Editing Missouri (section)

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Missouri}}
[[File:Missouri Köppen.svg|thumb|Köppen climate types of Missouri]]

Missouri generally has a [[humid continental climate]] with cool, sometimes cold, winters and hot, humid, and wet summers. In the southern part of the state, particularly in the [[Missouri Bootheel|Bootheel]], the climate becomes [[humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]]. Located in the interior United States, Missouri often experiences extreme temperatures. Without high mountains or oceans nearby to moderate temperature, its climate is alternately influenced by air from the cold Arctic and the hot and humid Gulf of Mexico. Missouri's highest recorded temperature is {{convert|118|F|C}} at [[Warsaw, Missouri|Warsaw]] and [[Union, Missouri|Union]] on July 14, 1954, while the lowest recorded temperature is {{convert|-40|F|C}} also at Warsaw on February 13, 1905.

Located in [[Tornado Alley]], Missouri also receives extreme weather in the form of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. On May 22, 2011, a [[2011 Joplin tornado|massive EF-5 tornado]] killed 158 people and destroyed roughly one-third of the city of [[Joplin, Missouri|Joplin]]. The tornado caused an estimated $1–3&nbsp;billion in damages, killed 159 people and injured more than a thousand. It was the first EF5 to hit the state since 1957 and the deadliest in the U.S. since 1947, making it the seventh deadliest tornado in American history and 27th deadliest in the world. [[St. Louis]] and its suburbs also have a history of experiencing particularly severe tornadoes, the most recent one of note being an EF4 that damaged [[Lambert-St. Louis International Airport]] on April 22, 2011. [[1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado|One of the worst tornadoes in American history]] struck St. Louis on May 27, 1896, killing at least 255 people and causing $10&nbsp;million in damage (equivalent to $3.9&nbsp;billion in 2009 or ${{Formatprice| {{Inflation|US|3900000000|2009|r=2}}}} in today's dollars).

{| class="wikitable" "text-align:center;font-size:88%;"
| colspan="16" style="text-align:center;font-size:120%;background:#E8EAFA;"|Monthly normal high and low temperatures for various Missouri cities in °F (°C).
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! City !! Avg. !! Jan!! Feb!! Mar!! Apr!! May!! Jun!! Jul!! Aug!! Sep!! Oct!! Nov!! Dec !!Year !!
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{{Average temperature table/row/F| [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]|High|37 44 55 66 75 84 89 87 79 68 53 42 65.0}}
{{Average temperature table/row/F| Columbia|Low|18 23 33 43 53 62 66 64 55 44 33 22 43.0}}
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{{Average temperature table/row/F| [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]|High|36 43 54 65 75 84 89 87 79 68 52 40 64.4}}
{{Average temperature table/row/F| Kansas City|Low|18 23 33 44 54 63 68 66 57 46 33 22 44.0}}
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{{Average temperature table/row/F| [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]|High|42 48 58 68 76 85 90 90 81 71 56 46 67.6}}
{{Average temperature table/row/F| Springfield|Low|22 26 35 44 53 62 67 66 57 46 35 26 45.0}}
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{{Average temperature table/row/F| [[St. Louis]]|High|40 45 56 67 76 85 89 88 80 69 56 43 66.2}}
{{Average temperature table/row/F| St. Louis|Low|24 28 37 47 57 67 71 69 61 49 38 27 48.0}}
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| colspan="16" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;background:#E8EAFA;"|Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ustravelweather.com/weather-missouri/ |title=Missouri Weather And Climate |access-date=July 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505201459/http://www.ustravelweather.com/missouri |archive-date=May 5, 2011 }}</ref>
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