Kansas City, MO Weather Forecast
Jackson County, Missouri
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Kansas City, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Kansas City, MO at a glance
Kansas City is home to about 510,704 people in Jackson County, across 315 square miles. It is the largest of 211 places in Missouri with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is North Kansas City, 1 miles away.
- County
- Jackson County
- Population
- 510,704 2023 est.
- Land area
- 315 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,623
- Forecast point
- 39.1224°N, 94.5551°W
How well can the network see Kansas City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEAX (Kansas City, MO), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Kansas City. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Kansas City show up clearly. Kansas City is closer to its radar than 75% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMKC (Kansas City/Wheeler Downtown Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Kansas City
- North Kansas City, MO1 mi
- Riverside, MO5 mi
- Gladstone, MO6 mi
- Roeland Park, KS7 mi
- Pleasant Valley, MO8 mi
- Fairway, KS8 mi
- Sugar Creek, MO8 mi
- Mission Hills, KS8 mi
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