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The
Place
Location:
Leawood, located in Johnson
County, Kansas, is a suburban community in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
It covers 14.7 square miles and resembles an elongated rectangle running north/south.
Interstate-435 and the K-150 highway corridor both cross through the City, I-435
just north and K-150 just south of the center of the community. Leawood is bordered
on three sides by the cities of Overland Park and Prairie Village, Kansas, and
on the fourth by Kansas City, Missouri.
Natural Features & Climate:
The City is considered one
of the most beautiful communities in northeastern Kansas. The land, characteristic
of this part of the state, consists of flat valleys and gently rolling hills.
Indian Creek and Tomahawk Creek waterways connect in central Leawood and the
Blue River flows through the southern part of the City.
| Average
Temperature in Farenheit: |
| January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
| 25.2 |
30.0 |
46.0 |
53.8 |
64.6 |
75.8 |
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| July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
| 76.0 |
75.3 |
67.7 |
57.5 |
46.3 |
36.5 |
(Information
provided by Weather or Not, Inc. a private forecasting
firm.)
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