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Kansas City, MO

39.297°N, 94.731°W · station MCIthr · 139 years of record
72°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Kansas City.
77°WED9/278°THU9/376°FRI9/475°SAT9/574°SUN9/672°MON9/772°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Kansas City — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#112 / 137
coldest Sep 7 in 137 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

43°F
set in 1988

Mildest Sep 7 ever

81°F
set in 1939
Forecast low 72°F — 112th coldest Sep 7 of 137 years · record 43°F (1988) · coldest since 2025.
1888: 61°F1889: 53°F1890: 53°F1891: 56°F1892: 54°F1893: 67°F1894: 74°F1895: 57°F1896: 50°F1897: 73°F1898: 50°F1899: 64°F1900: 65°F1901: 73°F1902: 61°F1903: 70°F1904: 61°F1905: 61°F1906: 72°F1907: 68°F1909: 56°F1910: 69°F1911: 66°F1912: 76°F1913: 73°F1914: 65°F1915: 66°F1916: 72°F1917: 69°F1918: 57°F1919: 69°F1920: 56°F1921: 65°F1922: 77°F1923: 62°F1924: 62°F1925: 72°F1926: 66°F1927: 67°F1928: 60°F1929: 58°F1930: 66°F1931: 75°F1932: 64°F1933: 73°F1934: 48°F1935: 57°F1936: 80°F1937: 65°F1938: 76°F1939: 81°F1940: 68°F1941: 72°F1942: 68°F1943: 57°F1944: 57°F1945: 72°F1946: 75°F1947: 71°F1948: 64°F1949: 60°F1950: 50°F1951: 59°F1952: 68°F1953: 55°F1954: 69°F1955: 62°F1956: 50°F1957: 56°F1958: 63°F1959: 76°F1960: 77°F1961: 66°F1962: 64°F1963: 75°F1964: 64°F1965: 74°F1966: 57°F1967: 63°F1968: 55°F1969: 67°F1970: 73°F1971: 74°F1972: 66°F1973: 61°F1974: 52°F1975: 61°F1976: 65°F1977: 68°F1978: 70°F1979: 55°F1980: 70°F1981: 57°F1982: 65°F1983: 58°F1984: 62°F1985: 73°F1986: 47°F1987: 61°F1988: 43°F1989: 71°F1990: 68°F1991: 71°F1992: 63°F1993: 51°F1994: 54°F1995: 54°F1996: 63°F1997: 65°F1998: 65°F1999: 67°F2000: 58°F2001: 65°F2002: 64°F2003: 55°F2004: 57°F2005: 69°F2006: 61°F2007: 66°F2008: 53°F2009: 56°F2010: 62°F2011: 48°F2012: 64°F2013: 68°F2014: 55°F2015: 70°F2016: 74°F2017: 46°F2018: 64°F2019: 64°F2020: 74°F2021: 63°F2022: 63°F2023: 53°F2024: 55°F2025: 50°F72° forecast4045505560657075808518901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 772°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record43°F
This-date rank#112 of 137
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-23°F (1989)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1888–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Kansas City in each calendar month, and for the whole 1888–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan75°FJan 24, 1950-20°FJan 12, 1912
Feb83°FFeb 29, 1972-22°FFeb 12, 1899
Mar93°FMar 21, 2026-10°FMar 4, 1978
Apr95°FApr 29, 191012°FApr 3, 1975
May103°FMay 30, 193427°FMay 4, 1907
Jun108°FJun 23, 193442°FJun 4, 1990
Jul112°FJul 13, 195451°FJul 5, 1997
Aug113°FAug 14, 193643°FAug 28, 1986
Sep109°FSep 3, 194731°FSep 22, 1995
Oct98°FOct 7, 193917°FOct 30, 1925
Nov83°FNov 6, 19151°FNov 28, 1976
Dec74°FDec 6, 1939-23°FDec 22, 1989
All-time113°FAug 14, 1936-23°FDec 22, 1989

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Kansas City so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

7 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (93°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

87°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 3, 1930

Coldest high ever

-8°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 22, 1989
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan56°FJan 21, 1921-6°FJan 12, 1912
Feb63°FFeb 10, 1932-4°FFeb 2, 1905
Mar70°FMar 26, 19075°FMar 2, 2014
Apr72°FApr 22, 192528°FApr 4, 1920
May78°FMay 30, 193439°FMay 3, 2013
Jun86°FJun 29, 193652°FJun 1, 1892
Jul86°FJul 18, 195464°FJul 6, 1979
Aug87°FAug 3, 193063°FAug 15, 1979
Sep82°FSep 15, 193145°FSep 26, 1926
Oct75°FOct 3, 195426°FOct 29, 1925
Nov67°FNov 2, 193817°FNov 28, 1976
Dec60°FDec 24, 1889-8°FDec 22, 1989
All-time87°FAug 3, 1930-8°FDec 22, 1989

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

83 days
record run, ended Mar 10 1978

So far in 2026

48 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Kansas City's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 62°F · forecast is +10° vs normal.
Jan: 38°FJan: 20°FFeb: 44°FFeb: 24°FMar: 55°FMar: 34°FApr: 66°FApr: 44°FMay: 75°FMay: 55°FJun: 84°FJun: 64°FJul: 88°FJul: 68°FAug: 87°FAug: 67°FSep: 79°FSep: 58°FOct: 67°FOct: 46°FNov: 54°FNov: 34°FDec: 42°FDec: 24°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:47 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Solar noon12:19 PM
Daylight13h 03m · losing 17 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

39.30°N, 94.73°W

Nearby Stations

Topeka, KS50 mi WColumbia, MO138 mi EJefferson City, MO146 mi ELincoln, NE151 mi NWOmaha, NE152 mi NWConcordia, KS156 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Kansas City's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Kansas City, MO — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Kansas City's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Kansas City, MO — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1888

Each cell is one day's low at Kansas City, coloured by temperature — 139 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Kansas City, MO daily low heat map 1888–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Kansas City — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
48 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 131st most in 139 years. Normal for this point: 64. Record: 82 in 1975.

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