Wichita weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wichita, Kansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, 9 km from Wichita; records cover 1888–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 34.3 in871 mm
- Snow a year
- 13 in32 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 9
- First fall freeze
- Oct 27
- Heating degree days
- 4,413
- Cooling degree days
- 1,773
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−14° (heating, 99%) and 104°40° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wichita in January
Highs average 44°7° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation and 2.7 in6.9 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1967)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 986
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wichita in February
Highs average 49°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1996)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 767
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wichita in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 36°2°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 2.1 in5.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2026)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 550
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Wichita in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 45°7°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1893)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 277
- Cooling degree days
- 23
Wichita in May
Highs average 78°25° and lows 56°13°, with 5.2 in131 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2014)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 79
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Wichita in June
Highs average 88°31° and lows 66°19°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1980)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 360
Wichita in July
Highs average 93°34° and lows 70°21°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1954)
- Record low
- 51°11° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 512
Wichita in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 69°20°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 462
Wichita in September
Highs average 83°29° and lows 60°16°, with 3.1 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1947)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 233
Wichita in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°22° and lows 47°8°, with 2.9 in72 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 231
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Wichita in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°2°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2006)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 576
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Wichita in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1955)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 911
- Cooling degree days
- 0