...Climatalogical Summary for February 2007...
Much of February 2007 was spent in below normal to much below normal temperatures. In fact if it wasn't for a few days of well above normal temperatures, February 2007 might have gone down as one of the coldest on record.
The upper level pattern for much of the month was from the northwest to north which kept bringing Canadian or Arctic cold fronts through the area every couple of days. Average daytime temperatures from February 1st through around the middle of the month ranged from the single digits to teens below normal.
There was a period of days from the 19th through the 24th where temperatures were much above normal that lead to the warming up of the monthly average temperature.
Precipitation amounts were generally close to normal over western Missouri with much below normal precipitation near the Rolla Vichy area and above normal precipitation over south central Missouri.
Several records occurred throughout the month which are detailed below.
A quick moving storm system brought general 1 to 3 inch snow amounts to parts of the Missouri Ozarks on the 3rd and 4th of the month.
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Station
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Temperature
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Precipitation
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Springfield
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34.7
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2.25
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40th coolest
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39th wettest
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Joplin
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35.9
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2.08
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19th coolest
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35th wettest
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West Plains
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34.4
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3.42
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15th coolest
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17th wettest
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Vichy
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31.7
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1.16
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9th coolest
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11th driest
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List of February 2007 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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2/6/07
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West Plains
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66 record high
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Vichy
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65 record high
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2/12/07
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Joplin
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0.93 inches of rain.
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West Plains
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1.83 inches of rain.
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2/14/07
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Vichy
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21 (tied) lowest high temperature.
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Joplin
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25 (tied) lowest high temperature
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West Plains
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29 (tied) lowest high temperature.
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2/15/07
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Vichy
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19 Lowest high temperature
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Joplin
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22 Lowest high temperature
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West Plains
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27 Lowest high temperature
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2/20/07
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West Plains
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74 Record High temperature
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...THE SPRINGFIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2007...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2007
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 84 02/01/1911
LOW -29 02/12/1899
HIGHEST 73 02/28 46 27
LOWEST 3 02/04 25 -22
AVG. MAXIMUM 45.5 47.7 -2.2
AVG. MINIMUM 23.9 26.4 -2.5
MEAN 34.7 37.1 -2.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 7 5.0 2.0
DAYS MIN <= 32 21 20.0 1.0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.0 -1.0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 5.77 2001
MINIMUM 0.09 2006
TOTALS 2.25 2.28 -0.03
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.08 0.00
DAYS >= .01 6 8.0 -2.0
DAYS >= .10 3 4.0 -1.0
DAYS >= .50 3 1.0 2.0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.62 02/12 TO 02/13
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 1.1
SINCE 7/1 17.2
DAYS >= TRACE 9
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 842 790 52
SINCE 7/1 3470 3613 -143
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/200 DATE 02/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/210 DATE 02/19
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 56
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0
FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 13
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
