Dangerous, possibly record breaking cold expected in Kansas City. How cold will it get?
Brace yourself — It’s going to bitterly cold in the Kansas City area in the coming days.
A blast of arctic air is expected to descend upon the Kansas City region on Saturday, bringing the coldest temperatures of the winter season, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
While temperatures are not expected to break Kansas City’s coldest temperature on record of minus 23 degrees, which was set on Dec. 22 and 23 in 1989, records could be shattered for both the coldest daily low as well as the coldest daily high, the weather service said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The coldest it is expected to be at Kansas City International Airport in the coming days is 12 degrees below zero on Monday. The record for that day is 10 degrees below zero, set in 1979.
Don’t expect much relief from the frigid temperatures during the day either. Most days will only warm into the single digits. The warmest temperature on Sunday is expected to be 0 degrees at KCI, which would tie a record for coldest high temperature set in 1979.
The wind will make it feel even colder. Wind chills are expected to plunge between 10 and 35 degrees below zero in some areas.
