Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt
Weather station · 39.1°N 94.6°W · 228 m above sea level
ICAO KMKCStation data since 1934
Record high
35.6°C
in 1939
Record low
2.2°C
in 1983
Average high
24.5°C
all years on record
15.6°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 20.0°C against 35.6°C in 1939. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
45.0°C
- Date
- Friday, 14 August 1936
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt, United States
- Position
- 39.13°N 94.59°W · 228 m
Highest highest in available records since 1934. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−28.3°C
- Date
- Friday, 22 December 1989
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt, United States
- Position
- 39.13°N 94.59°W · 228 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1934. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt is
39.13°N 94.59°W
Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt has dropped below freezing on 7568 nights since 1934. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1934. - 2
Today is colder than 52% of all days recorded here since 1934.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1934. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 89.2°C colder than Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt has ever recorded, −28.3°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1934 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 85 years with data: +0.08 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
24.4°
−25.6°
Feb
28.3°
−25.0°
Mar
35.0°
−19.4°
Apr
34.4°
−8.9°
May
39.4°
0.0°
Jun
42.2°
6.7°
Jul
44.4°
11.1°
Aug
45.0°
8.9°
Sep
42.8°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 20.0°C | 00:54 UTC | 17.2°C | 03:54 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 22.8°C | 19:54 UTC | 18.3°C | 14:54 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1934 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |