Springfield, MO

Weather Forecast Office

2020 Annual Climate Summary

2020 was a year with near normal to above normal temperatures across the region with generally above-normal precipitation. The exception was a part of west-central Missouri into southeast Kansas which had some below-normal precipitation.

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	97	96	95
Average High Temperature	67.7	69.5	68.2	66.1
Lowest Temperature of the Year	7	11	8	4
Average Low Temperature	46.8	48.2	47.5	46
Average Mean Temperature	57.2	58.9	57.9	56.1
Depart from Normal	+0.9	+0.4	+1.1	+1.0
Rank	26th warmest / 133	24th warmest / 93	11th warmest / 73	26th warmest / 76
Days With highs Of 90 degrees Or warmer	42	60	33	24
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	6	3	3	12
Days with lows of 32 deg F or lower	97	79	74	95
Days with lows of 0 deg F or lower	0	0	0	0
Precipitation (Inches)	49.7	46.79	60.56	45.32
Depart from Normal	+4.13	+0.24	+14.34	+1.71
Rank	21st wettest / 133	31st wettest / 111	3rd wettest / 73	20th wettest / 79
days of 0.01 or greater	102	108	132	117
days of 0.10 or greater	73	73	91	76
days of 0.50 or greater	33	35	46	31
days of 1.00 or greater	9	14	16	12
Annual Snowfall	7.5

Climatology Summary

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	36.8	+4.2	39.0	+4.1	38.5	+4.5	35.1	+4.0
February	37.5	+0.3	39.3	-0.5	38.9	+1.0	36.4	+0.7
March	51.0	+4.7	53.5	+4.6	52.6	+5.1	49.7	+4.4
April	53.7	-2.1	55.8	-2.6	55.1	-2.3	53.1	-2.1
May	62.1	-2.7	63.0	-4.0	63.6	-1.8	61.8	-2.0
June	75.8	+2.4	78.1	+2.6	74.8	+1.1	74.8	+2.4
July	80.3	+2.1	81.3	+1.1	79.8	+1.8	79.1	+1.8
August	76.1	-1.7	77.3	-2.4	75.8	-1.4	73.9	-2.4
September	69.7	+0.7	69.9	-0.9	69.3	+0.4	68.2	+0.6
October	55.5	-2.3	57.1	-2.7	55.7	-1.7	53.8	-2.8
November	50.0	+3.9	52.3	+3.9	50.7	+3.9	49.5	+4.3
December	38.2	+3.2	39.6	+2.4	39.7	+3.5	37.3	+3.6
Annual	57.2	+0.9	58.9	+0.4	57.9	+1.1	56.1	+1.0

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	5.90	+3.43	3.66	+1.63	4.74	+2.02	5.37	+3.20
February	2.85	+0.33	2.42	+0.10	5.07	+2.23	2.42	+0.49
March	7.85	+4.23	8.04	+4.62	10.03	+5.74	5.01	+1.56
April	4.91	+0.59	5.52	+1.05	3.87	-0.61	4.68	+0.46
May	10.87	+5.77	8.47	+2.76	7.87	+2.93	5.51	+0.47
June	3.41	-1.44	1.63	-4.23	3.22	-0.80	2.76	-1.87
July	2.74	-0.94	3.66	-0.15	5.06	+1.51	4.83	+0.39
August	0.89	-2.66	2.58	-0.77	3.60	+0.37	1.88	-1.79
September	1.53	-3.08	1.19	-3.76	2.45	-1.64	1.68	-2.36
October	4.26	+0.67	4.35	+0.32	9.33	+5.49	4.84	+1.33
November	3.00	-1.22	3.47	-0.31	2.86	-1.72	5.05	+1.18
December	1.50	-1.54	1.80	-1.02	2.46	-1.18	1.26	-1.38
Annual	49.70	+4.13	46.79	+0.24	60.56	+14.34	45.32	+1.71

Weather Stories of 2020

Severe storms, flooding and Winter weather - January 10th and 11th

Severe weather - May 4th

Severe storms and flooding - May 14th-15th

Flooding - May 16th-17th

Monthly Summaries

2020
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Outlook

Temperature Outlook (Jan-Mar 2021)

Precipitation Outlook (Jan-Mar 2021)

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 January 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
January 10th	Springfield	Record rainfall of 1.35 inches breaks the old record of 1.00 inch set in 1905.
January 11th	West Plains	Record rainfall of 0.93 inches breaks the old record of 0.60 inches set in 1991.
January 11th	Vichy	Record rainfall of 0.72 inches breaks the old record of 0.49 inches set in 2019.
January 17th	Vichy	Record rainfall of 1.37 inches breaks the old record of 1.30 inches set in 1900.

List of February 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
Februrary 2nd	Springfield	Record high of 76 degrees breaks the old record of 74 set in 2003.
Februrary 2nd	West Plains	Record high of 75 degrees breaks the old record of 71 set in 2003.
Februrary 2nd	Vichy	Record high of 72 degrees breaks the old record of 70 degrees in 2003.
February 4th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 1.67 inches breaks the old record of 1.10 inches set in 1960.
February 14th	West Plains	Record low of 8 degrees breaks the old record of 10 degrees set in 2008.
February 14th	Vichy	Record low of 4 degrees breaks the old record of 9 degrees set in 1899.

List of March 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
March 19th	Springfield	Record rainfall of 1.95 inches breaks the old record of 1.93 inches set in 1998.
March 19th	Vichy	Record rainfall of 1.23 inches breaks the old record of 1.06 inches set in 2003.
March 26th	Springfield	Record high of 82 degrees tied the old record set in 1910.
March 26th	West Plains	Record high of 86 degrees breaks the old record of 82 set in 1956.
March 26th	Vichy	Record high of 83 degrees tied the old record set in 1991.

List of April 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
April 7th	Joplin	Record high of 84 tied the old record set in 2015, 1995, 1986, 1978, 1977
April 7th	Vichy	Record high of 84 tied the old record set in 1948.
April 8th	Joplin	Record high of 87 breaks the old record of 86 set in 2011.
April 8th	Vichy	Record high of 90 breaks the old record of 84 set in 1965.
April 8th	West Plains	Record high of 88 breaks the old record of 85 set in 2011.
April 18th	West Plains	Record low of 28 tied the old record set in 1953.
April 18th	Joplin	Record low of 28 tied the old record set in 1953.
April 18th	Vichy	Record low of 25 tied the old record set in 1953.
April 22nd	Springfield	Record rainfall of 1.45 inches breaks the old record of 1.43 set in 1962.

List of May 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
May 2nd	Springfield	Record high of 86 degrees breaks the old record of 85 set in 1968.
May 9th	Vichy	Record low of 33 degrees breaks the old record of 36 set in 1966.
May 11th	Springfield	Record lowest max temperature of 50 degrees breaks the old record of 53 set in 1931.
May 11th	Joplin	Record lowest max temperature of 48 degrees breaks the old record of 56 set in 1946.
May 12th	Springfield	Record lowest max temperature of 50 degrees breaks the old record of 56 in 1939.
May 12th	Joplin	Record lowest max temperature of 49 degrees breaks the old record of 56 in 1967.
May 12th	West Plains	Record lowest max temperature of 49 degrees breaks the old record of 54 in 2019.
May 12th	Vichy	Record lowest max temperature of 49 degrees breaks the old record of 52 in 1967.
May 16th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 1.35 inches breaks the old record of 0.94 in 2003.
May 22nd	Springfield	Record daily rainfall of 4.29 inches breaks the old record of 4.21 set in 1989.

List of June 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
June 5th, 2020	Joplin	Record high of 95 degrees tied the previous record set in 1911 and 1913.
June 8th, 2020	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 2.25 inches breaks the old record of 1.63 set in 1998.

List of July 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
No records for July 2020

List of August 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
No records for August 2020

List of September 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
No records for September 2020

List of October 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
October 2nd	Joplin	Record low temperature of 37 was tied, originally set in 1975.
October 11th	Joplin	Record high temperature of 91 broke the old record of 90 set in 1979.
October 22nd	Springfield	Record high temperature of 85 broke the old record of 84 set in 1899 & 1963.
October 28th	West Plains	Record rainfall of 2.35 inches broke the old record of 1982 set in 1982.
October 30th	Vichy	Record low temperature of 28 was tied, originally set in 1954.

List of November 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
November 10th	West Plains	A record high temperature of 76 tied the old record set back in 1949.

List of December 2020 Records
Date	Station	Record
12/9/2020	Springfield	Record high of 71 tied the old record set back in 1940.
	Vichy	Record high of 69 broke the old record of 66 set in 1990.
	West Plains	Record high of 71 broke the old record of 69 set in 1991.
12/10/2020	Springfield	Record high of 72 broke the old record of 71 set in 1996.
	Joplin	Record high of 75 broke the old record of 74 set in 1996.
	West Plains	Record high of 73 broke the old record of 71 set in 2015.
	Vichy	Record high of 71 broke the old record of 70 set in 1996.