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The city grew further during [[World War II]], as an airport was constructed and served as the site of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, used to train thousands of combat pilots. More institutions were established in the post-war era, including a permanent hospital in 1948, a [[Wal-Mart]] in 1968 (the first outside of [[Arkansas]]), and a large power plant in 1978. More recently, several large industrial plants and distribution centers have been opened, and the opening of Interstates 55 and 57 have encouraged economic growth along the city's southern and eastern edges.<ref>https://www.sikeston.org/history_of_sikeston.php</ref>
The city grew further during [[World War II]], as an airport was constructed and served as the site of the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, used to train thousands of combat pilots. More institutions were established in the post-war era, including a permanent hospital in 1948, a [[Wal-Mart]] in 1968 (the first outside of [[Arkansas]]), and a large power plant in 1978. More recently, several large industrial plants and distribution centers have been opened, and the opening of Interstates 55 and 57 have encouraged economic growth along the city's southern and eastern edges.<ref>https://www.sikeston.org/history_of_sikeston.php</ref>
==Geography==
Sikeston is located mostly in extreme southern Scott County, though a small portion of it does lie in extreme northern New Madrid County. The latter consists chiefly of businesses near the intersection of U.S. Routes 60 and 61, with the large majority of residential units on the north side of the line in Scott County. The exact coordinates are 36°52’46”N, 89°35’07”W.
'''Weather and Climate'''
Like most of Southeast Missouri, Sikeston has a humid subtropical climate. Summers are usually hot, with winters generally cool. Periods of extreme cold are very rare, but it is not unheard of for summer daytime temperatures to exceed 100°F.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Average high !! Average low !! Average mean
|-
| 43.8 || 27.4 || 35.6
|-
| 48.4 || 31.2 || 39.8
|-
| 59.3 || 39.4 || 49.4
|-
| 70.3 || 48.9 || 59.6
|-
| 80.0 || 59.3 || 69.6
|-
| 88.4 || 68.0 || 78.2
|-
| 91.5 || 71.2 || 81.4
|-
| 90.6 || 68.9 || 79.7
|-
| 83.4 || 60.3 || 71.9
|-
| 72.0 || 48.7 || 60.3
|-
| 58.7 || 39.9 || 49.3
|-
| 46.0 || 30.6 || 38.3
|}
The city averages about 49 inches of rainfall a year.<ref>https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/quickdata</ref>
Incidents of severe weather are not highly frequent but are not unknown, either, the most common being thunderstorms in the spring and summer months. On May 15, 1986, an F3 tornado struck the area, injuring several and destroying about 100 homes. The most recent incident of destructive weather, however, was a massive ice storm in January 2009 that inflicted extensive damage to trees and knocked out power to the city for several days.
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