Kansas City Climate
Kansas City, Missouri's geographical location is a continental climate with 4 different seasons. Kansas City's relatively flat ground with the average elevation around 800 to 900 feet above sea level. It is on the great plains, with no topographic barriers or, large water bodies to affect the weather, and atmospheric conditions. the Bowen ratio for the International Airport area since it is in an arid environment would be 1.5:1.
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The station where the precipitation, the mean maximum, and the mean minimum temperatures where recorded was the Kansas City International Airport, this station has been recording these statistics since January 1, 1956. But the information I will be using is from December 1, 1984 to January 1, 2016
Kansas City has varying monthly averages in temperature, due to the distinct seasons. the average monthly temperatures are:(1)
!984-2016
Avg. precipitation Avg. mean max temp. Avg. mean min. temp
January 25 mm 4.3 C -5.3 C
February 39.2 mm 6.8 C -3.3 C
March 52.7 mm 13.5 C 2.2 C
April 89.1 mm 19.4 C 8.2 C
May 122.8 mm 24.5 C 14 C
June 136 mm 29.6 C 19.4 C
July 99.3 mm 32.4 C 22.5 C
August 113.8 mm 31.3 C 19 C
September 94 mm 25.6 C 14.8 C
October 80.7 mm 19 C 9.4 C
November 45.9 mm 13.6 C 3.4 C
December 43.8 mm 6 C -3.2 C
Sources.(1) Tech. Kansas City: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, n.d.NOAA. Web. 3 Mar. 2016. <http://www.noaa.gov/>.
(2) http://101tees.com/50-funny-state-t-shirts
(3) https://webapp.agron.ksu.edu/agr_social/eu_article.throck?article_id=434
