All-time weather records — Kansas City, KS

Record high
113.0°F
August 14, 1936
Record low
-20.0°F
January 16, 1982
Wettest day
7.45 in
August 15, 1969

Climate change signal in Kansas City

15%

of Kansas City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1930s
99
50
1940s
28
63
1950s
43
40
1960s
37
69
1970s
14
16
1980s
38
52
1990s
15
27
2000s
17
15
2010s
40
21
2020s
35
13

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1934, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1934-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 28, 2013 -20.0°F — Jan 16, 1982 3.50 in — Jan 28, 2001
February 82.9°F — Mar 1, 1972 -13.0°F — Feb 27, 1934 2.50 in — Feb 27, 2001
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -2.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.40 in — Mar 4, 2004
April 93.9°F — Apr 25, 2012 16.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 4.66 in — Apr 15, 1939
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1934 32.0°F — May 5, 1944 4.73 in — May 15, 1990
June 108.0°F — Jun 23, 1934 44.1°F — Jun 4, 1945 5.25 in — Jun 20, 2000
July 111.9°F — Jul 13, 1954 10.0°F — Jul 1, 1997 6.45 in — Jul 26, 1998
August 113.0°F — Aug 14, 1936 48.0°F — Aug 28, 1986 7.45 in — Aug 15, 1969
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 34.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 4.84 in — Sep 12, 2008
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1939 21.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 4.95 in — Oct 4, 1998
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1937 5.0°F — Nov 21, 1937 3.69 in — Nov 15, 1964
December 75.0°F — Dec 15, 2021 -18.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.00 in — Dec 13, 2000

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