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Weather extremes
How extreme does Lee's Summit's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Lee's Summit has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Lee's Summit has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 21°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Lee's Summit (typical high near 86°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 33°F colder than a normal January night in Lee's Summit (typical low near 19°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Lee's Summit usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 6.0 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical February's snow in one day (Lee's Summit averages about 3 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Lee's Summit's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 107°F is about 21°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Kansas City Dwtn AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00013988), about 30 km from the city centre.