Several Kansas City area schools cancel in-person classes citing bitter cold, roads
Several school districts in the Kansas City area called off in-person classes Friday as temperatures plunged into the single digits and road conditions remained poor in some parts of the metro after a winter storm.
Wind chill temperatures were hovering around zero degrees early Friday. At Kansas City International Airport, the wind made it feel like -3 degrees at 6 a.m.
Grandview, Lee’s Summit, Harrisonville and Pleasant Hill announced that they were having virtual learning days. Meanwhile the Ray-Pec School District canceled classes.
Others like Center, Grain Valley and Kansas City, Kansas, school districts said they planned to hold classes in school Friday.
“There is still snow and it is still cold, so bundle up and be careful out there,” the Grain Valley School District said on Twitter.
Temperatures were expected to remain below freezing throughout the day, climbing to around 30 degrees in Kansas City. The bitter cold will return again Saturday morning with temperatures falling to around 5 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
A warm up will begin later Saturday as temperatures return to normal. Temperatures typically climb to around 40 degrees this time of year in Kansas City.
The warm up continues into next week, with temperatures climbing to around 50 degrees by mid-week.
This story was originally published February 4, 2022 at 7:01 AM.
