Springfield, MO

Weather Forecast Office

2022 Annual Climate Summary

2022 was a year with normal to slightly above normal temperatures. Western Missouri and southeast Kansas and below normal to well below normal precipitation. Areas from Branson to Rolla had above normal precipitation and south central Missouri had below normal precipitation.

Summary

Monthly Climatology

Monthly Summaries

Jan-Mar Outlook

Departure Maps

Records

Climate Graphs

Annual Climate Overview

	Springfield	Joplin	West Plains	Vichy
Highest Temperature of the Year	104	107	104	104
Average High Temperature	68.2	70.32	68.9	66.8
Lowest Temperature of the Year	-8	-6	-7	-8
Average Low Temperature	45.9	47.6	46.2	45
Average Mean Temperature	57.1	58.9	57.6	55.9
Depart from Normal	-0.3	+0.8	+0.6	+0.4
Rank	30th warmest / 135	25th warmest / 95	15th warmest / 75	30th warmest / 78
Days With highs Of 90 degrees Or warmer	58	78	56	47
Days with highs of 32 degrees or lower	18	15	11	18
Days with lows of 32 deg F or lower	100	91	97	96
Days with lows of 0 deg F or lower	2	2	2	3
Precipitation (Inches)	43.26	43.14	40.98	33.96
Depart from Normal	-1.45	-2.44	-6.27	-9.11
Rank	61st wettest / 135	53rd wettest / 113	29th driest / 75	27th driest / 81
days of 0.01 or greater	100	84	83	87
days of 0.10 or greater	63	51	55	57
days of 0.50 or greater	32	26	28	26
days of 1.00 or greater	15	11	16	10
Annual Snowfall	20.9

Climatology Summary

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure	Mean Temperature	Departure
January	32.0	-2.3	34.1	-0.8	33.3	-1.2	30.8	-0.8
February	35.0	-3.7	36.7	-2.7	37.4	-1.5	33.6	-2.5
March	47.4	-0.2	48.4	-0.2	49.2	+1.6	46.8	+1.2
April	54.8	-2.2	57.6	-0.3	55.8	-1.6	53.5	-2.3
May	66.7	+0.7	67.8	+1.3	66.9	+1.3	65.7	+1.0
June	76.5	+1.6	77.9	+2.3	75.8	+1.9	75.0	+1.9
July	83.5	+4.3	85.7	+5.8	83.5	+5.6	81.4	+4.0
August	78.8	+0.6	81.4	+2.4	77.3	+0.4	76.9	+0.6
September	70.7	+0.4	73.6	+2.9	69.8	+0.7	68.8	+0.5
October	58.1	-0.5	60.4	+1.1	58.1	+0.2	56.5	-0.6
November	45.1	-1.6	46.0	-1.8	46.4	-0.2	44.9	-0.2
December	36.7	-0.7	37.7	-0.4	37.6	+0.1	36.6	+1.2
Annual	57.1	-0.3	58.9	+0.8	57.6	+0.6	55.9	+0.4

Month	Springfield		Joplin		West Plains		Vichy
	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure	Precipitation	Departure
January	1.56	-0.98	0.67	-1.25	2.57	-0.06	1.07	-1.15
February	4.11	+1.71	2.45	+0.47	4.42	+1.31	3.59	+1.53
March	3.88	+0.37	3.39	+0.10	6.48	+2.07	5.65	+2.25
April	5.32	+0.61	7.12	+2.13	5.05	-0.26	4.95	+0.24
May	9.49	+3.93	12.25	+5.69	3.63	-1.92	6.26	+0.91
June	1.95	-2.52	2.23	-3.37	0.67	-3.37	2.64	-1.82
July	1.68	-2.17	1.02	-2.95	3.46	-0.75	2.50	-1.93
August	4.34	+0.75	4.87	+1.51	4.24	+0.88	4.17	+0.51
September	1.14	-3.17	0.41	-3.77	3.05	-0.04	2.19	-1.62
October	3.50	-0.10	2.96	-0.84	3.11	-0.97	3.24	+0.03
November	3.87	+0.31	3.13	-0.20	3.90	-0.44	2.69	-0.76
December	2.42	-0.19	2.64	+0.04	4.03	+0.91	1.27	-1.04
Annual	43.26	-1.45	43.14	-2.44	40.98	-6.27	33.96	-9.11

Monthly Summaries

2022
January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

Outlook

Temperature Outlook (Jan-Mar 2023)

Precipitation Outlook (Jan-Mar 2023)

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 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
No records set for January 2022.

List of February 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
February 3rd	Springfield	Record snowfall of 6.8 inches broke the old record of 4.5 inches set in 1894.

List of March 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
March 2nd	West Plains	Record high of 79 degrees breaks the old record of 78 set in 1976.

List of April 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
April 10th	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 1.67 inches broke the old record of 1.59 inches set in 1978.

List of May 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
May 5th	Springfield	Record rainfall of 2.18 inches broke the old record of 1.63 inches set in 1907.
May 5th	West Plains	Record rainfall of 1.60 inches broke the old record of 1.30 inches set in 1961.
May 10th	West Plains	Record high of 89 degrees broke the old record of 88 set in 1963.
May 11th	Vichy	Record high of 91 degrees broke the old record of 90 set in 2005.
May 11th	Joplin	Record high of 90 degrees tied the record set in 1963.
May 12th	Vichy	Record high of 91 degrees tied the record set in 1956.
May 12th	West Plains	Record high of 91 degrees broke the old record of 87 set in 1956.
May 12th	Joplin	Record high of 91 degrees broke the old record of 88 set in 1963.
May 13th	Vichy	Record high of 90 degrees broke the old record of 89 set in 1956.

List of June 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
June 12th	Springfield	Record warmest low of 75 broke the old record of 74 set in 2010.
June 12th	Joplin	Record warmest low of 78 broke the old record of 76 set in 1943 and 1952.
June 12th	West Plains	Record warmest low of 73 degrees tied the old record set in 2015.
June 12th	Vichy	Record warmest low of 73 tied the old record set in 1952.
June 13th	Springfield	Record warmest low of 76 broke the old record of 75 set in 1958.
June 13th	Joplin	Record warmest low of 79 tied the old record set in 1958.
June 13th	West Plains	Record warmest low of 75 degrees broke the old record of 73 set in 1981.
June 13th	Vichy	Record warmest low of 78 degrees broke the old record of 74 set in 1981.
June 14th	Springfield	Record warmest low of 75 tied the old record of 75 set in 1981.
June 14th	Joplin	Record warmest low of 80 degrees broke the old record of 79 set in 1981.
June 14th	West Plains	Record warmest low of 74 degrees broke the old record of 72 set in 2017.
June 14th	Vichy	Record warmest low of 75 degrees tied the old record of 75 set in 1981.
June 15th	Springfield	Record warmest low of 74 broke the old record of 73 set in 1970.
June 15th	Joplin	Record warmest low of 79 degrees broke the old record of 78 set in 2016.
June 15th	Vichy	Record warmest low of 74 degrees tied the old record of 74 set in 2016.
June 16th	Springfield	Record warmest low of 75 tied the old record of 75 set in 2018.
June 16th	Vichy	Record warmest low of 75 degrees broke the old record of 73 set in 2016.
June 17th	West Plains	Record high of 96 degrees tied the old record set in 1953.
June 17th	West Plains	Record warmest low of 76 tied the old record set in 2018.
June 25th	Vichy	Record high of 100 degrees tied the old record set in 1952.
June 29th	West Plains	Record low of 52 tied the old record set in 1985.

List of July 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
July 6th	West Plains	Record warmest low temperature of 76 broke the old record of 74 set in 2010.
July 7th	West Plains	Record high of 102 tied the previous record set in 2012.
July 7th	West Plains	Record warmest low temperature of 75 tied the old record set in 1966.
July 7th	Joplin	Record high of 102 tied the previous record set in 2012.
July 8th	Springfield	Record high of 99 tied the old record set in 2012.
July 8th	Springfield	Record warmest low temperature of 77 broke the old record of 75 set in 1936.
July 8th	West Plains	Record warmest low temperature of 77 broke the old record of 76 set in 2003.
July 20th	Springfield	Record high of 103 tied the old record set in 2006.
July 20th	West Plains	Record high of 104 broke the old record of 101 set in 1964.
July 21st	Joplin	Record high of 104 broke the old record of 102 set in 1974.
July 21st	West Plains	Record high of 100 tied the old record set in 1964.
July 21st	Springfield	Record high of 102 tied the old record set in 1974.
July 22nd	West Plains	Record high of 101 broke the old record of 99 set in 2005.
July 23rd	West Plains	Record high of 101 broke the old record of 100 set in 2001.
July 24th	Joplin	Record high of 105 broke the old record of 103 set in 2011.
July 24th	West Plains	Record high of 103 broke the old record of 100 set in 2012.
July 24th	Vichy	Record high of 104 broke the old record of 103 set in 2005.
July 26th	Springfield	Record high of 104 broke the old record of 101 set in 1952.
July 26th	Springfield	Record warmest low temperature of 78 broke the old record of 77 set in 1936.
July 26th	Joplin	Record high of 107 broke the old record of 104 set in 1952.
July 26th	Joplin	Record warmest low of 83 broke the old record of 81 set in 1981.
July 26th	West Plains	Record high of 103 tied the old record set in 2012.
July 26th	West Plains	Record warmest low of 77 broke the old record of 76 set in 2005.
July 30th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 2.10 inches broke the old record of 1.98 set in 2013.
July 30th	West Plains	Record coolest high temperature of 72 broke the old record of 74 set in 2014.

List of August 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
August 4th	West Plains	Daily record rainfall of 1.82 inches broke the old record of 0.70 inches set in 2009.
August 16th	Vichy	Daily record rainfall of 2.17 inches brok the old record of 1.34 inches set in 2017.
August 28th	Joplin	Daily record rainfall of 1.90 inches broke the old record of 1.62 inches set in 1977.
August 29th	Springfield	Daily record rainfall of 1.11 inches broke the old record of 0.83 inches set in 1975.

List of September 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
September 18th	Joplin	Record high temperature of 97 broke the old record of 96 set in 1952.
September 21st	Springfield	Record high temperature of 95 broke the old record of 93 set in 1893.
September 21st	Joplin	Record high temperature of 99 broke the old record of 95 set in 1956.
September 24th	Joplin	Record high temperature of 94 broke the old record of 90 set in 1911.

List of October 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
October 18th	Springfield	Record low of 22 broke the old record of 25 set in 1948.
October 18th	Joplin	Record low of 26 broke the old record of 28 set in 1948.
October 18th	Vichy	Record low of 24 broke the old record of 29 set in 1903.
October 19th	Springfield	Record low of 21 broke the old record of 26 set in 1917.
October 19th	Joplin	Record low of 21 broke the old record of 27 set in 1989.
October 19th	West Plains	Record low of 23 broke the old record of 29 set in 1996.
October 19th	Vichy	Record low of 20 broke the old record of 24 set in 1972.
October 23rd	Joplin	Record high of 86 broke the old record of 85 set in 1947.
October 23rd	Springfield	Record warmest low of 65 broke the old record of 64 set in 1934.
October 23rd	Joplin	Record warmest low of 70 broke the old record of 68 set in 2012.
October 24th	West Plains	Record warmest low of 62 broke the old record of 60 set in 2012.
October 24th	Joplin	Record daily rainfall of 1.69 inches broke the old record of 1.45 inches set in 1932.
October 24th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 0.80 inches broke the old record of 0.65 inches set in 1986.
October 25th	West Plains	Record daily rainfall of 1.75 inches broke the old record of 1.61 inches set in 1954.

List of November 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
November 4th	West Plains	Record warmest low temperature of 63 broke the old record of 61 set in 1988 and 1994.
November 4th	Vichy	Record warmest low temperature of 62 broke the old record of 59 set in 1978 and 1994.
November 9th	Vichy	Record high of 81 broke the old record of 78 set back in 2006.
November 9th	Joplin	Record warmest low temperature of 62 broke the old record of 61 set back in 2020.
November 10th	Springfield	Record high of 78 tied the old record set in 1915.
November 14th	Springfield	Record daily snowfall of 0.9" broke the old record of 0.3" set in 1916.
November 18th	Joplin	Record lowest high temperature of 35 broke the old record of 36 set in 1951.
November 18th	Vichy	Record lowest high temperature of 29 broke the old record of 30 set in 2014 and 1903.
November 20th	West Plains	Record low of 15 broke the old record of 16 set in 1951.
November 20th	Joplin	Record low of 17 broke the old record of 21 set in 2006.
November 20th	Vichy	Record low of 15 broke the old record of 16 set in 1903.

List of December 2022 Records
Date	Station	Record
December 23rd	West Plains	Record lowest high temperature of 9 broke the old record of 10 set in 1989.
December 23rd	Vichy	Record lowest high temperature of 7 broke the old record of 12 set in 1990.
December 23rd	Vichy	Record low of -8 broke the old record of -4 set in 1963.
December 29th	Springfield	Record high of 70 broke the old record of 68 set in 1947.
December 29th	Joplin	Record high of 71 broke the old record of 69 set in 1984.
December 29th	Vichy	Record high of 71 tied the old record set in 1898.
December 29th	Springfield	Record warmest low of 51 broke the old record of 48 set in 2006.
December 29th	Vichy	Record warmest low of 53 broke the old record of 46 set in 1992.
December 29th	West Plains	Record warmest low of 54 tied the old record from 1984.