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Kansas City’s cool Friday breaks 97-year-old record low temperature
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – It’s not quite pumpkin spice season, but it sure felt like it on Friday.
On Friday morning, the National Weather Service reported that the temperature in Kansas City, Missouri, dropped to 54 degrees. That broke the record low of 55 degrees for an Aug. 9, set in set in 1927.
As of Friday afternoon at 2 p.m., Kansas City had reached a high of just 71 degrees. The record coldest high temperature for Aug. 9. is 73 degrees. That was accomplished in 1991, the NWS reported.
“We may wind up setting a record low and record low high temperature for the date,” the National Weather Service stated.
First Warn 5 chief meteorologist Luke Dorris said Friday’s weather is typical for Oct. 7!
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