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Roller coaster temperatures bring near-record summer-like heat back to Kansas City
A return of summer-like temperatures on Thursday might confuse some in Kansas City about the seasons.
Roller coaster temperatures are expected to fluctuate between the upper 70s and lower 90s and come close to breaking records in the next few days, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
The weather service said Thursday will be a hot day. Temperatures are expected to soar into the lower 90s in the metro and surrounding areas.
Temperatures this hot are unusual for the Kansas City area on this date. Only seven times in the metro’s history have temperatures reached 90 degrees or above. The record for this date is 95 degrees, set in 2006.
Typically, Kansas City sees high temperatures around 73 degrees this time of year.
Overnight temperatures will fall only to around 60 degrees, about 10 degrees above average.
Seesawing temperatures ahead
A cold front will move slowly from the northwest to the southeast through the region overnight, bringing cooler weather to the metro.
Temperatures will be in the upper 70s Friday afternoon, still above average for this time of year.
Hotter weather is expected on Saturday as temperatures bounce back to around 90 degrees, making it one of the hottest Oct. 5 on records.
It will also be windy, with 25 to 30 mph gusts. The weather service said the winds combined with dry conditions have raised concerns about the possibility of wildfires.
Dry weather persists
Another cold front will enter northwest Missouri around 9 p.m. Saturday and cut through the Kansas City metro by around 4 a.m. Sunday. The front is expected to pass through the remainder of the forecast area.
The weather service said cooler and drier air will move in behind the front. On Sunday, temperatures will range between the mid-70s and lower 80s.
A reinforcing cold front might move through the area Sunday night, dropping Monday’s temperatures a few degrees.
Temperatures will increase on Tuesday, and the warming trend is likely to continue into Wednesday, the weather service said.
“Other than the slight chances for negligible rain tonight across far (northeast) Missouri, dry conditions are likely to continue through at least the middle of next week, which will only exacerbate our current drought conditions,” the weather service said.
Above-normal temperatures and below-normal rainfall are “strongly favored” Oct. 10 through 16, the weather service said.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Bates County Circuit Court judge Friday sentenced a Linn County, Kansas, man in connection with the December 2025 death of Airen Andula, 13.
Damon Leonard, 47, was sentenced to four years in prison for abandonment of a corpse, according to court records.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of abandoning a corpse on May 22.
Andula disappeared from his Pleasanton, Kansas, home on Dec. 21, 2025. A day later, law enforcement found the boy’s body in a ravine in Bates County, Missouri. He had died from multiple dog bite injuries.
Police were led to the boy’s body after a phone call from Leonard.
Court documents said Leonard “admitted that he transported the deceased child from Kansas to Missouri and left the body in the bottom of the creek” before he returned home.
KSHB 41 reporter Fernanda Silva spoke with Andula’s family earlier this week — after the guilty plea and ahead of Friday’s sentencing.
His family shared that the guilty plea brought a small sense of justice, but it didn’t do much to ease the pain of their loss.
READ MORE | Family of Airen Andula speaks out ahead of sentencing
“We’re missing our kid every day of our lives,” the boy’s father Charles Andula told Silva.
Leonard received credit for time served of 158 days in his sentence, per court records.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – It may not seem like a lot of relief, but gas and diesel prices have declined over the past week.
Friday morning’s national average for a gallon of unleaded gas was $4.39, according to the Automobile Association of America.
That’s down three cents from $4.42 on Thursday; down 16 cents from a week ago; but was up 17 cents from $4.22 a month ago and up $.23 from $3.16 a year ago.
In Kansas, AAA says, unleaded gas on Friday was averaging $3.96 a gallon — down four cents from $4.00 on Thursday; down 13 cents from $3.96 a week ago; but up 26 cents from $3.70 a month ago; and up $1.07 over $2.89 a year ago.
Diesel fuel also was dropping in price. AAA says Friday’s national average for a gallon of diesel was $5.52 a gallon — down three cents from $5.55 on Thursday; down 12 cents from $5.64 a week a go; but up six cents from $5.46 a month ago and up $1.98 from $3.54 a year ago.
Kansas diesel fuel prices, according to AAA, checked in at an average of $4.98 on Friday. That’s five cents below $5.03 on Thursday; down 16 cents from $5.14 a week ago; but up 24 cents over $4.74 a month ago; and up $1.72 from $3.26 a year ago.
In Topeka, GasBuddy.com on Friday morning showed unleaded gas prices ranging between $3.77 and $4.09 in Topeka, with diesel fuel going for between $4.94 and $5.29 a gallon.
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