Wichita, KS: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 85.2°F in Wichita, KS, the warmest August since 2000, tied 6th warmest of 139 (with 1980).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 85.2°F; Warmest since 2000; 6th warmest of 139
Precipitation: 0.43 in; Driest since 2000; 9th driest of 139

A normal August in Wichita, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 80°F, between 76.4°F and 83.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.53 in of precipitation, between 1.30 in and 8.28 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Wichita, KS since 1888: 85.2°F in 2026; the highest is 88.9°F, in 1936.

Normal range, 76.4 to 83.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Wichita, KS from 1888 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	85.2	6	98.9	3	71.5	15	0.43	131
2025	77.7	100	87.6	109	67.8	83	3.05	61
2024	79.9	60	91	63	68.9	55	4.17	44
2023	82.4	23	95.6	17	69.2	50	2.38	81
2022	82.7	21	96.2	14	69.1	51	1.04	119
2021	81.6	30	93.8	27	69.5	42	1.72	98
2020	78.6	86	90.4	74	66.9	97	1.05	118
2019	79.8	62	89.4	90	70.3	25	8.32	4
2018	79.3	77	89.7	84	68.9	55	3.05	61
2017	76.4	123	87.4	113	65.5	125	2.20	86
2016	79.9	60	89.6	87	70.2	28	8.28	5
2015	77	115	87	121	66.9	97	6.38	13
2014	81	41	93.3	34	68.7	60	2.38	81
2013	78.1	94	88.1	101	68	77	10.63	2
2012	80.1	57	93.1	37	67.1	96	3.38	57
2011	84.9	10	97.7	5	72.1	13	3.45	56
2010	83.5	15	95.7	16	71.3	17	4.26	42
2009	76.3	125	87.1	119	65.5	125	3.94	49
2008	77.8	98	87.4	113	68.3	70	3.00	63
2007	83	18	93.6	31	72.4	11	3.61	54
2006	81.7	28	91.9	53	71.5	15	5.93	18
2005	78.7	84	88.8	93	68.6	61	11.96	1
2004	75.4	131	86.1	131	64.7	132	2.17	87
2003	82.3	24	93.4	33	71.3	17	6.82	11
2002	80.3	56	90.7	68	69.8	37	4.90	31
2001	82.7	21	95.5	19	69.9	34	1.90	96
2000	86.6	2	100.5	2	72.6	10	0.14	137
1999	81.2	37	93	39	69.4	44	1.25	112
1998	81.6	30	93.8	27	69.4	44	1.58	102
1997	76.7	119	86.5	127	66.9	97	4.36	39
1996	77.4	104	86.5	127	68.3	70	5.24	28
1995	80.9	44	91.2	60	70.6	23	5.51	25
1994	79	81	90.8	64	67.2	92	2.30	84
1993	81	41	92.2	48	69.8	37	1.31	110
1992	73.8	136	84.5	134	63.1	136	1.94	93
1991	80.4	54	93.1	37	67.8	83	7.57	10
1990	80.8	45	92.9	40	68.6	61	2.01	90
1989	77	115	86.5	127	67.5	88	5.72	23
1988	83	18	95.6	17	70.3	25	1.10	114
1987	78.7	84	89.6	87	67.7	86	7.69	8
1986	75.9	129	85.2	133	66.6	111	6.00	17
1985	77.5	101	88.4	97	66.5	112	2.86	69
1984	82.8	20	95.9	15	69.6	40	0.75	125
1983	85	9	97.2	8	72.8	9	1.39	108
1982	82	25	93.7	29	70.2	28	1.51	104
1981	78.1	94	89.7	84	66.5	112	2.65	76
1980	85.2	6	97.4	7	73.1	7	3.76	52
1979	79.8	62	92.8	42	66.7	108	0.67	129
1978	81.2	37	94.4	24	68	77	1.90	96
1977	77.8	98	87.5	112	68.2	72	6.31	14
1976	79.7	66	93.7	29	65.7	121	0.31	135
1975	81.4	34	94.7	21	68.1	74	2.77	73
1974	76.6	121	87.2	118	66.1	117	4.11	46
1973	79.8	62	92.7	43	66.9	97	0.68	128
1972	78.4	89	90.8	64	66	120	3.31	58
1971	76.8	117	88.8	93	64.8	131	1.49	106
1970	83.1	17	96.4	13	69.9	34	2.37	83
1969	78.9	82	89.8	83	67.9	80	1.07	116
1968	77.9	96	88.3	99	67.5	88	6.41	12
1967	74.7	133	88.2	100	61.2	139	1.91	94
1966	76	126	86.7	124	65.4	128	1.09	115
1965	78.2	90	89.6	87	66.7	108	4.91	30
1964	76.8	117	86.8	123	66.8	104	6.10	16
1963	81.2	37	92.1	50	70.3	25	2.86	69
1962	80.5	53	93.2	35	67.9	80	2.95	65
1961	76.7	119	86.6	126	66.9	97	3.80	50
1960	79.2	78	90.5	73	68	77	7.91	6
1959	81.4	34	92.1	50	70.7	20	4.20	43
1958	78.5	88	89.7	84	67.4	91	2.93	66
1957	80.1	57	92.2	48	68.1	74	0.59	130
1956	83.5	15	96.6	11	70.5	24	0.70	126
1955	80.6	50	92.3	46	68.9	55	1.06	117
1954	85.5	4	98.1	4	73	8	0.96	121
1953	78.8	83	90	82	67.6	87	0.82	123
1952	81.1	40	92.3	46	69.8	37	2.52	78
1951	79.6	71	90.3	75	69	54	5.38	26
1950	72.8	137	82	137	63.5	135	5.93	18
1949	76.5	122	87.6	109	65.5	125	1.13	113
1948	77.9	96	88.1	101	67.8	83	2.72	75
1947	85.1	8	96.8	10	73.3	6	0.82	123
1946	79.7	66	90.8	64	68.5	64	2.90	67
1945	79.1	80	90.3	75	67.9	80	4.11	46
1944	79.6	71	90.1	79	69.1	51	4.77	33
1943	84.4	11	97	9	71.8	14	1.95	92
1942	77.3	106	87.3	116	67.2	92	4.51	36
1941	79.6	71	90.1	79	69.1	51	3.54	55
1940	77.5	101	87.7	106	67.2	92	2.87	68
1939	80	59	91.7	57	68.4	66	5.84	21
1938	84.1	12	94.7	21	73.6	3	5.60	24
1937	84	13	94.5	23	73.5	4	2.86	69
1936	88.9	1	101.1	1	76.8	1	0.04	138
1935	82	25	92.9	40	71.2	19	1.55	103
1934	85.3	5	96.5	12	74.1	2	0.38	134
1933	78.2	90	87.9	105	68.4	66	8.50	3
1932	80.6	50	91.2	60	70	32	2.30	84
1931	77.2	110	87.1	119	67.2	92	1.91	94
1930	80.7	48	91.8	56	69.6	40	2.96	64
1929	80.7	48	92	52	69.4	44	1.30	111
1928	79.7	66	90.6	70	68.9	55	0.70	126
1927	72.5	138	80.9	138	64	134	5.90	20
1926	79.7	66	90.2	77	69.3	49	2.74	74
1925	79.7	66	90.7	68	68.6	61	2.52	78
1924	80.8	45	90.8	64	70.7	20	1.70	99
1923	81.3	36	93.2	35	69.5	42	0.42	132
1922	80.8	45	91.4	59	70.2	28	2.12	88
1921	79.8	62	90.1	79	69.4	44	4.14	45
1920	74.4	135	83.8	136	65.1	130	4.40	38
1919	80.4	54	91.9	53	68.9	55	1.61	101
1918	83.7	14	95	20	72.4	11	5.19	29
1917	74.7	133	84.2	135	65.2	129	4.69	34
1916	81.6	30	92.5	45	70.7	20	2.12	88
1915	71	139	79.9	139	62.2	138	4.81	32
1914	78.6	86	88.8	93	68.4	66	3.68	53
1913	85.6	3	97.7	5	73.5	4	trace	139
1912	78.2	90	88.9	92	67.5	88	3.14	60
1911	77.2	110	87.7	106	66.7	108	4.32	41
1910	77.4	104	88	103	66.8	104	4.52	35
1909	81	41	91.9	53	70.2	28	1.01	120
1908	77.1	112	88	103	66.2	114	6.27	15
1907	79.4	76	90.6	70	68.2	72	5.80	22
1906	77.3	106	87.7	106	66.9	97	3.30	59
1905	79.6	71	91.1	62	68.1	74	1.34	109
1904	76	126	86.4	130	65.6	122	1.42	107
1903	77.1	112	87.4	113	66.8	104	4.46	37
1902	79.5	75	90.6	70	68.4	66	5.28	27
1901	80.6	50	92.7	43	68.5	64	2.00	91
1900	81.7	28	93.5	32	69.9	34	1.69	100
1899	82	25	94.1	25	70	32	2.45	80
1898	77.3	106	88.4	97	66.2	114	2.78	72
1897	78.2	90	90.2	77	66.2	114	4.33	40
1896	81.6	30	93.9	26	69.4	44	0.31	135
1895	77.1	112	87.3	116	66.9	97	7.67	9
1894	79.2	78	91.7	57	66.8	104	0.94	122
1893	74.9	132	87	121	62.9	137	1.51	104
1892	77.5	101	89.4	90	65.6	122	4.06	48
1891	76	126	87.6	109	64.4	133	0.40	133
1890	77.3	106	88.5	96	66.1	117	2.60	77
1889	75.5	130	85.4	132	65.6	122	3.79	51
1888	76.4	123	86.7	124	66.1	117	7.77	7

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	88.9
2000	86.6
1913	85.6
1954	85.5
1934	85.3
2026	85.2
1980	85.2
1947	85.1
1983	85
2011	84.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	71
1927	72.5
1950	72.8
1992	73.8
1920	74.4
1967	74.7
1917	74.7
1893	74.9
2004	75.4
1889	75.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	11.96
2013	10.63
1933	8.50
2019	8.32
2016	8.28
1960	7.91
1888	7.77
1987	7.69
1895	7.67
1991	7.57

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1913	trace
1936	0.04
2000	0.14
1976	0.31
1896	0.31
1934	0.38
1891	0.40
1923	0.42
2026	0.43
1957	0.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 108°F; 13 August 2026
Coldest night: 65°F; 3 August 2026, 2 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.20 in; 7 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 0.43 in of precipitation in Wichita, KS, the driest August since 2000, 9th driest of 139.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Wichita, KS: 108°F on Thursday 13 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Wichita, KS: a low of 65°F on Monday 3 August 2026 and Sunday 2 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Wichita, KS: 0.20 in on Friday 7 August 2026.