She wanted no part of staying outside today.

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The 96°F high on September 13, 2025, officially recorded at Kansas City International Airport (KCI), makes it the second-highest temperature ever recorded for that date in Kansas City’s weather history. This is a rare late-season heat event, especially considering the average high for this date is around 79–80°F. The area is definitely in the middle of a continuing late season heat wave.

Kansas City was one of the hottest major cities in the US on September 13, 2025. Only cities in desert Southwest Arizona beat it, but those areas regularly top 100°F this time of year. Kansas City with sharp swings between record cool and near-record heat in the same month is very much in line with what scientists describe as hallmarks of climate change.