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Independence, MO weather

It is 63°F and mostly cloudy at Kansas City - Lee's Summit Regional Airport as of Oct 28, 1:00 AM CDT. Overnight: Partly Cloudy, low near 57°F, 14% chance of precipitation. Forecast from the National Weather Service, issued Oct 27, 9:57 PM CDT.

Updated Oct 28, 1:17 AM CDT (snapshot)

Current conditions

Temperature

63°F

Mostly Cloudy

Wind

—

Humidity 68% · dew point 52°F

Pressure · visibility

30.12 inHg

Visibility 10 mi

Observed at Kansas City - Lee's Summit Regional Airport (KLXT), Oct 28, 1:00 AM CDT. Station readings can lag or be missing.

Alerts for this area

No active NWS alerts cover the Independence forecast zone right now.

Around the NWS EAX forecast area

No active alerts in zones served by the EAX office near Independence.

From the alert snapshot of Oct 28, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT. No alerts are active anywhere in Missouri.

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Next 24 hours

Hourly forecast for Independence (local time)
TimeTempForecastPrecip. chanceWind
Wed 1 AM58°FPartly Cloudy11%S 3 mph
Wed 2 AM58°FPartly Cloudy12%S 5 mph
Wed 3 AM58°FPartly Cloudy12%S 5 mph
Wed 4 AM58°FPartly Cloudy14%S 5 mph
Wed 5 AM58°FMostly Cloudy14%S 6 mph
Wed 6 AM58°FMostly Sunny14%S 7 mph
Wed 7 AM57°FMostly Sunny9%S 7 mph
Wed 8 AM57°FMostly Sunny14%S 8 mph
Wed 9 AM60°FMostly Sunny13%S 9 mph
Wed 10 AM65°FMostly Sunny8%S 12 mph
Wed 11 AM70°FSunny5%S 13 mph
Wed 12 PM73°FSunny6%S 14 mph
Wed 1 PM76°FSunny3%S 15 mph
Wed 2 PM77°FSunny2%S 16 mph
Wed 3 PM79°FSunny1%S 16 mph
Wed 4 PM79°FSunny1%S 16 mph
Wed 5 PM78°FSunny1%S 15 mph
Wed 6 PM76°FMostly Clear1%S 14 mph
Wed 7 PM72°FClear0%S 13 mph
Wed 8 PM69°FClear0%S 12 mph
Wed 9 PM68°FClear1%S 12 mph
Wed 10 PM67°FMostly Clear1%S 10 mph
Wed 11 PM66°FMostly Clear1%SSW 10 mph
Thu 12 AM66°FMostly Clear1%SSW 9 mph

Hourly values come from the NWS gridded forecast for the 2.5 km grid square that covers the city's center point. Conditions elsewhere in Independence can differ.

7-day forecast

Overnight

Low 57°F

Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. South wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday

High 79°F·Low 60°F

Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South southwest wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday

High 79°F·Low 57°F

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. South southwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. East southeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday

High 76°F·Low 55°F

A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday

High 66°F·Low 53°F

Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday

High 68°F·Low 54°F

A slight chance of rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 68.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday

High 70°F·Low 50°F

Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday Night: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday

High 65°F

Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65.

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About this forecast

Forecast office
Independence is served by the National Weather Service EAX forecast office, forecast zone MOZ037, county zone MOC095.
Location used
The Census Bureau's internal point for Independence (39.0855, -94.3521), in Jackson County. Population: 121,629 (2024 estimate), number 5 of the 36 Missouri cities on this site.
Radar
Nearest NWS radar: KEAX. View it on radar.weather.gov.

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Sources

  • Forecast, hourly forecast, observations and alerts: National Weather Service API, api.weather.gov/points/39.0855,-94.3521 (forecast issued Oct 27, 9:57 PM CDT).
  • Official forecast page: forecast.weather.gov.
  • City location and population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates and 2024 Gazetteer files.
  • Snapshot taken Oct 28, 2026. The NWS and Census Bureau do not endorse OpenForecast.

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