The show me State, Kansas city
by Sarah and Emma
The local forecast for Kansas City Missouri
Hello and welcome to Good morning Kansas city, MO. Here is today’s forecast. Today is May 29. It will be a hot and a little sticky today with temperatures at about 81º F. Scattered showers could form, but for the most part, it will partly sunny. The wind will be coming from the south at about 16 mph. The barometric pressure is 29.76”. So that means low pressure. The cloud cover is mostly altocumalus which means thunderstorms.
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What you need for today's weather
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Geographical Features
Many geographical features impact the climate of Kansas City, Missouri. Well there is not a lot of water in Kansas city. There is only 811 square miles of water and 68,898 miles are land. So Missouri does not get a breeze from the ocean and there is not a large accumulation of water (i.e. lakes, rivers, etc.). The mean elevation of Missouri is 800 feet above sea level. The highest point of Missouri is 1,772 feet above sea level. It may get very hot in the summer but it gets very cold in the winter. The lowest temperature recorded in Kansas City Missouri was -40º recorded on February 13 1905.
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WInter in Missouri
Hot sticky summer in Missouri
Altocumulus Clouds
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The arch
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