Editing Bollinger County, Missouri (section)

==Climate and weather==
Missouri generally has a humid continental climate with cool to cold winters and long, hot summers. Due to its location in the interior United States, Missouri often experiences extremes in temperatures. Not having either large mountains or oceans nearby to moderate its temperature, its climate is alternately influenced by air from the cold [[Arctic]] and the hot and humid [[Gulf of Mexico]]. In the southern part of the state, particularly in the [[Missouri Bootheel|Bootheel]], the climate borders on a humid subtropical climate. Therefore, Bollinger County, which is located above the Bootheel, can be said to have more of a humid continental climate sometimes influenced by a humid subtropical climate. Average temperatures in Bollinger County range from {{convert|22|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in January to {{convert|89|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in July. According to Weather.com, some weather facts about Bollinger County include the following:

*On average, the warmest month in Bollinger County is July.
*The highest recorded temperature in Bollinger County was {{convert|108|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in 1954.
*January is the average coolest month in Bollinger County.
*The lowest recorded temperature in Bollinger County was {{convert|-27|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in 1951.
*The maximum average precipitation in Bollinger County occurs in March (4.91&nbsp;inches).

The historical area-adjusted [[tornado]] activity in Bollinger County is near the Missouri state average but is 1.7 times above the U.S. national average. Tornadoes in the county have caused one fatality and 24 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004. On [[Tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002|April 27, 2002]], an F3 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 158-206&nbsp;mph killed a teenage boy in between Hahn and Marble Hill and injured 16 people and caused $4 million in damages.

===2023 tornado===
{{Further|List of United States tornadoes in April 2023}} In the early morning hours of April 5, 2023, an EF2 tornado caused damage in Glen Allen and Grassy, killing 5 people and injuring multiple people.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tornado-missouri-deaths-bollinger-county| title=Missouri tornado kills at least 5 people, causes widespread damage: "It's just heartbreaking"| publisher=CBS News| date=April 5, 2023 |access-date=April 7, 2023}}</ref>