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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
418 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...EXTRAORDINARILY RARE COLD WEATHER PATTERN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE COLD AIR THAT IS EXPECTED TO FILTER INTO THE REGION FOR THE
END OF THIS WEEK WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME RECORD LOWS OR
RECORD LOW DAILY HIGHS.

              RECORD          RECORD
              LOW             LOW HIGH
FRIDAY
MAY 3RD
...
SPRINGFIELD   31 (2005)       48 (1954)
JOPLIN        31 (1976)       49 (1954)
WEST PLAINS   31 (1967)       53 (1978)
ROLLA/VICHY   30 (1976)       50 (1954)

SATURDAY
MAY 4TH
...
SPRINGFIELD   31 (1907)       43 (1935)
JOPLIN        33 (1907)       51 (1978)
WEST PLAINS   30 (1954)       52 (1978)
ROLLA/VICHY   31 (1954)       47 (1978)

ALL TIME COLDEST DAY IN MAY
...           RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE
SPRINGFIELD   43 (5/4/1935)
JOPLIN        46 (5/16/1945)
WEST PLAINS   47 (5/2/2011)
ROLLA/VICHY   47 (5/1/1995 AND 5/4/1978)

SNOWFALL...
THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED AT SPRINGFIELD WAS MAY
2ND...1929. THE LAST TIME A TRACE OF SNOW (PURE SNOW...NOT HAIL)
WAS RECORDED AT SPRINGFIELD WAS MAY 6TH...1944.

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