2022: A Look Again at Climate and Sports activities in Mid-Missouri | Bot To Information

COLUMBIA, Missouri (KMIZ) Final yr not solely noticed its fair proportion of stories from Mid-Missouri, however climate and sports activities had their time within the headlines.

On February 2 there was a blizzard the place some elements of Missouri noticed near 11 inches of snow. With 15.5 inches of our complete snowfall final winter in February right here

in Columbia. On Might 19, Phelps County suffered extreme climate harm. The summer time months can be dominated by unprecedented warmth and drought. The dearth of rain would

lengthen into late summer time, and drought would have an effect on Mid-Missouri and the remainder of the nation. 2022 gave us one final flurry of winter earlier than Christmas as

an arctic entrance would set in bringing damaging temperatures and a reported wind chill of minus 33 to Mid-Missouri. In March, the College of Missouri introduced its subsequent

basketball coach in Dennis Gates, who was employed after Cuonzo Martin was fired in early March. Mizzou’s gymnastics group had a season for the historical past books as they

reached the nationwide championships. Athletic Director Nathalie Jones traveled to Las Vegas to witness the induction of legendary Mizzou head coach Gary Pinkel into the School

Soccer Corridor of Fame. And the return of the Border Showdown at Mizzou Enviornment would see the Tigers host the Kansas Jayhawks earlier than a sold-out crowd.