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Coldest night of the season tonight, chilly weekend ahead

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Another hard freeze is expected tonight with low temperatures falling to the widespread 20s. Tonight: Low temperatures will plummet to the widespread mid 20s under clear skies. Lows will fall to 24 degrees in the KC metro and could feel as cold as the upper teens by early Saturday morning. As a reminder, this will be 2nd hard freeze of the season.

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MO-KS Weather Alert: Kansas City Drops to 23° Nov 13-19

Freezing nights bring frost concerns across Missouri and Kansas before highs approach the mid-60s next week.

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Kansas-Missouri Weather Alert: 25° Hard Freeze Nov 12-16

Missouri and Kansas residents face a significant November cold snap as temperatures plunge toward 25 degrees, bringing a hard-freeze risk to the Kansas City region before a warmer pattern returns next week.

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Kansas City region saw most tornadoes ever in 2026. ‘One after another, after another'

This year’s severe weather season in the Kansas City region is one for the record books. The National Weather Service confirmed that 39 tornadoes have touched down so far in the Pleasant Hill forecast office’s jurisdiction, which includes 37 counties across northern and western Missouri and seven counties in extreme northeastern Kansas. That breaks the previous record of 33 tornadoes set in 1967, according to data dating back to 1951 from the National Severe Weather Archive Display website . The next highest was 31 in both 2003 and 2004. On average, the Kansas City region sees 12 tornadoes a year, based on the data. 2026 tornado season Twelve of this year’s tornadoes touched down in the Kansas City metro area, which includes Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, and Miami counties in Kansas, and Platte, Clay, Jackson, Cass, and Ray counties in Missouri, said Eric Carothers, a meteorologist with the weather service in Pleasant Hill. The total would be 13 if Lawrence, just outside the forecast office’s jurisdiction, was included. “We just had a very active pattern through the spring, particularly April, May and June,” Carothers said. “We had a very progressive pattern where systems just kept moving through one after another, after

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Kansas City church warns of winter shelter shortage ahead of winter temperatures

With dangerously cold temperatures expected to move into the Kansas City area this weekend, one local church is preparing for a surge in people seeking shelter.

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Kansas City Basks in One Last 62-Degree Burst Before Freeze Slams In

Kansas City is starting Veterans Day with clear skies and temperatures around 52 degrees, but the city is headed for one last warm afternoon before a sharp late-week cooldown. Wednesday should reach near 62 under sunny skies, with northwest winds bringing gusts as high as 28 mph. Sunshine Comes With...

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Kansas City, MO Weather Alert: Lows Plunge to 28° Sat Nov 14

Kansas City, MO – Residents across the Kansas City metropolitan area and western Missouri should prepare for a significant temperature drop beginning Wednesday night, Nov. 11, as gusty northwest winds give way to colder conditions.

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Big changes over the next 24 hours, First Warn for cold crash

We will go from unusually warm to needing coats, with a deep cool-down ahead. Today is the final warm one of the week in the 60s.

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Kansas City, MO-KS Weather Alert: 33 MPH Gusts Today, Nov 11-15

Kansas City, MO – Gusty winds sweeping across the Kansas City metro will give way to a sharp temperature drop, with freezing conditions possible by Thursday night. A pleasant 65-degree afternoon will be followed by temperatures approaching 30 degrees within 48 hours, bringing a noticeable taste of winter.

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Kansas City, MO Cold Front: Freezing Temps by Saturday Morning Nov 14

A Veterans Day cold front brings gusts near 30 mph before freezing temperatures return this weekend.

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Birds, bugs, or rain? What the radar is really seeing

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39 tornadoes and counting: 2026 is Kansas City’s busiest year on record

2026 has been an active year for the Kansas City forecast area. The Kansas City National Weather Service office said recently that the region, not just the metro, has recorded 39 tornadoes so far this year, a yearly record. Here are some of the most notable. April 17 EF1 tornado.

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First Warn Thursday for the first true blast of cold air this season

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - It’s time to get out the winter coats, hats and gloves! The bitter blast of cold air arrives Thursday and brings us the first freeze of the season. We begin cold with low temperatures near 36 degrees under clear skies. Partly cloudy skies take over the rest of the day, and temperatures only reach 48 degrees. A northerly breeze gusting up to 25 mph will make it feel like the 30s much of the day.

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Missouri-Kansas Weather Alert: Near-Freezing Cold by Friday, Nov. 13

Kansas City reaches 68 degrees before a late-week cooldown sends temperatures near freezing.

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The last gasp of warmth ahead of a bitter blast

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) — Wednesday poses the final 60 degree day we may see for a long time. A cold front will bring a bitter blast to the region, resulting in First Warns Thursday and Friday. Thursday’s First Warn is for the shocking temperature drop that will force...

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Spring-like Tuesday, winter-like by Friday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A potent cold front arrives Wednesday, dramatically switching our seasons from spring to winter! Expect the coolest temperatures of the season with highs in the 40s and a First Warn for our first potential freeze Friday morning. Tuesday brings patchy fog potential in the morning...

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2026 is Kansas City’s most active tornado year on record

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 2026 severe weather season in the Kansas City region has officially set new records. The National Weather Service has confirmed 37 tornadoes touched down so far this year in eastern Kansas and western Missouri, the highest number ever on record. Tornado tracking and records...

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Missouri Weather Alert Today: Dense Fog Could Cut Visibility to ¼ Mile Nov 9

Morning fog could affect drivers across western and central Missouri before sunshine and warmer temperatures return.

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