrees breaks the old record of 68 in 2002.
	Springfield	Record warmest minimum temperature of 55 degrees breaks the old record of 53 set in 1968 and 1914.
	Joplin	Record warmest minimum temperature of 59 degrees breaks the old record of 58 degrees set in 1968.
	Vichy/Rolla	Record warmest minimum temperature of 56 degrees breaks the old record of 51 degrees set in 1968.
	West Plains	Record warmest minimum temperature of 54 degrees breaks the old record of 51 degrees set in 1968.
Jan 29th	Joplin	Record rainfall of 1.58 inches breaks the old record of 1.36 set in 1969.
	Vichy/Rolla	Record rainfall of 1.89 inches breaks the old record of 1.85 inches set in 1969.
	Vichy/Rolla	Record warmest minimum temperature of 50 degrees breaks the old record of 38 degrees set in 2001.

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