This gives the 24 hour high...low...precipitation total and snowfall at KCI for the 24 hours from midnight to midnight CST. The observations are made by an automated observational device (ASOS), which can be augmented (if necessary) by personnel of the FAA at the KCI tower. Originally compiled by Allen Pearson. Since August 15, 1997 this website service has been taken over by Mike Thompson and the meteorology staff at WDAF FOX4. Last updated January 7, 2012
Records Broken or Tied in 2012.
Highs.... 3/13: 82 Downtown Tied Record...3/14 83 Downtown-Record & 82 KCI-Record...3/14: 82 KCI-Record/83 Downtown-Record....3/16: 82 KCI Record/84 Downtown-Record...4/2 MKC 89 Record High....4/25: Record-MCI: 92 Downtown: 94...6/30 Downtown Tied Record High-102...7/6: KCI 104-Record, Downtown 105 (Tied Record)...7/7: KCI 105 (ties record) Downtown 107-Record High...7/29: MCI 105 (ties record) Downtown 107-Record High...12/3/12 KCI and Downtown: 74 Record High and ties Record High for the month of December...
Lows...3/14: 62 KCI record high minimum....6/2-KCI 47-tied record low...8/17-KCI 53 Record Low...10/7-KCI 26 Record Low...
Precipitation.... 2/3 (KCI) .90"...5/25: Pleasant Hill-3.73" "unofficial 24-hour rainfall record"....KCI-3rd Driest May on Record-driest since 1914....8/31 Downtown 3.00" record 24-hour rainfall....11/11 KCI 1.16"...MKC 1.43" record 24 hour rainfall...
Snow...First Snow 2011-2012: February 13, 2012...Least Snowy Winter on Record: 3.9" (2011-2012)....First 1" Snow 2012-2013: December 20, 2012
Other: Warmest March on Record...March 10 Tied for earliest last freeze...Warmest Meteorological Spring on record...3rd Driest May on record....2nd Driest April-June...Hottest Jan-Jun on record...July: 6th warmest average highs and 6th driest....8/31: Meteorological Summer ends with the arrival of the remnants of hurricane Isaac. It was 82 days since the last 1" of rain...and the metro picked anywhere from 1.5" to nearly 8.0" of rain! 2012: 3rd Warmest and 3rd Driest Year on Record
04 JANUARY 04 FEBRUARY 04 MARCH 01 Hi Lo Pcp Sn 01 Hi Lo Pcp Sn 01 Hi Lo Pcp Sn 1 45 33 .02 1 63 32 1 69 29 2 36 22 2 62 32 2 48 33 .14 0.3 3 49 13 3 50 41 .90R 3 46 29 4 51 33 4 42 32 .38 .1 4 60 24 5 65 30 5 45 26 .06 .2 5 57 24 6 57 38 6 50 26 6 71 54 7 49 26 7 40 33 .01 7 69 42 .01 8 45 26 8 35 29 T T 8 49 31 .49 0.5 9 51 21 9 39 28 T T 9 59 29 10 56 24 10 37 11 10 65 32 11 47 23 .03 .3 11 27 5 11 52 44 .50 12 23 14 T T 12 36 5 12 73 48 .06 13 31 8 13 33 27 .23 2.4 13 80 45 14 43 25 14 45 26 14 82 62 15 63 24 15 45 33 .02 15 77 58 16 63 34 T 16 49 29 16 82 61 17 34 12 T T 17 58 28 17 79 64 18 42 6 18 45 24 18 77 66 19 31 13 19 50 25 19 73 57 1.21 20 27 11 20 49 32 .23 20 58 56 .46 21 27 11 21 53 34 T 21 63 53 .20 22 56 27 .01 22 61 35 T 22 66 47 .25 23 45 25 T 23 61 35 .03 23 63 50 .15 24 45 22 24 45 29 T T 24 75 49 25 50 33 25 46 21 25 80 46 26 54 31 26 62 42 26 81 56 27 38 23 T T 27 47 24 27 75 60 .09 28 47 20 28 61 39 1.27 28 78 53 .85 29 50 24 29 56 36 29 79 57 .15 30 66 40 30 76 58 31 65 45 31 82 58 04 APRIL 04 MAY 04 JUNE 01 Hi Lo Pcp Sn 01 Hi Lo Pcp 01 Hi Lo Pcp 1 85 61 1 80 60 .28 1 68 44 2 86 66 2 81 70 2 84 47 3 71 56 3 83 64 .03 3 80 59 T 4 59 53 .06 4 86 68 T 4 93 61 5 64 45 .01 5 88 66 5 85 63 6 64 42 6 76 64 .05 6 84 63 7 63 42 .02 7 72 56 .40 7 83 61 8 68 35 8 74 50 8 87 58 9 71 43 9 69 46 9 91 61 10 63 39 10 77 46 10 94 72 11 58 38 11 79 54 T 11 84 63 1.37 12 53 39 .05 12 65 55 T 12 83 55 13 73 52 .20 13 74 52 13 85 60 14 76 60 .08 14 78 52 14 90 68 15 73 52 .21 15 83 52 15 84 67 16 66 48 16 78 53 16 89 67 17 71 47 17 83 55 17 93 65 18 78 49 18 86 63 18 96 77 19 78 48 T 19 85 64 T 19 92 75 20 61 42 20 77 58 20 91 67 .33 21 69 35 21 75 49 21 83 66 .59 22 59 42 22 80 50 22 85 63 23 66 37 23 89 62 23 89 65 .03 24 87 44 24 86 68 .18 24 99 71 25 92* 65 25 83 64 25 93 75 26 78 58 26 89 75 26 94 69 27 64 54 T 27 90 73 27 102 74 28 69 56 .13 28 91 67 28 105 71 29 58 51 1.16 29 84 60 29 102 72 30 65 53 .01 30 81 59 .06 30 101 71 .14 31 66 49 04 JULY 04 AUGUST 04 SEPTEMBER 01 Hi Lo Pcp 01 Hi Lo Pcp 01 Hi Lo Pcp 1 99 72 .01 1 101 76 1 82 68 .59 2 97 70 2 95 71 .16 2 90 64 3 100 77 3 94 72 3 94 67 1.36 4 102 77 4 91 70 4 95 71 .24 5 102 72 5 91 62 5 92 73 6 104 75 6 97 65 6 89 64 7 105 75 7 103 70 7 83 57 .21 8 87 70 .04 8 99 66 .46 8 77 50 9 90 69 9 85 64 9 76 52 10 92 65 10 83 59 10 80 53 11 94 68 11 86 58 Tr 11 90 60 12 96 72 T 12 95 66 .02 12 88 66 13 87 72 .05 13 75 61 Tr 13 66 54 .35 14 97 66 14 78 57 14 71 51 15 98 68 15 95 55 15 74 52 16 97 70 16 82 59 Tr 16 73 55 17 100 74 17 83 53* 17 79 49 .04 18 106 79 T 18 84 57 Tr 18 69 44 19 103 76 .02 19 83 57 .01 19 83 52 T 20 96 70 20 89 53 20 76 52 21 98 69 21 95 59 21 81 51 22 103 72 22 97 63 22 67 48 23 105 72 23 96 62 23 69 39 24 103 77 24 86 69 Tr 24 77 50 25 106 75 .03 25 85 69 .12 25 81 62 .02 26 95 73 .32 26 83 69 .37 26 74 61 .08 27 92 70 27 92 66 27 75 58 28 95 69 28 95 64 28 73 53 29 105 75 29 97 66 29 75 47 30 90 74 .02 30 99 66 30 79 49 31 100 73 T 31 80 70 .89 04 OCTOBER 04 NOVEMBER 04 DECEMBER 01 Hi Lo Pcp Sn 01 Hi Lo Pcp Sn 01 Hi Lo Pcp Sno 1 79 56 1 74 40 1 66 50 T 2 76 46 2 62 42 2 66 32 3 79 45 3 58 34 3 74* 47 4 66 48 .01 4 61 33 .01 4 62 34 5 51 35 T 5 49 41 .19 5 60 35 6 46 32 6 59 40 T 6 52 43 T 7 57 26* 7 54 36 7 47 43 T 8 64 33 8 68 38 8 46 35 T 9 66 42 9 76 50 9 43 20 .02 10 64 32 10 75 65 T 10 30 14 11 73 42 11 69 26 1.16 11 45 16 12 57 49 .02 12 45 21 12 50 23 13 68 56 .56 13 57 26 13 55 34 14 68 53 .25 14 57 32 14 53 37 .29 15 75 47 15 55 35 15 53 39 .13 16 81 58 16 59 32 16 40 33 T 17 67 50 .03 17 61 36 17 46 31 T 18 58 46 .01 18 63 39 18 55 36 19 51 46 .03 19 65 48 19 40 35 .44 20 70 38 20 64 38 20 36 21 .35 2.5 21 77 50 21 71 38 21 37 13 22 83 66 22 67 42 T 22 47 23 23 81 69 23 43 26 23 32 19 24 84 68 24 46 18 24 23 17 25 73 35 .12 25 56 31 25 20 11 T T 26 47 29 26 42 18 T T 26 26 7 27 46 27 27 41 14 27 35 17 28 52 27 28 53 23 28 29 20 T T 29 55 39 29 60 33 29 33 18 T T 30 55 37 30 61 40 30 44 19 31 61 34 31 36 20 .11 1.2
......................................................................... MONTHLY SUMMARY FOR KCI For 2012 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Highest T 66 63 82 92 91 105 106 103 95 84 76 74 106 Avg High 46.8 48.0 69.2 69.6 80.3 89.6 98.2 90.1 79.3 65.5 59.0 44.5 70.0 Dptr/Norm +8.8 +4.7 +14.1 +3.9 +5.5 +6.1 +9.9 +2.7 +0.3 -1.4 +5.8 +4.2 +5.3 Lowest T 6 5 24 35 46 42 65 53 39 26 18 7 5 Avg Low 23.5 28.2 47.6 48.4 58.8 65.0 72.1 63.7 55.7 43.9 34.5 27.3 47.4 Dptr/Norm +3.9 +4.4 +14.2 +4.4 +4.6 +1.4 +3.7 -3.1 -1.6 -2.0 +0.4 +4.7 +2.8 Average T 35.1 38.1 58.4 59.0 69.6 77.3 85.2 76.9 67.5 54.7 46.8 35.9 58.8 Dptr/Norm +6.3 +4.6 +14.2 +4.2 +5.1 +3.8 +6.9 -0.2 -0.7 -1.7 +3.2 +4.4 +4.2 PcpnDays 8 14 13 12 10 5 10 12 9 9 7 16 125 Total Pcpn .06 3.13 4.56 1.93 1.00 2.46 0.49 2.03 2.89 1.03 1.36 1.34 22.28 Dptr/Norm -1.01 +1.67 +2.19 -1.77 -4.23 -2.77 -3.96 -1.86 -1.73 -2.13 -0.79 -0.19 -16.58 SnowDays 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18 Snow Total 0.3 2.7 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T 3.7 7.3 HeatDegDay 918 773 246 213 31 9 0 0 50 352 545 889 4028 Dptr/Norm -204 -108 -400 -116 -73 0 0 -2 -15 59 -97 -151 -1105 CoolDegDays 0 0 49 40 180 385 634 376 131 39 5 0 1839 Dptr/Norm 0 0 46 15 92 119 220 -1 -28 13 +3 0 479 TstmDays 0 2 5 5 6 5 7 3 3 4 1 2 43 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year