‘Get plants inside’: Kansas City’s first killing freeze likely as cold weather expected
No more time to procrastinate for those of you who haven’t brought their houseplants back indoors for the winter season — Kansas City could see a killing freeze this week.
“Today is the day to get plants inside, especially if you live north of I-70,” the National Weather Service in Kansas City said in its forecast discussion.
Below normal temperatures are expected all week, with high temperatures climbing only into the 40s on most days and overnight lows dipping into the upper 20s to low 30s. Normal high temperatures for this time of year in Kansas City is the upper 50s to 60 degrees with normal low temperatures dropping to the upper 30s to near 40s degrees.
Temperatures could reach into the 50s on Thursday and Friday. By the end of the week, however, most of the Kansas City area will have seen a widespread killing freeze, the weather service said.
A hard or killing freeze occurs when temperatures fall to 28 degrees or lower for at least a few hours. Many types of plants and seasonal crops will not survive the cold.
Kansas City has yet to see its first freeze of the season. Typically, Kansas City sees its first freeze around Oct. 27.
Rain, possibly mixed with a few snowflakes along and north of St. Joseph, is possible Monday in the Kansas City area. No snow accumulation is expected.
This story was originally published November 1, 2021 at 9:05 AM.
