Missouri, 2024

Winter Weather in Missouri, February 16, 2024

February 16, 2024 · NWS SGF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Light rain and sprinkles fell during the morning and afternoon on February 16 as a frontal passage pushed from northwest to southeast through Missouri. Temperatures remained close to freezing near the ground, which led to freezing rain reports from the Greene County and Maries County ASOS.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.

Light rain and sprinkles fell during the morning and afternoon on February 16 as a frontal passage pushed from northwest to southeast through Missouri. Temperatures remained close to freezing near the ground, which led to freezing rain reports from the Greene County and Maries County ASOS. Further northeast towards east central Missouri, significant amounts of heavy snow reports were recorded.

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Event by event

2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Greene

When
February 16, 10:36 AM CST to 3:32 PM CST
Where
Greene forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.258, -93.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light rain began during the morning of February 16, continuing into the early afternoon hours before moving out of the county by late afternoon. The ASOS located 6 miles south southeast of Willard recorded a measured 0.03 inches of freezing rain. A NWS employee measured 0.07 inches of flat ice accumulation, which converts to 0.03 inches of radial ice.

Winter Weather, Maries

When
February 16, 10:36 AM CST to 3:32 PM CST
Where
Maries forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
38.162, -91.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light rain began during the morning of February 16, continuing into the early afternoon hours before moving out of the county by late afternoon. The ASOS located 2 miles north northwest of Vichy recorded a measured 0.07 inches of freezing rain.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1160759, 1160760.