Rainy days · Missouri
How often does it rain in Kansas City?
Kansas City’s spring rain arrives like it heard there was barbecue.
Kansas City gets measurable rain or snow on about 104 days a year, adding up to about 39 inches.
November usually brings Kansas City about 7 wet days and 2.0 inches. The wettest month is usually May, with about 12 wet days, and the driest is December, with about 7 wet days. That makes Kansas City number 88 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 1.1 |
| February | 7 | 1.5 |
| March | 10 | 2.4 |
| April | 11 | 4.0 |
| May | 12 | 5.3 |
| June | 10 | 5.3 |
| July | 9 | 4.6 |
| August | 8 | 4.2 |
| September | 8 | 4.0 |
| October | 8 | 3.3 |
| November | 7 | 2.0 |
| December | 7 | 1.6 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Medford, Oregon: about 103 wet days a year
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota: about 104 wet days a year
- Houston, Texas: about 104 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Kansas City area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.