Kansas City climate

Name: Kansas City
Address: US

Kansas City is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.1 °C. May is the wettest month (141 mm) and January the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kansas City averages 1,043 mm of rain, 127 days above 25 °C and 88 days below freezing.

United States · 274 m elevation · population 475,378 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 31 °C
Coldest month January -5.1 °C
Driest month January 37 mm
Wettest month May 141 mm
Least cloud September 41 % cloud
Hottest on record August 42 °C
Coldest on record February -28 °C

What to expectKansas City through the year

Kansas City has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.0 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 127 days a year reach 25 °C, 61 of them reach 30 °C, 88 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 141 mm against 37 mm in January — 3.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	4.0 °C	37 mm	57 %
February	6.9 °C	49 mm	59 %
March	13.1 °C	79 mm	58 %
April	18.9 °C	123 mm	57 %
May	24.0 °C	141 mm	58 %
June	29.1 °C	129 mm	51 %
July	31.5 °C	97 mm	46 %
August	30.7 °C	100 mm	45 %
September	26.2 °C	95 mm	41 %
October	19.4 °C	85 mm	45 %
November	11.9 °C	62 mm	52 %
December	5.8 °C	46 mm	56 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	4.0 °C	-5.1 °C	-1.4 °C	21.2 °C	-26.7 °C	0	0	25
February	6.9 °C	-3.0 °C	1.0 °C	22.6 °C	-28.4 °C	0	0	20
March	13.1 °C	2.2 °C	6.8 °C	27.9 °C	-24.2 °C	0	0	11
April	18.9 °C	8.0 °C	12.7 °C	31.4 °C	-7.2 °C	3	0	2
May	24.0 °C	13.9 °C	18.5 °C	34.0 °C	1.0 °C	14	3	0
June	29.1 °C	19.3 °C	23.8 °C	39.3 °C	7.3 °C	26	13	0
July	31.5 °C	21.9 °C	26.4 °C	39.3 °C	12.3 °C	30	21	0
August	30.7 °C	21.0 °C	25.5 °C	41.9 °C	11.0 °C	29	18	0
September	26.2 °C	16.5 °C	20.9 °C	38.1 °C	3.2 °C	19	6	0
October	19.4 °C	10.1 °C	14.1 °C	33.5 °C	-4.5 °C	5	0	1
November	11.9 °C	3.4 °C	7.0 °C	25.4 °C	-11.9 °C	0	0	8
December	5.8 °C	-2.4 °C	1.0 °C	22.1 °C	-25.2 °C	0	0	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	37 mm	6	9.7 h/day	57 %	68 %	19 km/h
February	49 mm	6	11 h/day	59 %	67 %	19 km/h
March	79 mm	9	12 h/day	58 %	67 %	20 km/h
April	123 mm	11	13 h/day	57 %	66 %	22 km/h
May	141 mm	13	14 h/day	58 %	69 %	19 km/h
June	129 mm	11	15 h/day	51 %	69 %	18 km/h
July	97 mm	9	15 h/day	46 %	67 %	15 km/h
August	100 mm	9	14 h/day	45 %	67 %	15 km/h
September	95 mm	8	12 h/day	41 %	67 %	16 km/h
October	85 mm	8	11 h/day	45 %	66 %	19 km/h
November	62 mm	7	10 h/day	52 %	68 %	19 km/h
December	46 mm	6	9.4 h/day	56 %	70 %	19 km/h

How Kansas City compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kansas City	31 °C	-5.1 °C	1,043 mm	127
Springfield · United States	31 °C	-2.6 °C	1,117 mm	129
Lincoln · United States	31 °C	-7.6 °C	811 mm	120
Omaha · United States	30 °C	-8.7 °C	893 mm	112
Wichita · United States	33 °C	-3.0 °C	890 mm	143
Des Moines · United States	29 °C	-9.5 °C	944 mm	102

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kansas City.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kansas City’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kansas City?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kansas City get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 61 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -5.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 88 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kansas City?

May, averaging 141 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is January with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,043 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kansas City rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 39.100°, -94.579° , 274 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.