2015 Year End Climate Review

Year End Summary - Climatology

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	34.6	+ 2.0	35.2	+ 0.3	34.4	+ 0.4	31.9	+ 0.8
February	29.1	-8.1	31.2	- 8.6	28.5	- 9.4	25.9	- 9.8
March	47.1	+ 0.8	49.0	+ 0.1	46.7	- 0.8	45.0	- 0.3
April	58.2	+ 2.4	59.4	+ 1.0	58.3	+ 0.9	57.7	+ 2.5
May	66.5	+ 1.7	66.1	- 0.9	65.8	+ 0.4	64.9	+ 1.1
June	76.3	+ 2.9	77.6	+ 2.1	75.1	+ 1.4	73.3	+ 0.9
July	79.8	+ 1.6	81.0	+ 0.8	79.0	+ 1.0	77.0	- 0.3
August	74.8	- 3.0	76.1	- 3.6	73.6	- 3.6	73.0	- 3.3
September	72.9	+ 3.9	73.4	+ 2.6	70.5	+ 1.6	71.7	+ 4.1
October	59.7	+ 1.9	60.5	+ 0.7	59.6	+ 2.2	58.4	+ 1.8
November	50.0	+ 3.9	50.5	+ 2.1	50.2	+ 3.4	49.1	+ 3.9
December	43.9	+ 8.9	44.3	+ 7.1	45.0	+ 8.8	43.0	+ 9.3
Annual	57.7	+ 1.4	58.7	+ 0.2	57.2	+ 0.4	55.9	+ 0.8
Annual	15th warmest out of 128 years		26th warmest out of 88 years		14th warmest out of 68 years		26th warmest out of 71 years

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	0.81	- 1.66	0.70	- 1.33	2.02	- 0.70	0.93	- 1.24
February	1.79	- 0.73	0.82	- 1.50	2.66	- 0.18	1.35	- 0.58
March	3.38	- 0.24	1.83	- 1.59	4.03	- 0.26	3.02	- 0.43
April	3.19	- 1.13	3.95	- 0.52	1.33	- 3.15	2.12	- 2.10
May	6.23	1.13	10.41	4.70	7.57	2.63	6.60	1.56
June	4.78	- 0.07	7.67	1.81	5.72	1.70	7.45	2.82
July	9.21	5.53	5.09	1.28	7.86	4.31	5.40	0.96
August	6.13	2.58	8.23	4.88	4.52	1.29	2.39	- 1.28
September	4.05	- 0.56	1.12	- 3.83	0.97	- 3.12	0.82	- 3.22
October	1.51	- 2.08	0.70	- 3.33	1.25	- 2.59	1.84	- 1.67
November	7.23	3.01	8.11	4.33	10.88	6.30	10.11	6.24
December	11.43	+ 8.39	9.77	+ 6.95	9.04	+ 5.40	10.32	+ 7.68
Annual	59.74	+ 14.17	58.40	+ 11.85	57.85	+ 11.63	52.35	+ 8.74
Annual	4th wettest out of 128 years		7th wettest out of 106 years		4th wettest out of 68 years		8th wettest out of 74 years

Weather Stories

Top Weather Stories of 2015 (chronological order)
January 15th	Banded Snow Event
February 15th-16th	Winter Storm
Feb 27th - Mar 1	Heavy Snow
March 4th	Snow and Sleet
March 24th	Severe Storms
March 25th	Severe Storms and Flooding
April 2nd-3rd	Tornadoes and Severe Storms
May 17th	Tornadoes and Severe Storms
May 24th	Tornadoes and Severe Storms
May 29th	Flooding and Severe Storms
June 18th-19th	Significant Flooding
July 1st-2nd	Flash Flooding and Severe Storms
July 6th - 10th	Severe Flooding and Severe Storms
July 14th	Severe Storms with Wind Damage
July 25th	Severe Storms
August 8th	Severe Storms
August 23rd	Severe Storms
December 26th-28th	Historic Flooding

Monthly Summaries

2015 Monthly Climate Summaries
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Outlook

Jan-Feb-Mar Temperatures	Jan-Feb-Mar Precipitation

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 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
Jan 28th	Joplin	Record high temperature of 76 degrees breaks the old record of 73 set in 2013.

List of February 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
Feb 7	Joplin	Record high of 72 breaks the old record of 71 set in1969.
	Springfield	Record high of 74 degrees breaks the old record of 70 set back in 1937.
	Vichy	Record high of 68 degrees breaks the old record of 67 set in 2009.
	West Plains	Record high of 68 breaks the old record of 66 set in 1965.
Feb 8	Joplin	Record high of 73 tied the old record in 1999.
	West Plains	Record high of 69 breaks the old record of 68 set in 1949.
	Vichy	Record high of 65 tied the old record set in 2001.
Feb 16	Springfield	Record daily snowfall of 4.8 inches breaks the old record of 1.5 inches set in 1967.
Feb 19	Springfield	Record low of -5 degrees breaks the old record of -4 set in 1978.
Feb 27	Joplin	Record low of 8 degrees breaks the old record of 11 set in 2002.
	Vichy	Record low of 2 degrees breaks the old record of 12 set in 1976.
	West Plains	Record low of 5 degrees breaks the old record of 12 set in 2002.

List of March 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
March 6th	West Plains	Record low of 12 degrees tied the old record back in 1967.

List of April 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
April 7th	Joplin	Record high of 84 tied the old record set in 1977.

List of May 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
May 20th	Vichy	Lowest high temperature of 53 degrees breaks the old record of 58 set in 1967.
May 22nd	Vichy	Record low temperature of 42 tied the old record set in 2012.
May 22nd	Joplin	Record low temperature of 44 tied the old record set in 2001.
May 24th	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 2.48 inches breaks the old record of 2.44 inches set in 1957.
May 27th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 1.36 inches breaks the old record of 1.27 inches set in 1976.
May 31st	Vichy	Lowest high temperature of 60 degrees tied the old record set in 1903.

List of June 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
June 5th	West Plains	Rainfall of 1.35 inches breaks the old record of 1.16 set in 1964.
June 12th	Joplin	Rainfall of 2.36 inches breaks the old record of 2.31 inches set in 1964.
June 18th	Joplin	Rainfall of 2.42 inches breaks the old record of 0.69 inches set in 1978.

List of July 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
July 2nd	Springfield	1.58 inches of rain breaks the old record of 1.50 set in 1976.
July 2nd	West Plains	1.30 inches of rain breaks the old record of 0.92 inches set in 1960.
July 5th	Springfield	2.65 inches of rain breaks the old record of 2.05 inches set in 1932.
July 8th	Joplin	3.14 inches of rain breaks the old record of 1.80 set in 2010.
July 8th	Vichy	1.31 inches of rain breaks the old record of 1.24 inches set in 1996.
July 9th	West Plains	1.27 inches of rain breaks the old record of 0.92 inches set in 1979.

List of August 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
Aug 18th	Joplin	Record rainfall of 1.33 inches breaks previous record of 1.00 inch set back in 1965.
Aug 19th	Vichy	Record low temperature of 54 degrees breaks previous record of 55 set in 1953.
	Joplin	Record lowest maximum temperature of 71 breaks the old record of 73 set in 1977.
	West Plains	Record lowest maximum temperature of 75 tied the previous record set in 1963.
Aug 24th	Vichy	Record low of 49 degrees breaks the old record of 52 set in 1952.
Aug 25th	Vichy	Record low of 49 degrees breaks the old record of 51 set in 1958.
Aug 26th	Vichy	Record low of 50 degrees breaks the old record of 55 set in 2010.

List of September 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
September 12th	Vichy/Rolla	Record low of 44 degrees tied the previous record set in 1902.

List of October 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
No Records were set in October 2015

List of November 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
Novemer 16th	Vichy	Record daily rainfall of 1.14 inches breaks the old record of 0.94 set in 1958.
November 17th	Springfield	Record daily rainfall of 3.05 breaks the old record of 1.47 set in 1991.
	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 3.34 breaks the old record of 1.50 inches set in 1971.
	Vichy	Record daily rainfall of 5.11 inches breaks the old record of 1.13 set in 1957.
	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 3.84 inches breaks the old record of 1.95 inches set in 2003.
November 27th	Springfield	Record daily rainfall of 2.13 inches breaks the old record of 1.49 set in 1917.
	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 2.16 inches breaks the old record of 1.10 set in 1913.
	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 2.02 inches breaks the old record of 1.46 set in 1990.
	Vichy	Record daily rainfall of 1.84 inches breaks the old record of 1.51 set in 1964 and 1990.
Monthly	Vichy	Record monthly rainfall of 10.11 inches breaks the old monthly record of 9.06 set in 1972.

List of December 2015 Records
Date	Station	Record
Dec 10th	West Plains	A record high temperature of 71 degrees breaks the old record of 69 set in 1996.
Dec 12th	West Plains	A record high of 71 degrees breaks the old record of 70 set in 1980.
	West Plains	A record warmest low temperature of 59 degrees shatters the old record of 50 set in 1975.
	Joplin	A record high of 72 degrees breaks the old record of 69 set in 1907.
	Joplin	A record warmest low temperature of 63 degrees shatters the old record of 45 set in 2014.
	Vichy	A record warmest low temperature of 58 degrees shatters the old record of 47 set in 1990.
Dec 13th	Vichy	A record daily rainfall of 1.33 inches breaks the old record of 0.75 inches in 1897.
Dec 13th	West Plains	A record daily rainfall of 1.98 inches breaks the old record of 0.96 inches set in 2000.
Dec 21st	West Plains	A record high temperature of 69 degrees breaks the old record of 68 set in 1967.
Dec 26th	Springfield	A record daily rainfall of 6.03 inches shatters the old record of 3.06 set in 1942.
	Joplin	A record daily rainfall of 3.26 inches shatters the old record of 0.61 inches set in 1959.
	Vichy	A record daily rainfall of 4.31 inches shatters the old record of 0.45 inches set in 2011.
Dec 27th	Springfield	A record daily rainfall of 3.27 breaks the old record of 2.60 inches set in 1968.
	Joplin	A record daily rainfall of 3.17 inches breaks the old record of 2.35 inches set in 1954.
	West Plains	A record daily rainfall of 3.25 inches breaks the old record of 2.44 inches set in 1968.
Dec 28th	Vichy	A record daily rainfall of 1.53 inches breaks the old record of 0.66 inches set in 1946.
	Joplin	A record daily rainfall of 0.55 inches breaks the old record of 0.38 inches set in 1948.
	West Plains	A record daily rainfall of 2.08 inches breaks the old record of 1.50 inches set in 1997.
Monthly	Springfield	Record rainfall for December of 11.43 inches breaks the old record of 11.02 inches set in 1895.
	Joplin	Record rainfall for December of 9.77 inches breaks the old record of 7.67 inches set in 1999.
	Vichy	Record rainfall for December of 10.32 inches breaks the old record of 9.21 inches set in 1982.
	West Plains	Record warmest average tempreature for December of 45.0 degrees breaks the old record of 43.2 set in 1971.
	Vichy	Record warmest average temperature for December of 43.0 degrees breaks the old record of 42.5 set in 1965.