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May 2010 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:39:37 +0000

It was a wet month for most of the region. Springfield tallied up 7.14" for the month, putting us 2.57 above normal. [...]

March 2010 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:25:15 +0000

The month started uneventful and once again chilly for the season. But a pattern shift was occurring that would shut down the cold air express for at least the beginning of the month. The temperature was able to rise to above fifty again by the 4th and stayed above that mark through the weekend [...]

February 2010 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:14 +0000

The month was a cold and dry one overall. The average temperature was 30.6 degrees which was the 15th coolest February for Springfield but other observation sites in Missouri ranked in the top ten coolest. [...]

January 2010 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:25:31 +0000

January 2010 Climate Summary for the Ozarks [...]

December 2009 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:43:15 +0000

The month ended up four degrees below normal. We had eight days where the thermometer failed to rise above freezing. While snow threatened several times, Springfield ended up with 1.8" for the month. [...]

November 2009 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:02:13 +0000

November 2009 completely reversed the pattern seen in the previous month! [...]

October 2009 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:20:13 +0000

October 2009 was a very wet, cool and somewhat cloudy month! It ended up with top ten rankings in both temperature and precipitation.

The first day of the month was actually near the normal temperature pattern and was accompanied by some severe weather. Some wind damage was reported near Shell Knob in Barry County [...]

September 2009 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:40:53 +0000

September Precipitation

The month of September opened with cool air! High pressure was slowing moving off and by later in the work week, bands of clouds and showers were showing up west of the Ozarks and were beginning to creep eastward. A hefty amount of rain scooted southward overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday [...]

August 2009 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:39:55 +0000

Radar Estimated Rainfall 8/10/09

August started on a Saturday with a rain along front which cleared by later in the day. This was followed by a great Sunday. But heat and humidity swelled into the area on Monday the 3rd with dew points and temperatures jumping about 16-18 in a day!

We returned to the pattern [...]

July 2009 Climate Summary for the Ozarks

Ted Keller — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:39:17 +0000

Precipitation for July 2009

July 2009 was of course a cool month in the Ozarks as discussed here. We finally got a piece of the type of summer that the northeastern U.S. had experienced as the jet stream backed westward and sunk southward over the central U.S. allowing cool air to spill southward.

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