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Cool July sets records for lowest average temperature

by meteorologist Dave Snider

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Cool July sets records for lowest average temperature

By d Snider

Story Published: Aug 1, 2009 at 8:15 PM CDT

Story Updated: Aug 1, 2009 at 8:15 PM CDT

Springfield, Mo. -- July 2009 proved to be one of the coolest on record for several locations across the Ozarks.

The chart below has been updated to show how the numbers played out:

Rank	Springfield		Joplin		Rolla / Vichy		West Plains
1	71.7	1950	72.6	1950	72.7	2009	73.5	1950
2	71.9	1905	74.6	1967	72.8	1950	74.1	2009
3	72.9	1906	75.8	1960	73.9	1967	74.1	1967
4	73.2	1924	75.9	2009	74.2	2004	74.4	2004
5	73.5	1967	76.0	1904	74.5	1958	74.8	1959
6	73.9	1915	76.0	1959	74.7	1960	74.8	2007
7	74.2	2009	76.6	1992	75.0	1971	75.0	1972
8	74.3	1947	76.6	2004	75.5	1959	75.2	1971
9	74.3	1904	76.8	1971	75.5	1961	75.2	1960
10	74.4	1959	76.9	1976	75.6	1994	75.3	1994

	Springfield		Joplin		Rolla / Vichy		West Plains
Rank	#7		#4		#1		Tied for #2
July Average	74.2		75.9		72.7		74.1

In Harrison, Arkansas the average monthly mean was 74.8º, which was well below the normal of 79.1º. Rankings were not available for Northern Arkansas locations.

For a complete wrap up of July weather in the Missouri Ozarks, a detailed climate summary is available here from the Springfield National Weather Service.

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