Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend

Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend

NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO - Christmas Climate

A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >

Each year, as Christmas Day approaches, people across eastern Kansas and northern Missouri begin dreaming of a White Christmas. However, historical records do not hold much hope for a truly classical White Christmas, that is, snow falling and measurable amounts on the ground on Christmas Day. The National Climatic Data Center has compiled a map from historical snowfall data indicating the chances of having a white Christmas across the country. The majority of Kansas and Missouri only average a 10-25% chance of a white Christmas, only the extreme northern portions of the states have a slightly higher statistical chance of a white Christmas. For Kansas City, we have an 18% chance of a white Christmas.

Probability of a White Christmas

Kansas City Christmas Weather (1888 to Present)
Statistics Average Max: 38°F Highest Max: 67°F in 1922 Average Min: 22°F Lowest Min: -16°F in 1983 Most Snowfall: 3.3" in 2009 Greatest Snow Depth: 10" in 1918 Most Precip: 0.28" in 1957 Strongest Average Wind Speed: 24 mph in 1908 Percentage of White Christmases 18%
YEAR	MAX	MIN	PRECIP	SNOW FALL	SNOW DEPTH	WND SPD	FASTEST MPH	SKY	YEAR
1888	32	29	0.23	----	----	----	----	----	1888
1889	66	46				6.5	18	PC	1889
1890	31	20	0.06			8.8	19	PC	1890
1891	26	14	0.02	T	T	11.2	20	PC	1891
1892	26	6	0.08	1.2		4.2	10	CLDY	1892
1893	38	24				11.1	30	CLR	1893
1894	32	24	T	T		13.8	24	CLDY	1894
1895	33	23	0.20	2.5	2.2	8.2	16	----	1895
1896	41	22				14	30	CLR	1896
1897	40	32			T	8.1	15	CLR	1897
1898	35	24			T	8.7	25	PC	1898
1899	25	15	0.01	0.1	0.2	6.7	15	CLDY	1899
1900	39	20				4.2	8	CLDY	1900
1901	36	29	T	T		4.1	7	CLDY	1901
1902	18	4				13.6	20	CLR	1902
1903	40	7	T	T		14.1	42	PC	1903
1904	39	28	T	T		6.4	13	CLDY	1904
1905	49	29			T	7.2	14	CLR	1905
1906	46	30				5.2	9	CLR	1906
1907	42	31				10.2	17	CLR	1907
1908	46	35				23.9	45	CLR	1908
1909	23	12		0.3	4.2	23	46	CLR	1909
1910	47	31				13	23	PC	1910
1911	32	18	0.20			12.3	22	PC	1911
1912	51	32				9.9	17	CLR	1912
1913	33	19	T	T	1.4	17.4	27	CLDY	1913
1914	14	3			6	13.3	20	CLDY	1914
1915	32	19			4	15.2	23	CLDY	1915
1916	43	6	0.05			18.3	29	CLDY	1916
1917	24	15				16.4	28	CLR	1917
1918	20	6			10	8.7	14	CLR	1918
1919	32	27			T	11.3	21	CLDY	1919
YEAR	MAX	MIN	PRECIP	SNOW FALL	SNOW DEPTH	WND SPD	FASTEST MPH	SKY	YEAR
1920	40	18	0.01	0.1	T	11.5	24	CLDY	1920
1921	27	7			T	7.5	16	PC	1921
1922	67	40				8.5	17	CLR	1922
1923	47	32				9	18	CLR	1923
1924	16	2			7.2	11.4	25	CLR	1924
1925	31	21	0.01	0.1	T	12.2	25	PC	1925
1926	32	16				5.8	14	PC	1926
1927	49	35				6.4	13	PC	1927
1928	50	31				10.1	16	CLR	1928
1929	56	32				10.2	19	CLR	1929
1930	42	31	T	T		10.2	19	CLDY	1930
1931	56	35				6.5	11	CLR	1931
1932	44	33				13.9	23	PC	1932
1933	25	15				11.2	16	CLDY	1933
1934	40	13	0.03	T		12	32	CLDY	1934
1935	28	3	0.02	0.2	0.1	18.7	35	PC	1935
1936	65	53	T			18.3	26	CLDY	1936
1937	38	22	T	T	T	6.4	13	PC	1937
1938	55	26				7.5	17	CLR	1938
1939	34	25			T	6.1	10	CLDY	1939
1940	54	47	0.02			8.2	19	CLDY	1940
1941	41	36	0.24			8.9	17	CLDY	1941
1942	40	33				8.3	15	CLDY	1942
1943	45	20				4.8	10	CLR	1943
1944	28	11	0.02	T	T	12.1	19	CLDY	1944
1945	27	19	T	T	4.2	12.2	18	CLDY	1945
1946	56	30				11.2	20	PC	1946
1947	47	24				12.5	25	CLDY	1947
1948	23	3	T	T	5	8.2	16	CLR	1948
1949	43	22	0.02	0.1	1	14	33	CLDY	1949
YEAR	MAX	MIN	PRECIP	SNOW FALL	SNOW DEPTH	WND SPD	FASTEST MPH	SKY	YEAR
1950	65	24				8.3	20	CLDY	1950
1951	25	15	0.01	T	T	8.1	19	CLDY	1951
1952	26	18	T	T	2	12.4	19	CLDY	1952
1953	44	24				9.5	20	CLR	1953
1954	64	39				10.5	22	PC	1954
1955	48	29				9.4	17	CLR	1955
1956	44	21			T	7.3	17	CLR	1956
1957	50	38	0.28			13.1	25	PC	1957
1958	51	35				9.2	17	PC	1958
1959	58	41				14.7	29	CLDY	1959
1960	64	36				12.6	26	CLR	1960
1961	43	12				6.9	16	CLDY	1961
1962	27	11	0.10	1.3	3	8.5	17	CLDY	1962
1963	57	30			T	6.9	17	CLR	1963
1964	28	21	0.18	0.6	T	11.7	16	CLDY	1964
1965	36	28			T	11.4	22	CLDY	1965
1966	35	16			T	3.3	9	PC	1966
1967	44	20	0.03			14.1	26	CLR	1967
1968	32	21				15	19	CLDY	1968
1969	47	22				5.6	10	PC	1969
1970	32	17				13.2	24	CLR	1970
1971	63	37	T			7.7	20	CLDY	1971
1972	38	30	T			10.6	23	CLDY	1972
1973	38	28	T			----	----	----	1973
1974	29	12			1	7.9	10	PC	1974
1975	33	30				9.8	13	CLDY	1975
1976	44	27				9.4	17	CLR	1976
1977	25	15				10.5	19	CLR	1977
1978	44	22				10	20	CLR	1978
1979	40	24				8.2	15	CLDY	1979
YEAR	MAX	MIN	PRECIP	SNOW FALL	SNOW DEPTH	WND SPD	FASTEST MPH	SKY	YEAR
1980	17	-5			1	8.8	18	CLDY	1980
1981	39	25				12.2	16	CLDY	1981
1982	48	28				15.2	20	CLDY	1982
1983	4	-16	T		7	11.7	15	CLR	1983
1984	32	9				9.1	16	PC	1984
1985	17	3	T	T	T	14.3	18	CLR	1985
1986	50	26				8.9	8	PC	1986
1987	30	24	0.02	0.3		15.9	24	CLDY	1987
1988	41	21				13.8	23	PC	1988
1989	43	27			4	13	17	CLR	1989
1990	28	12	T	T	T	11.6	20	CLDY	1990
1991	46	25				8.9	13	CLR	1991
1992	34	17				10.8	23	CLR	1992
1993	38	19	T		T	17.9	36	CLR	1993
1994	34	24				4.4	12	CLDY	1994
1995	32	22				8.1	21	CLDY	1995
1996	24	3				9.7	21	CLR	1996
1997	33	31	T	T	3	5.8	15	CLDY	1997
1998	38	15				12.6	29	PC	1998
1999	53	23				10.6	18	PC	1999
2000	17	3	T	T	3	9.5	16	CLDY	2000
2001	35	9	T	T		8.3	23	PC	2001
2002	35	10				6.3	13	CLR	2002
2003	49	25				12.4	22	PC	2003
2004	43	19				10.9	24	PC	2004
2005	39	30				8.4	21	CLDY	2005
2006	39	25				13.9	35	PC	2006
2007	47	37			1	11.5	23	CLR	2007
2008	46	10				15.7	36	PC	2008
2009	20	13	0.17	3.3	6	21.0	44	CLDY	2009
2010	30	13	T	T	T	14.4	26	CLDY	2010
2011	51	26				6.6	14	PC	2011
2012	20	11	T	T	1	15.4	22	CLDY	2012
2013					4				2013

Last Updated on 12/25/2013

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T = Trace
---- = Missing Data CLR = Clear
PC = Partly Cloudy
CLDY = Cloudy

N = North
S = South
E = East
W = West

NW = Northwest
NE = Northeast
SW = Southwest
SE = Southeast

Max = Maximum Temperature in Fahrenheit.
Min = Minimum Temperature in Fahrenheit.
Snowfall and Snow Depth in inches.
Precip(itation) is in inches.
WIN DIR = Wind Direction
WIN SPD & FASTEST MPH = Wind Speed in mph.