Kansas City International Airport

KMCI · Missouri, United States

Climate Kansas City International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kansas City International Airport (KMCI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.2 50 67 82 54 47
February 76.0 89 80 86 64 85
March 68.1 77 63 74 74 60
April 82.8 90 90 88 81
May 78.8 85 72 66 74
June 93.6 94 98 88 93
July 91.0 89 80 91 89
August 89.8 79 93 96 96
September 86.5 90 87 93 80
October 78.8 80 95 74 76
November 81.4 87 78 93 84
December 69.3 55 49 85 82
Average 79.4 71.6 80.3 83.1 80.8 79.5

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.3 58 85 85 81 63
February 88.1 95 92 88 82 95
March 86.7 92 81 91 87 78
April 92.9 100 95 94 92
May 92.5 91 89 92 93
June 97.6 97 99 95 99
July 95.8 95 89 97 96
August 95.2 90 95 99 99
September 92.6 93 91 98 85
October 93.2 97 96 94 92
November 93.3 95 96 99 94
December 87.9 77 74 98 93
Average 90.2 81.5 91.1 91.3 93.1 90.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.3 0 7 5 6 4
February 7.8 14 10 8 0 8
March 13.7 16 11 14 16 15
April 18.8 20 19 19 18
May 24.0 26 25 22 21
June 30.0 30 30 31 31
July 31.1 31 31 31 31
August 30.1 31 32 32 30
September 27.6 29 28 28 25
October 19.6 20 22 21 18
November 12.3 13 13 14 16
December 8.6 9 8 13 9
Average 17.9 10.1 19.8 20.0 19.5 18.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -5.3 -7 -2 -7 -2 -3
February -4.3 0 -3 -6 -9 -3
March 2.8 4 1 2 5 5
April 6.8 7 7 8 6
May 13.9 14 15 14 13
June 19.3 19 20 20 20
July 21.0 20 21 21 22
August 19.7 21 21 21 19
September 16.3 16 15 17 14
October 8.5 9 9 11 7
November 1.7 2 2 4 4
December -2.7 1 -1 1 -2
Average 7.2 -1.0 8.8 8.4 9.2 8.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.4 25 5 14 17 19
February 10.8 4 10 13 23 7
March 10.9 6 19 15 11 11
April 7.4 1 6 11 7
May 6.8 9 11 9 6
June 3.0 4 2 4 2
July 3.6 1 8 4 5
August 3.2 4 4 2 1
September 3.8 3 4 2 7
October 7.5 10 6 9 8
November 6.0 7 6 2 4
December 9.0 21 11 1 3
Average 7.5 11.7 7.5 8.0 7.5 6.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.4 8 9 10 9 10
February 10.2 10 10 11 10 9
March 11.0 11 11 11 12 10
April 11.3 12 13 11 10
May 9.0 8 10 9 9
June 8.3 7 9 7 9
July 7.2 7 7 6 7
August 7.4 7 7 9 7
September 8.4 8 8 9 8
October 9.5 10 9 9 10
November 9.7 9 11 10 11
December 9.2 9 9 11 8
Average 9.3 9.9 8.7 9.6 9.1 8.9

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 293° 287° 308° 302° 267°
February 219° 214° 291° 005° 320°
March 213° 322° 299° 168° 165°
April 220° 214° 237° 274°
May 137° 160° 154° 067°
June 100° 192° 179° 182°
July 227° 137° 159° 141°
August 143° 154° 178° 155°
September 162° 154° 189° 177°
October 254° 240° 179° 221°
November 194° 251° 224° 211°
December 231° 200° 206° 281°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.