SPRINGFIELD, MO — Southwest Missouri is heading into an unusually warm stretch for late October, with Springfield forecast to reach 80 degrees Thursday and 81 degrees Saturday. The mild conditions could be part of a broader pattern favoring warmer-than-normal temperatures as October ends and November begins, although the Oct. 26–Nov. 1 outlook does not specify daily highs.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, the eight- to 14-day outlook issued Sunday, Oct. 18, covers Oct. 26 through Nov. 1. The national outlook is intended to show where average temperatures and total precipitation are most likely to fall above, near or below seasonal norms, rather than predict individual days.
Missouri’s November Transition Could Stay Mild For Springfield and the surrounding Ozarks, the immediate forecast provides a striking example of how warm late October can become…