The weather outside might be frightful — but not delightful enough for any snow.

âÂÂWe missed it. Not by very far, but we missed it,â Matt Makens, 6News meteorologist, said Wednesday morning. âÂÂA flake is possible any time this morning, but the air is just too dry to have any snow or flake activity.âÂÂ

If you want to see some snow, youâÂÂll need to drive down south about a hundred miles, where youâÂÂll find several inches, especially in southern Missouri, Makens said.

Or, if youâÂÂve mastered time travel, you could go back to Dec. 5, 1942. On that date Lawrence had 11 inches of snow, Makens said.

âÂÂClimatologically, the 4th and 5th seem to be popular dates for big storms,â Makens said. âÂÂWe just missed it this year by a couple of hundred miles.âÂÂ

How did we do last year?

On Dec. 4, 2001, âÂÂwe were at 69 degrees in the afternoon, which was a record high for this date,â he said. TodayâÂÂs high is expected to be 30, he said.

âÂÂSo there’s 39 degrees difference in a year on this date. The record low was 7 in 1898.âÂÂ

WednesdayâÂÂs forecast calls for possibly a flake or two in the morning, he said.

âÂÂClouds will stick around for the rest of the day,â he said. âÂÂNo real changes until tomorrow, when the sun will start to come back.âÂÂ

ThursdayâÂÂs high will be 36, he said.

âÂÂThen, as the week goes on, Friday and Saturday, we’ll be close to 50 degrees, in the upper 40s, with sunny skies,â he said.

But Saturday night into Sunday morning, the cold air returns with high temperatures Sunday expected to be only in the upper 30s, he said.