How much snow did the Kansas City area get? Here’s where the heaviest amounts fell
The Kansas City area is digging out after a winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow across much of the metro.
The storm, accompanied by howling winds that brought blizzard conditions and drifting snow to the area, made travel impossible in some areas, prompted schools to cancel classes and shut down governments on Monday.
So, how much snow fell?
The final snowfall total Sunday at Kansas City International Airport was 11 inches, which broke the previous record for that date of 10.1 inches set in 1962, according to the National Weather Service.
The snowfall was also Kansas City’s fourth largest single-day snowfall on record, dating back to 1888. The Top 3 were 16.1 inches on March 23, 1912, 11.8 inches on Jan. 18, 1962, and Feb. 27, 1900.
It is extremely rare for the metro to have more than 10 inches of snow on a single day. Before Sunday, it only occurred seven other times during the city’s 137 years of recorded weather history.
“Many major snowstorms occur across 2 different calendar days,” the weather service said on X, formerly Twitter. “So if we go by entire snowfall events, this would be tied for 12th largest on record, and largest since 2/24-25/1993.”
So where was the heaviest snowfall in KC area?
According to measurements submitted to the weather service, snowfall totals ranged between 8 and 13 inches in the Kansas City area.
The heaviest snowfall totals included 13 inches near the Village of Oakview in Clay County and Bonner Springs in Wyandotte County. A foot of snow was reported in Basehor in Wyandotte County and Olathe in Johnson County.
Meanwhile, south of Interstate 70, snowfall totals, while still significant, were less. In Jackson County, 8 inches of snow was reported near Lake Winnebago and 9.3 inches was reported in Grain Valley. In Pleasant Hill, 7.5 inches of snow was reported.
Outside of the immediate metro area, St. Joseph had as much as 16 inches of snow, and areas west of Kansas City had more.
This story was originally published January 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM.
