Stretch of cool days running out for Kansas City. When will summer turn up heat again?
A week of cool days has brought Kansas City a mid-summer break from the heat and humidity, but September-like temperatures are ending as 90-degree weather returns.
Patchy fog is expected to give way to mainly sunny skies on Monday. Temperatures will again be below average, climbing into the low 80s in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Typically, Kansas City sees temperatures shy of 90 degrees this time of year.
This will be the seventh day in a row when temperatures are expected to be below normal. The average temperature for each day since Tuesday has been between 70 and 76 degrees, which is 2.4 to 8.6 degrees below normal.
The weather service said there is a chance for isolated showers on Monday, but those chances are low and “most will stay dry.”
The weather service said that similar weather is expected on Tuesday, although temperatures will be warmer, climbing into the mid- to upper 80s.
Cool stretch over in Kansas City area
A change in weather arrives on Wednesday, as an area of low pressure gradually shifts out of the area and “southerly winds help warm temperatures for the latter half of the week, the weather service said.
An area of high pressure is expected to build west of the Kansas City area.
“Wednesday through Friday look similar with dry weather and highs reaching the upper 80s to near 90 each day,” the weather service said.
Headed into the weekend and early next week, the area of high pressure is expected to expand eastward, allowing temperatures to soar into the lower 90s by Sunday and the mid-90s by early next week.
The extended outlook indicates that above-normal temperatures and near-normal precipitation are likely from July 29 through Aug. 4.
This story was originally published July 22, 2024 at 7:55 AM.
