Kansas City Downtown Airport, Missouri climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Kansas City Downtown Airport's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 38.1 inches of precipitation and 11 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.8°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 32°C, 969 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKansas City Downtown Airport
- Station IDUSW00013988
- Location39.12°N 94.60°W
- Elevation742 ft (226 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Kansas City Downtown Airport is 65°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Kansas City Downtown Airport.
- Jan 40° 22°
- Feb 45° 26°
- Mar 57° 36°
- Apr 67° 46°
- May 76° 57°
- Jun 86° 67°
- Jul 90° 72°
- Aug 89° 70°
- Sep 80° 61°
- Oct 68° 49°
- Nov 55° 36°
- Dec 44° 27°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Kansas City Downtown Airport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.33 in), the least in January (1.02 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 22°F | 31.0°F | 1.02 | 3.4 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 45°F | 26°F | 35.8°F | 1.53 | 3.2 | 5 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 57°F | 36°F | 46.4°F | 2.08 | 0.4 | 7 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 46°F | 56.5°F | 3.89 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 57°F | 66.7°F | 5.10 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 86°F | 67°F | 76.5°F | 5.33 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 90°F | 72°F | 81.0°F | 4.38 | 0.0 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 89°F | 70°F | 79.2°F | 4.68 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 61°F | 70.7°F | 3.78 | 0.0 | 8 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 49°F | 58.4°F | 3.24 | 0.3 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 55°F | 36°F | 45.4°F | 1.80 | 0.1 | 5 | <1 | 11 | 10 h |
| December | 44°F | 27°F | 35.3°F | 1.30 | 3.5 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 48°F | 56.9°F | 38.13 | 11.0 | 86 | 47 | 93 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −5°C | −0.6°C | 26 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 7°C | −3°C | 2.1°C | 39 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 14°C | 2°C | 8.0°C | 53 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 19°C | 8°C | 13.6°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 14°C | 19.3°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 24.7°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 27.2°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 21°C | 26.2°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 16°C | 21.5°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 9°C | 14.7°C | 82 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | 2°C | 7.4°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 7°C | −3°C | 1.8°C | 33 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013988; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Kansas City Downtown Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013988.
When is the last frost at Kansas City Downtown Airport?
In Kansas City Downtown Airport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 in half of years and before October 21 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 41 year in 10 after April 20; 9 in 10 after March 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 211 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 231 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 26 in half of springs and before November 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kansas City Downtown Airport in zone 6b in ZIP code 64105, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (27 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Missouri · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00013988; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Kansas City Downtown Airport?
In a normal year in Kansas City Downtown Airport, 47 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 93 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 86 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 47a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 93a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 22high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 86a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1934) is 113°F, on August 14, 1936; the lowest is −19°F, on December 22, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1961, with 60.25 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 58.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013988; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013988. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is it at Kansas City Downtown Airport, and how clear are the skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 65°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 66°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in December (22°F). March is the windiest month (9.8 mph on average), and September has the most clear or nearly clear hours (78%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°F | 64% | 49% | 8.2 mph | 64% | 27% |
| February | 26°F | 59% | 44% | 9.2 mph | 62% | 29% |
| March | 37°F | 58% | 45% | 9.8 mph | 62% | 27% |
| April | 48°F | 62% | 49% | 8.8 mph | 58% | 27% |
| May | 59°F | 65% | 51% | 8.2 mph | 66% | 17% |
| June | 66°F | 64% | 51% | 8.3 mph | 76% | 8% |
| July | 66°F | 64% | 49% | 7.4 mph | 77% | 9% |
| August | 64°F | 65% | 49% | 7.4 mph | 76% | 11% |
| September | 52°F | 64% | 46% | 7.5 mph | 78% | 12% |
| October | 39°F | 62% | 47% | 8.1 mph | 68% | 24% |
| November | 28°F | 64% | 50% | 8.4 mph | 67% | 25% |
| December | 22°F | 66% | 53% | 8.3 mph | 63% | 29% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013988. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is it at Kansas City Downtown Airport?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Kansas City Downtown Airport, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and March the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 2.1 |
| February | 71% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 80% | 6.5 |
| July | 83% | 6.5 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 75% | 3.4 |
| November | 74% | 2.4 |
| December | 70% | 1.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Kansas City Downtown Airport record?
A normal year at Kansas City Downtown Airport brings 4,613 heating degree days, 14% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,708 cooling degree days, 88% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,531 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,052 | 0 |
| February | 819 | 0 |
| March | 583 | 6 |
| April | 280 | 27 |
| May | 81 | 134 |
| June | 4 | 349 |
| July | 0 | 498 |
| August | 1 | 442 |
| September | 35 | 206 |
| October | 246 | 43 |
| November | 591 | 3 |
| December | 921 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,613 | 1,708 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013988. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Kansas City Downtown Airport been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 57.9°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.9°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.9°F | +1.0°F | 25.26 | – |
| 2022 | 56.4°F | −0.5°F | 22.96 | – |
| 2023 | 58.8°F | +1.9°F | 29.26 | – |
| 2024 | 59.7°F | +2.8°F | 32.62 | – |
| 2025 | 57.9°F | +1.0°F | 28.43 | – |
Over 123 complete years from 1893 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.0°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013988; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kansas City Downtown Airport's climate compare?
Kansas City Downtown Airport is warmer than 108 of the 134 places with their own NOAA record in Missouri, and wetter than 6. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.9°F is warmer than 66%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kansas City Downtown Airport is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Kansas City Downtown Airport share this climate record?
27 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Kansas City, KSalso near: Bonner Springs (9 mi, 53.6°F a year); Kansas City (12 mi, 54.7°F a year)156,752 people · 8 mi W
- Shawnee, KSalso near: Bonner Springs (6 mi, 53.6°F a year); Overland Park (9 mi, 55.1°F a year)69,724 people · 13 mi SW
- Gladstone, MO27,579 people · 7 mi N
- Prairie Village, KS22,919 people · 10 mi S
- Merriam, KS11,560 people · 9 mi SW
- Mission, KS10,013 people · 7 mi SW
- Roeland Park, KS6,689 people · 6 mi S
- North Kansas City, MO5,630 people · 2 mi NE
- Edwardsville, KS4,748 people · 12 mi W
- Riverside, MO4,498 people · 4 mi NW
- Fairway, KS4,160 people · 7 mi S
- Mission Hills, KS3,521 people · 7 mi S
- Pleasant Valley, MO2,750 people · 9 mi NE
- Westwood, KS1,719 people · 6 mi S
- Claycomo, MO1,370 people · 8 mi NE
- Lake Quivira, KS1,006 people · 11 mi SW
- Glenaire, MO536 people · 10 mi NE
- Avondale, MO434 people · 4 mi NE
- Westwood Hills, KS395 people · 6 mi S
- Oakview, MO365 people · 6 mi N
- Northmoor, MO294 people · 4 mi N
- Houston Lake, MO223 people · 5 mi N
- Mission Woods, KS199 people · 6 mi S
- Oakwood, MO198 people · 6 mi N
- Oakwood Park, MO188 people · 6 mi N
- Oaks, MO126 people · 5 mi N
- Randolph, MO57 people · 6 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Kansas City Downtown Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Kansas City Downtown Airport?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow at Kansas City Downtown Airport?
Yes: 11 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (3.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Kansas City Downtown Airport?
June, with 5.33 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kansas City Downtown Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kansas City Downtown Airport in zone 6b in ZIP code 64105, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Kansas City Downtown Airport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 20. Waiting until April 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Missouri climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Independence, MO12 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Kansas City, MO14 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Lee's Summit, MO16 miles from this station, 55.7°F a year
- Bonner Springs, KS17 miles from this station, 53.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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