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Kansas City, MO 39.297°N, 94.731°W · station MCIthr · 139 years of record
96°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2019
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Kansas City.
88° MON 7/13 90° TUE 7/14 92° WED 7/15 92° THU 7/16 94° FRI 7/17 96° SAT 7/18 96° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #16 / 138
warmest Jul 18 in 138 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 111°F
set in 1954
Coolest Jul 18 ever 71°F
set in 1896
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Kansas City. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
71 91 111 1888: 83°F 1889: 90°F 1890: 90°F 1891: 84°F 1892: 77°F 1893: 75°F 1894: 89°F 1895: 91°F 1896: 71°F 1897: 86°F 1898: 93°F 1899: 82°F 1900: 82°F 1901: 99°F 1902: 86°F 1903: 86°F 1904: 91°F 1905: 92°F 1906: 91°F 1907: 88°F 1908: 93°F 1909: 91°F 1910: 78°F 1911: 85°F 1912: 86°F 1913: 91°F 1914: 80°F 1915: 85°F 1916: 95°F 1917: 86°F 1918: 83°F 1919: 86°F 1920: 89°F 1921: 87°F 1922: 81°F 1923: 87°F 1924: 83°F 1925: 86°F 1926: 93°F 1927: 88°F 1928: 89°F 1929: 88°F 1930: 102°F 1931: 93°F 1932: 94°F 1933: 83°F 1934: 107°F 1935: 99°F 1936: 105°F 1937: 91°F 1938: 86°F 1939: 96°F 1940: 96°F 1941: 87°F 1942: 91°F 1943: 86°F 1944: 90°F 1945: 86°F 1946: 104°F 1947: 81°F 1948: 88°F 1949: 96°F 1950: 76°F 1951: 82°F 1952: 78°F 1953: 91°F 1954: 111°F 1955: 91°F 1956: 88°F 1957: 100°F 1958: 95°F 1959: 86°F 1960: 87°F 1961: 95°F 1962: 83°F 1963: 97°F 1964: 95°F 1965: 81°F 1966: 102°F 1967: 81°F 1968: 87°F 1969: 85°F 1970: 90°F 1971: 83°F 1972: 92°F 1973: 95°F 1974: 100°F 1975: 94°F 1976: 77°F 1977: 94°F 1978: 93°F 1979: 79°F 1980: 101°F 1981: 82°F 1982: 94°F 1983: 96°F 1984: 83°F 1985: 90°F 1986: 94°F 1987: 88°F 1988: 90°F 1989: 85°F 1990: 89°F 1991: 98°F 1992: 83°F 1993: 85°F 1994: 90°F 1995: 85°F 1996: 95°F 1997: 92°F 1998: 94°F 1999: 93°F 2000: 85°F 2001: 93°F 2002: 95°F 2003: 99°F 2004: 82°F 2005: 86°F 2006: 96°F 2007: 93°F 2008: 90°F 2009: 78°F 2010: 94°F 2011: 95°F 2012: 100°F 2013: 96°F 2014: 77°F 2015: 90°F 2016: 92°F 2017: 92°F 2018: 85°F 2019: 96°F 2020: 94°F 2021: 84°F 2022: 90°F 2023: 80°F 2024: 84°F 2025: 86°F 96° forecast 1888 2025 1954 Forecast high · Jul 18 96°F Hottest this date since 2019 This-date record 111°F This-date rank #16 of 138
Hottest at any time since 2025 All-time record 113°F (1936) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1888–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Kansas City in each calendar month, and for the whole 1888–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 75°F 1950 -20°F 1912 Feb 83°F 1972 -22°F 1899 Mar 93°F 2026 -10°F 1978 Apr 95°F 1910 12°F 1975 May 103°F 1934 27°F 1907 Jun 108°F 1934 42°F 1990 Jul 112°F 1954 51°F 1997 Aug 113°F 1936 43°F 1986 Sep 109°F 1947 31°F 1995 Oct 98°F 1939 17°F 1925 Nov 83°F 1915 1°F 1976 Dec 74°F 1939 -23°F 1989 All-time 113°F 1936 -23°F 1989
Records set or tied at Kansas City so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 7 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (93°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 39 days
record run, ended Aug 15 1934
So far in 2026 11 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Kansas City's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 89°F · forecast is +7° vs normal .
Jan: 38°F Jan: 20°F Feb: 44°F Feb: 24°F Mar: 55°F Mar: 34°F Apr: 66°F Apr: 44°F May: 75°F May: 55°F Jun: 84°F Jun: 64°F Jul: 88°F Jul: 68°F Aug: 87°F Aug: 67°F Sep: 79°F Sep: 58°F Oct: 67°F Oct: 46°F Nov: 54°F Nov: 34°F Dec: 42°F Dec: 24°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:03 AM Sunset 7:46 PM Solar noon 12:24 PM Daylight 14h 43m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 39.30°N, 94.73°W Kansas City's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Kansas City's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Kansas City, coloured by temperature — 139 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Kansas City — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
11 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 77th most in 139 years. Normal for this point: 14 . Record: 41 in 1934.
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