...Monthly Climatological Summary for December 2006...
December proved to be a wild month across the Missouri Ozarks and southeast Kansas. Overall, fifteen records were broken at the 4 ASOS locations (Springfield, Joplin, West Plains and Vichy). As a whole, December 2006 will go down as one of the warmer Decembers on record as all 4 stations were in the top 20 warmest.
The month began with a bang as the seasons first winter storm took aim on the area. Most of the freezing precipitation occurred on the last day of November, however most of the snowfall occurred in the early morning of December 1st. In fact, a record snowfall in Springfield was recorded on the 1st with 5.3 inches of snowfall.
Record lows were set after the snowfall for the next few days in Joplin, Vichy, and West Plains.
Much of the remainder of the month after the 8th of December recorded above normal or near normal temperatures which lead to December 2006 being one of the warmest.
Here are some more detailed statistics from the month of December 2006...
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Station
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Temperature
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Precipitation
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Springfield
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40.1
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1.73 inches
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16th Warmest
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44th Driest (tied)
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Joplin
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41.5
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2.80 inches
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12th Warmest
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23rd wettest
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West Plains
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41.4
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2.07 inches
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5th warmest (tie)
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19th driest
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Vichy
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39.1
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0.87 inches
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5th warmest
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10th driest
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List of December 2006 Records for (Springfield, Joplin, West Plains and Vichy)
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Date
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Station
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Record
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12/1/06
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Springfield
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5.3 inches of snow
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Joplin
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11 degrees for low temperature
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12/2/06
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Vichy
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11 degrees for low temperature
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Joplin
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6 degrees for low temperature
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12/3/06
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Joplin
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10 degrees for low temperature
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12/4/06
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Joplin
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11 degrees for low temperature
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West Plains
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12 degrees for low temperature
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Vichy
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7 degrees for low temperature
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12/8/06
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Joplin
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7 degrees for low temperature (tied)
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12/14/06
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West Plains
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66 for high temperature (tied)
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12/16/06
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Joplin
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72 for high temperature
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Vichy
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66 for high temperature
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12/17/06
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Springfield
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68 for high temperature
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12/30/06
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Springfield
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1.00 inches for rainfall
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Joplin
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1.20 inches for rainfall
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Here is some additional information for the Springfield, Missouri location...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2006
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 77 12/08/1991
12/13/1948
LOW -16 12/23/1989
HIGHEST 70 12/16 45 25
LOWEST 5 12/08 25 -20
AVG. MAXIMUM 49.8 45.5 4.3
AVG. MINIMUM 30.5 25.9 4.6
MEAN 40.1 35.7 4.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 2 5.0 -3.0
DAYS MIN <= 32 14 22.0 -8.0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.0 -1.0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.02 1895
MINIMUM 0.13 1950
TOTALS 1.73 3.17 -1.44
DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.10 -0.04
DAYS >= .01 7 8.0 -1.0
DAYS >= .10 3 4.0 -1.0
DAYS >= .50 1 2.0 -1.0
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.63 11/30 TO 12/01
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 5.3
SINCE 7/1 12.3
DAYS >= TRACE 1
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 765 899 -134
SINCE 7/1 1629 1789 -160
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 1697 1366 331
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/130 DATE 12/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/130 DATE 12/30
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 55
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4
LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 8
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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