Kansas City woke Thursday to clear skies and temperatures in the mid-40s, but the calm start is giving way to a serious late-week chill. The afternoon will top out near 49 degrees as north winds occasionally gust toward 20 mph. By Saturday morning, the region could see its first hard freeze of the season.
Sunny Thursday Turns Sharply Colder After Dark
The National Weather Service expects mostly sunny conditions Thursday with little chance of rain. Skies will stay mostly clear Thursday night, but temperatures will slide to around 30 degrees as a light north wind keeps the evening feeling colder.
Friday will remain sunny but cool, with a high near 46 degrees. The bigger drop arrives Friday night, when the temperature is forecast to fall to about 25 degrees under mostly clear skies.
Saturday Morning Could Bring A Hard Freeze
The coldest air of the stretch arrives Saturday morning, when the broader forecast calls for a hard freeze across the region. Temperatures below 25 degrees are considered possible in many locations, while Kansas City is forecast to bottom out near 25.
Saturday afternoon will recover only to around 48 degrees, despite mostly sunny skies. Anyone with outdoor plants still holding on through fall will want to prepare for a genuinely cold night, not just another light frost.
Dry Weekend Leads Into A Slow Warmup
The weekend stays dry, with Sunday turning mostly sunny and reaching about 50 degrees. Monday climbs to near 53, followed by a sunnier Tuesday near 57 and a mostly sunny Wednesday near 59.
That gradual rebound is a notable change from the warmer outlook in Hoodline's earlier forecast, which had called for a milder finish to the week. For now, there are no watches, warnings or advisories posted for the Kansas City forecast area, and rain is unlikely through the weekend.
