Kansas City climate

Name: Kansas City
Address: Missouri, United States

United States · Missouri · 39.100° N, 94.579° W

Köppen Dfahumid continentalContinental

Continental midwestern climate: hot humid summers, cold winters.

Big seasonal swing: properly cold winters, warm summers, usually far from an ocean.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 88°F / 31°C

Coldest month

February, 22°F / -6°C

Annual swing

67°F / 37°C

Wettest month

May

Driest month

December

Rain per year

44.9" / 1140 mm

Snow per year

18.3" / 466 mm

Elevation

919 ft / 280 m

Time zone

America/Chicago

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	40 / 5	24 / -4	1.27 / 32	7.2 / 182	70%	8.1 / 13.0	63%
February	42 / 5	22 / -6	1.10 / 28	5.7 / 144	65%	8.3 / 13.4	54%
March	55 / 13	36 / 2	3.91 / 99	1.7 / 44	67%	9.0 / 14.5	60%
April	65 / 18	44 / 7	3.58 / 91	0.5 / 13	63%	9.1 / 14.6	55%
May	74 / 23	56 / 13	7.21 / 183	0.0 / 0	72%	7.7 / 12.4	65%
June	86 / 30	67 / 19	6.17 / 157	0.0 / 0	69%	6.8 / 10.9	50%
July	88 / 31	71 / 21	5.75 / 146	0.0 / 0	72%	6.1 / 9.8	48%
August	87 / 31	70 / 21	5.15 / 131	0.0 / 0	72%	6.5 / 10.5	42%
September	82 / 28	64 / 18	3.46 / 88	0.0 / 0	67%	7.2 / 11.6	34%
October	66 / 19	49 / 9	3.64 / 92	0.6 / 14	65%	8.3 / 13.4	44%
November	54 / 12	37 / 3	2.06 / 52	1.2 / 29	67%	8.2 / 13.2	45%
December	47 / 8	30 / -1	1.57 / 40	1.5 / 39	70%	8.3 / 13.4	56%

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