DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co in 2005 decided not to change an ignition switch eventually linked to the deaths of at least 13 people because it would have added about a dollar to the cost of each car, according to an internal GM document provided to U.S. congressional investigators.
During summertime, hot, muggy air masses from the Gulf of Mexico drift northward into Missouri, dominating the weather patterns. Daytime highs during the hottest months, July and August, average between 87 and 90 statewide. Luckily, cold fronts originating in Canada sometimes make their way through, particularly in the northwest, provides brief respites from the otherwise sultry, steamy atmosphere. Precipitation in summer varies.
The spring also produces the most tornadoes, with an average of 35 tornadoes each year. Summer, June through August, is the hottest time of the year with a mean temperature of 24 Â°C (75 Â°F, 24 Â°C) and a mean precipitation of 300 mm (12 inches) with June having more precipitation than either July or August.ansas City's average January low is 26 Â°F (â3 Â°C) and St. Louis's average January low is 29 Â°F (â2 Â°C). The coldest temperature ever recorded in Missouri was â40 Â°F (â40 Â°C), set at Warsaw on 13 February 1905. Winter also tends to be the driest season, but typically yields significant amounts of winter precipitation.