Beautiful weather settles over Kansas City area, promising a few days of sunshine
With temperatures climbing to around 80 degrees, it will be a beautiful afternoon in the Kansas City area, said FOX4 meteorologist FOX4 meteorologist Michelle Bogowith.
Humidity will also be low during the afternoon. The forecast will repeat itself for the middle of the week as pleasant weather settles over the metro, she said.
The pollen count has dipped a little, but remains high, Bogowith said.
“Ragweed is still going to give you sniffles and sneezes, along with the mold counts that are in the moderate range,” she said.
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The dry and calmer weather is a big change from Monday’s weather, which saw strong to severe storms blow through the metro.
At Kansas City International Airport, 1.4 inches of rain fell Monday, bringing total rainfall so far this year to 39.74 inches. Normal rainfall for a year in Kansas City is 38.86 inches, the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill said on its Facebook page Monday.
For the water year, which runs from October to September, a total of 55.13 inches of rain has fallen in Kansas City, making this the fourth wettest year on record. The record is 57.87 inches, which was set during the water year that began in October 1960 and ended in September 1961, according to the weather service.
With a little more than a month to go, Kansas City is just 2.74 inches from tying that record.
The next chance of storms will be later in the work week, when the possibility of rain returns on Friday and Saturday, according to the weather service.
This story was originally published August 27, 2019 at 6:44 AM.
