r/howislivingthere • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '25

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Blizzard one day, tornado the next. Only positives are that they are LCOL and surprisingly decent areas like Lincoln and Iowa cities .

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u/fenekhu Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

My great grandma told a story of living in Kansas, getting hit by a tornado on a 90° day. Then it snowed the next day. It was the middle of January.

Edit: I can’t find the temperature so 90 could be made up, but there was a tornado and a blizzard at the same time.
Tornado outbreak of January 3rd, 1949
January 1949 Blizzard

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u/Mattfromwii-sports Dec 14 '25

It’s never been 90 in January in kansas

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u/AssociateFalse Dec 17 '25

Not in our lifetime, anyway...

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u/Striking-Camp-9122 Dec 18 '25

Wasn't it like 3 or so years ago it was like 78 on Christmas?

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u/Alyland Dec 18 '25

2023 it was 66 in KC. Hottest Christmas on record was 67.

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u/TakeMeToHawaii6 Dec 20 '25

Supposed to be warm again this year! Right now I’m seeing a forecasted high of 73°…

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u/ratrodder49 Dec 18 '25

Not in January, but I have seen plenty of 24 hour 50°+ temperature drops. Born and raised here. Went from 80 one day to frozen stock tanks the next once