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October 24 in Kansas City

Weather forecasts run out after about two weeks. For any date further out than that, the honest answer isn't a single number — it's the range Kansas City actually delivers on this date, and how often.

On October 24, Kansas City, MO typically reaches 66°F, but has run anywhere from 51°F to 78°F in eight years out of ten. About 78% of October 24s see no measurable precipitation.

Daytime high66°F
51°F8 years in 10 land in here78°F
Overnight low45°F
34°F8 years in 10 land in here58°F

The odds on October 24

78%
Dry day
No measurable precipitation
6%
Freeze
Low at or below 32°F

Odds computed from the last 30 years (19962025).

This date is moving

Highs around October 24 have warmed about 0.2°F per decade since 1970 — roughly 0.8°F across the record. The figures above are shifted along that trend to 2025, so they describe today's climate rather than the average of the last 55 years.

Where this comes from: 728 daily observations from KANSAS CITY DWTN AP, covering 19702025. We pool every day within 7 days of October 24 — a single calendar date has only about 55 readings, far too few to place a 10th percentile you'd want to trust.

Why it's not a plain average: A climatology computed straight across 19702025 describes the middle of that period, not today, so as a statement about the present it runs cold. We fit a trend on year and shift each observation to 2025 before taking the range. The probabilities use the last 30 years instead — shifting a temperature along a trend is well defined, shifting “did it rain” is not.

What this is not: Not a forecast. It is what Kansas City, MO has actually done on this date, which is the only defensible answer once you're past the two-week horizon where real forecasts stop. Data: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily.

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