Kansas City Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Kansas City

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Kansas City, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
1.7	January	5.1	12.9
2.1	February	8.1	20.5
0.7	March	2.3	5.9
0.1	April	0.2	0.5
0.0	October	0.2	0.4
0.2	November	0.9	2.2
1.2	December	2.6	6.7
6.0	Year	19.5	49.4

30-year snowfall averages at Kansas City, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
4.4	January	4.9	12.4
3.1	February	5.9	15.0
1.7	March	1.7	4.3
0.4	April	0.3	0.8
0.2	October	0.3	0.8
1.0	November	1.1	2.8
3.0	December	4.0	10.2
13.8	Year	18.2	46.2

These averages don't show how different from one year to the next the amount of snow that Kansas City gets.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 5.7 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than half an inch for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over seven inches, while the lightest years get 1.5 inches or less.

New snow for February ranges from over 9.3 inches in heavy snowfall years to under one inch in light years.

When Kansas City Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Kansas City usually arrives in December. But November and even October are known to occasionally get a little snow.

The season's last snowfall usually is in March. Although rare, April does get a light dusting of snow in some years.

Kansas City is normally free of snow every year from May to September.

How Many Snowstorms Kansas City Gets

For six days a year on average, the amount of new snow in landing on Kansas City totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day typically don't occur every year. Major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are not at all normal here.

Number of days per month and year on average in Kansas City with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
1.7	0.3	January	0.2	0.0
1.5	0.6	February	0.3	0.0
0.5	0.1	March	0.0	0.0
0.2	0.0	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.3	0.1	November	0.1	0.0
1.5	0.3	December	0.1	0.0
5.8	1.4	Year	0.7	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Kansas City

Only a small portion of winter days at Kansas City have an inch or more of snow on the ground.

For three or four days a year, the snow covering Kansas City builds up to five or more inches deep. Most years, the snowpack never tops ten inches.

Average total days per month and year in Kansas City with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
8.0	3.3	January	1.3	0.1
5.0	2.5	February	1.3	0.2
1.9	0.8	March	0.3	0.0
0.2	0.0	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.7	0.2	November	0.1	0.0
4.7	1.8	December	0.8	0.0
20.6	8.6	Year	3.8	0.3