90-degree weather close at hand in the Ozarks
We have yet to hit 90° in Springfield this year, but the average first 90-degree day is just days away on June 13. Parts of Western Missouri and Northwest Arkansas, however, have hit 90° already. In Joplin, 90° was achieved on Sunday, June 8, and 91° was reached in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the same day.
It's not unusual for Western Missouri to reach 90° before Springfield. The average first 90-degree day in Joplin is May 29, roughly 2 weeks earlier in the year. Oddly enough, areas west of Springfield also reach 90° earlier. The average first 90-degree day in West Plains, for instance, is on June 10, and in Rolla the average first 90-degree day is June 4.
The warmest temperature recorded in Springfield so far is 87°, which was recorded on June 8. The earliest first 90-degree day in Springfield was back in 1907 when the city achieved 90° on March 20. The latest first 90-degree day was on September 26, 1904!
Springfield sees an average of 36 90-degree days and two 100-degree days each year. The most 90-degree days recorded in a single year was 86 back in 1954. The most 100-degree days in a single year were 22 in both 1954 and 1934.
The last time Springfield recorded 5 or more 100-degree days in a summer was in 2022, when 8 days made the triple digits. There were zero in 2024 and two in 2023. These years produced an average number of 90-degree days, with 37 in 2024 and 39 in 2023.
The 2025 summer outlook from the Ozarks First weather team suggests a slow start to the typical summer heat, which may result in a near-normal to slightly cooler-than-normal summer season. This is largely because it takes more energy to heat a wet environment versus a dry one. All the rain we've seen this spring may help hold back the heat a bit longer than normal.
On a climatic scale, this summer pattern is shaping up to resemble 2017's pattern. We are coming off an El Niño last spring and are currently engaged in neutral conditions (La Nada). Spring 2017 came with heavy rain and flooding… Sound familiar? This led to a cooler-than-normal summer in 2017. Given the close parallel between 2017 and what we've seen in 2025, we are forecasting a cooler-than-normal summer in the Ozarks. Fingers crossed!
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