Dry weather is worsening in Missouri, especially the southern half of the state, according to mapping by the U.S. Drought Monitor out of the University of Nebraska. State climatologist Pat Guinan reports “June was overall a hotter-than-average-month for Missouri,...
February in Missouri was 9 degrees colder than normal and capped off a meteorological winter that could rank the ninth coldest on record, and the coldest in 35 years. State climatologist Pat Guinan at the University of Missouri says December, January and February all...
Missouri finished 2013 with a temperature average one degree cooler than the long-term average of 54.6 degrees Farenheit. The state’s climatologist says that’s quite a change from 2012, which was four degrees warmer than normal on average. Pat Guinan says...
Some parts of the state have received as much as five inches of rain in recent weeks, but the state’s climatologist says the drought is by no means over. Pat Guinan says the remnants of Hurricane Isaac put a significant dent in it though. “Most of...
One of the tools used by federal officials in assessing drought and making decisions about it is the U.S. Drought Monitor. Its information could play a role in what Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack does with Governor Jay Nixon’s request that every county in the state be...
