Schools cancel classes because of icy, snow-covered roads, bitter cold in Kansas City
Some school districts in the Kansas City metro area have canceled classes because of dangerously cold wind chills and poor road conditions left over from the New Year’s snow storm.
Temperatures were hovering around 10 degrees with wind chills making it feel more like zero degrees early Monday morning at Kansas City International Airport, the official weather reporting site for Kansas City.
Some of the larger school districts that canceled classes included North Kansas City, Center and Grandview.
Temperatures across the Kansas City region were mainly in the single digits, although some parts of the immediate area had readings in the lower teens, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
Temperatures are expected to rise throughout the day, climbing above freezing and possibly into the 40s in some areas. Overnight, temperatures will remain around 32 degrees. Tuesday will be even warmer, with highs reaching back into the 40s, according to the weather service’s forecast discussion.
Another shot of arctic air, along with a slight chance of snow, returns Wednesday into Thursday. Bitterly cold temperatures are expected Wednesday night into Friday morning. Overnight temperatures will be in the single digits, with some areas falling below zero.
Temperatures typically are in the upper 30s during the day and around 20 degrees at night for this time of year in Kansas City, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Regional Climate Centers.
This story was originally published January 3, 2022 at 6:46 AM.
