Kansas City, MO

Missouri · Records since 1888–2026

🌤️ 54°F Feels like 49°
Currently in Kansas City
As of 3:30 PM CST

Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

81°F

November 4, 1978

+22° from 59° normal

❄ Record Low

7°F

November 4, 1991

-31° from 38° normal
🌞 Normal high: 59°F 🌑 Normal low: 38°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Kansas City

🔥
113°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 14, 1936
❄
-23°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 23, 1989
🌧
8.82"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 12, 1977
☃
16.1"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 23, 1912

First & Last Dates — Kansas City

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
246 days
Longest growing season
1946
157 days
Shortest growing season
1976
196 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 81°F November 4, 1978
2 78°F November 4, 1909
3 77°F November 4, 1916
4 75°F November 4, 1958
5 75°F November 4, 1895
6 74°F November 4, 2025
7 74°F November 4, 1921
8 74°F November 4, 1917
9 73°F November 4, 2016
10 73°F November 4, 2008

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 7°F November 4, 1991
2 15°F November 4, 1995
3 18°F November 4, 1982
4 19°F November 4, 1951
5 22°F November 4, 1939
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1888–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Kansas City

threshold: 96°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
102°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
50
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1888–2026
46
2026 so far
40
Avg/year 1970–2025
39
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
90
Most in a year (1936)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Kansas City

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 8, 1936 – Aug 27, 1936 20 113°F (Aug 14) 106°F 79°F
2 Jul 8, 1934 – Jul 26, 1934 19 110°F (Jul 24) 105°F 79°F
3 Jul 8, 1901 – Jul 25, 1901 18 106°F (Jul 22) 102°F 78°F
4 Jul 3, 1936 – Jul 19, 1936 17 109°F (Jul 14) 104°F 77°F
5 Jul 4, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 17 106°F (Jul 14) 102°F 77°F
6 Jul 31, 1934 – Aug 15, 1934 16 111°F (Aug 10) 105°F 78°F
7 Aug 1, 1947 – Aug 13, 1947 13 106°F (Aug 9) 100°F 77°F
8 Aug 4, 1913 – Aug 16, 1913 13 103°F (Aug 5) 100°F 79°F
9 Jul 14, 2012 – Jul 25, 2012 12 106°F (Jul 18) 101°F 72°F
10 Aug 16, 2003 – Aug 26, 2003 11 106°F (Aug 21) 102°F 73°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

54
2026 total
above-normal nights
47.7
Avg / summer
1970–2020
76
Most in a summer
1901

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1888–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1888, annual totals have trended +0.26" per decade, about +3.5" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Kansas City is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

192 of 307 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

51.12"
2026 YTD
Normal: 35.95"
+15.17"
2.66"
November so far
November normal: 2.00"
+0.66"
17
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Kansas City is 15.17" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Nov 1 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 3 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
62.5°F
Average temperature
9th-warmest of 137
+14.0°
vs. average
Normal: 48.5°F (1991–2020)
2.66"
Precipitation
2nd-wettest of 138
+2.36"
vs. average
Normal: 0.30" · 887% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Nov 1 – Nov 3

1888–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Nov 1 – Nov 3

1888–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.02" per decade (wetter since 1888)

Warmest Nov 1 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1964 69.8°F
2 1938 69.0°F
3 1987 68.0°F
4 2016 67.2°F
5 1914 66.0°F
6 2022 65.7°F
7 1990 64.8°F
8 1975 63.3°F
9 2026 62.5°F
10 2008 62.2°F

Coolest Nov 1 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1991 20.5°F
2 1911 29.7°F
3 1951 32.2°F
4 2002 34.2°F
5 1954 34.7°F
6 1966 34.7°F
7 1939 36.0°F
8 1899 37.0°F
9 1995 38.2°F
10 1989 39.0°F

Wettest Nov 1 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 1998 2.84"
2 2026 2.66"
3 1961 2.49"
4 1944 1.99"
5 1938 1.73"
6 2024 1.72"
7 1894 1.51"
8 1928 1.43"
9 2004 1.34"
10 1935 1.24"

Driest Nov 1 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2025 0.00"
2 2023 0.00"
3 2022 0.00"
4 2020 0.00"
5 2019 0.00"
6 2015 0.00"
7 2013 0.00"
8 2012 0.00"
9 2010 0.00"
10 2009 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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