Kansas City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Kansas City, Missouri: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Kansas City Area, 25 km from Kansas City; records cover 1888–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 39.3 in998 mm
- Snow a year
- 18 in46 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 9
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 5,070
- Cooling degree days
- 1,362
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 0°−18° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Kansas City in January
Highs average 38°4° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1950)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1117
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kansas City in February
Highs average 44°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1972)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 879
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kansas City in March
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2026)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 639
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Kansas City in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 44°7°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1910)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 330
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Kansas City in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 54°12°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1934)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 109
- Cooling degree days
- 98
Kansas City in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 64°18°, with 5.3 in133 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 280
Kansas City in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 68°20°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1954)
- Record low
- 51°11° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 409
Kansas City in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 66°19°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1936)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 364
Kansas City in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°14°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1947)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 58
- Cooling degree days
- 158
Kansas City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°20° and lows 46°8°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1939)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 295
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Kansas City in November
Highs average 54°12° and lows 34°1°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1915)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 645
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Kansas City in December
Highs average 42°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1939)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 989
- Cooling degree days
- 0