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October has reversed this pattern, it looks like the month will finish on Halloween night with just over one inch of rain. The last weekend of the month looks dry and warm and the pattern for the first few days of November is looking dry as well. Share This:
After the second wettest September on record in which portions of the Ozarks received over a foot and a half of rain, the pattern has settled down and is coming more into line with a typical October. With the exception of just over a third of an inch of rain on Monday the 11th, October has been dry with only one day of measurable precipitation over the past three weeks. The 30 year normals shown below indicate that our rainfall drops off a bit in October. This is also a time when outdoor fire weather reaches a peak, especially as we start to lose the greenery later this month. In fact, there is a risk of brush fires and a danger of outdoor burning getting out of control this weekend. It looks like we’ll experience another dry and pleasant weekend in the Ozarks. Showers are forecast to pop up again early next week.
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Last night’s rains which proved to have legs through all of the Ozarks into the morning hours boosted our official total for September to 9.11″. This is a ranking of 7th for the month. But radar estimates and ground truth from portions of southeastern Greene and northern Christian Counties suggest over a foot of rain has fallen in those areas. More rain is due in the area late Wednesday and early Thursday. It appears warmer and drier late in the weekend and early next week.
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 Missouri Drought Update The rains of last week fell mostly north of an area still identified as being in a moderate drought. Today’s precipitation when compared to last week’s is shifting more southward which is good news in the long term for areas of extreme southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. The driest area is the bootheel region. The forecasts from last night had the arc of heaviesy precipitation along the I-44/Highway 60 zone. Instead, the area shifted into extreme southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.  Arkansas Drought Index Radar estimates of 2-4 inches are generally fell in the driest portion of the Ozarks. This should go a long way toward alliviating the long-term dry conditions. 1.79″@ SGF NWS is a record for the day. Weird, old record was last year @ 1.74″!  Radar Rain Estimate Wed. Night/Thursday Rain reports:
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The table shows the 30 year normal number of days of 90 plus heat by month.
We are still looking like summer (June-August) 2010 will rank in the top ten, somewhere around 6th hottest. Share This:
Despite some cooler days toward the end of August, summer 2010 in the Ozarks will rank in the top ten. Using the latest temperature projections though the end of the month, the average August temperature will end up around 79.8 degrees. When when combined with the June and July stats, summer 2010 would rank around 6th hottest. (preliminary, see table below) Number of days ninety or higher, 1970-1999 average and 2010 actual.
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