My wife and I lived in the suburbs of KC when she was stationed at Richards-Gebauer AFB before it closed. We had a fire in the house, no air conditioning in a sweltering summer, a tornado ravaged our neighborhood, we had a record rainfall that flooded the Country Club Plaza under 20 feet of water and had a blizzard that dropped 13" of snow on Mother's Day in the middle of May.
I grew up in Arizona and went to my 50th high school reunion last year. We all marveled at how fortunate we were to grow up there before everyone else in the country found out about it and started to ruin it.
Arizona is hot but KC was a rolling disaster the time we lived there.
LOL.
What did I say about “all four distinct seasons of the year?”
There are worse and better examples but for all in one, the Kansas City area has the best and worst of each at certain times. I remember that night of the Plaza flood and at about ten the television said that the police were requesting anyone with small boats to make them available for water rescues.
Others should keep in mind that this is one of the oldest, most expensive and most famous shopping districts in the US. When you see famous pictures of Kansas City Christmas Lights and fountains, it is often the Country Club Plaza which is miles from the major rivers. It had a flash flood of epic proportions, hopefully to never happen again.