Is this the snowiest winter in Kansas City history? See how 2024-25 stacks up so far
The Kansas City area is shaping up to have an unusually snowy winter.
On Feb. 12, 2.3 inches of snow fell in the early morning hours. Some area school districts added makeup days to the end of their school years after losing over a week of in-person classes to snow and ice in January and February.
This is how the 2024-25 snow totals compare to previous years, according to data from the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
The Kansas City area received 16.8 inches of snowfall between November 1, 2024, to Feb. 13, 2025, over 4 inches more than the average during that time frame.
If the city receives the average amount of snowfall for the rest of the season, approximately 5 inches, 2024-2025 would be the ninth snowiest season in the 35 years since 1990.
The majority of the snow — 13.4 inches, compared to the average 4.9 inches — came in the first full week of January. This made January 2025 the second snowiest January since 1990, only after January 2011, when 17.3 inches fell.
More precipitation is expected during the weekend of Feb. 14, with rain turning to up to an inch of snow on Saturday. The Kansas City area is expected to face bitter cold wind chills, as low as -20 degrees on Saturday night.
Looking in the long term, from February to April, the Kansas City area has equal chances of being hotter or cooler than normal, and wetter or dryer than normal, according to the NWS’s Climate Prediction Center.
The Star’s Kendrick Calfee contributed to this report.
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