Missouri’s state climatologist says the state had usually warm temperatures at the end of 2021, and a roller coaster of temperatures to start 2022.

Pat Guinan says the winter jet stream often split the state leaving colder temperatures to the north and warmer temperatures in the south

Guinan tells Brownfield Missouri had a wet October, which helped recharge the soil profile, surface water supplies, and it helped grass growth before going dry again from November through January, but he says moisture levels are mostly good now.

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