All-time Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Kansas City, Missouri

Weather temperatures have been officially kept in Kansas City, Missouri since 1888. These are the all-time record hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Kansas City since 1888.

Located along the Missouri River in western Missouri on the border with the state of Kansas, the city of Kansas City tends to have a milder climate than the extremes that can be found in the state of Missouri.

This is born out by the differences between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Kansas City, compared to the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures recorded in the state of Missouri.

The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Kansas City is 136 degrees. The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state of Missouri is 158 degrees; a difference of 22 degrees.

Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Kansas City, Missouri

All-time Record Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Kansas City is 113 Degrees

The hottest temperature ever officially recorded in the city of Kansas City is 113 degrees, which occurred on August 14, 1936.

Days when the temperature reaches 100 degrees are not common in Kansas City, but the city does experience very hot weather in some summers. Since 1888, Kansas City has had 10 days when the temperature reached or exceeded 110 degrees.

As a bit of weather trivia some might find hard to believe, the record hottest temperature in Kansas City of 113 degrees is exactly 13 degrees hotter than the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Miami, Florida. Kansas City is roughly 1,400 miles northwest of Miami.

• Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Missouri is 118 Degrees 

The all-time record hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Missouri is 118 degrees, which occurred on July 14, 1954, in both Warsaw and Union. Warsaw, Missouri is located about 100 miles southeast of Kansas City, while Union is some 220 miles to the east.

The difference between the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Kansas City (113) and the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Missouri (118) is five degrees. Not a large difference, but still a significant statistical difference.

All-time Record Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Kansas City is -23 Degrees

The coldest temperature ever officially recorded in the city of Kansas City is -23 degrees, which occurred on two different dates. The two dates were both in 1989, and they were consecutively on December 22nd and December 23rd.

Below zero weather temperature days are not common in Kansas City, but when cold snaps occur it can get pretty frigid in the city. Since 1888, Kansas City has had seven days when the temperature was -20 degrees or colder.

• Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Missouri is -40 Degrees 

The coldest temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Missouri is -40 degrees, which occurred on February 13, 1905 in Warsaw.

The city of Warsaw is one of the few places in the United States which has recorded both the hottest and coldest temperatures in a state. It does not hold the Missouri record alone, though, since it shares the hottest temperature with Union.

The difference between the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in Kansas City (-23) and the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Missouri (-40) is 17 degrees. A big statistical difference.

Overall, while it can get pretty hot in the summer and pretty cold in the winter in Kansas City, the city still has a somewhat milder climate than the extremes that can be found in the state of Missouri.