Wichita, KS: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 38.8°F in Wichita, KS, the warmest winter since 2016, 6th warmest of 138.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 38.8°F; Warmest since 2016; 6th warmest of 138
Precipitation: 2.24 in; Driest since 2025; 47th driest of 138

A normal winter in Wichita, KS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.2°F, between 31.3°F and 38.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.14 in of precipitation, between 0.86 in and 5.76 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Wichita, KS since 1889: 38.8°F in 2026; the highest is 40.9°F, in 1992.

Normal range, 31.3 to 38.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Wichita, KS from 1889 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	38.8	6	51.9	1	25.6	42	2.24	92
2025	33.1	92	44.3	71	21.9	108	1.67	110
2024	38.2	10	49	10	27.5	9	5.00	18
2023	36.3	33	48.3	15	24.4	64	3.46	47
2022	36.7	27	51.1	3	22.4	101	0.98	126
2021	33.4	89	44.2	74	22.5	99	4.86	21
2020	37.6	14	48.5	13	26.6	26	6.08	6
2019	34.6	63	44.4	69	24.7	55	3.84	41
2018	35.5	44	47.8	21	23.3	85	0.51	136
2017	38.2	10	50	6	26.3	32	4.28	31
2016	39.6	2	51.2	2	28.1	8	2.96	67
2015	34.9	58	45.6	50	24.2	69	3.06	64
2014	31	118	42.9	95	19.2	131	1.59	111
2013	36.4	30	48.3	15	24.5	61	3.36	49
2012	38.3	8	49.7	9	26.9	19	7.29	3
2011	31.9	107	43.4	91	20.4	125	1.85	103
2010	30.3	125	38.8	127	21.9	108	1.92	100
2009	35.7	42	48.3	15	23.1	89	1.94	99
2008	32.8	95	43.4	91	22.2	102	4.54	25
2007	34.4	67	44.6	65	24.1	70	3.37	48
2006	37.4	17	49.8	7	25	50	0.70	133
2005	36.5	29	46.7	31	26.2	34	5.31	16
2004	34.3	71	44.1	76	24.6	58	4.03	37
2003	33.7	81	43.8	84	23.6	79	3.28	52
2002	37.6	14	49.8	7	25.3	46	2.02	97
2001	29.8	128	39.2	123	20.3	128	5.72	11
2000	37.7	12	48	19	27.5	9	7.70	2
1999	37.7	12	47.9	20	27.5	9	2.80	69
1998	36.6	28	45	58	28.2	7	4.00	39
1997	34	80	44.2	74	23.8	74	2.57	77
1996	33.2	90	45	58	21.3	119	0.88	128
1995	36.8	24	46.6	32	26.9	19	1.89	101
1994	34.2	75	44.9	62	23.5	82	0.60	135
1993	31.3	112	39	125	23.7	77	4.53	26
1992	40.9	1	50.6	5	31.3	1	3.21	54
1991	34.2	75	45.7	45	22.6	96	1.36	117
1990	34.3	71	45.9	42	22.7	92	4.36	29
1989	35.1	54	46.5	34	23.6	79	1.68	109
1988	31.9	107	42.1	101	21.7	110	2.94	68
1987	35.5	44	44.8	64	26.3	32	5.95	8
1986	34.8	59	45.9	42	23.6	79	1.87	102
1985	31.2	114	40.3	117	22.1	104	7.04	4
1984	27.8	134	38.5	130	17.2	136	2.56	78
1983	34.4	67	42.8	97	26	35	4.40	27
1982	28.8	132	38.8	127	18.8	132	2.74	71
1981	36.9	23	49	10	24.8	52	2.58	75
1980	32.5	99	42.3	100	22.7	92	4.62	24
1979	24.2	138	33.6	138	14.8	138	2.39	87
1978	26.5	137	35.6	137	17.3	135	2.39	87
1977	33	94	46.5	34	19.5	130	0.69	134
1976	37.6	14	51	4	24.3	67	0.77	132
1975	32.4	101	41.9	105	23	90	5.62	12
1974	31.6	110	41.5	106	21.6	111	3.61	45
1973	30.3	125	39.1	124	21.6	111	4.90	20
1972	32.4	101	42.9	95	22	105	1.38	116
1971	31.6	110	42.4	99	20.7	123	3.17	57
1970	33.2	90	44	80	22.5	99	1.85	103
1969	32.2	103	41	109	23.3	85	3.11	61
1968	33.6	83	43.5	89	23.7	77	1.75	107
1967	34.3	71	46.4	38	22.2	102	0.80	131
1966	34.4	67	44.3	71	24.4	64	3.92	40
1965	33.5	85	44.4	69	22.7	92	2.98	66
1964	33.1	92	44.6	65	21.6	111	1.58	113
1963	31.1	115	42	103	20.3	128	1.84	105
1962	30.5	123	39.4	122	21.5	116	2.55	79
1961	33.7	81	44.1	76	23.3	85	3.26	53
1960	33.5	85	42	103	25	50	4.38	28
1959	31	118	40.7	112	21.3	119	1.22	122
1958	35.1	54	45.3	54	24.8	52	2.29	90
1957	34.2	75	43.9	82	24.5	61	1.35	118
1956	32.6	97	43.8	84	21.5	116	0.91	127
1955	34.8	59	45.8	44	23.9	73	2.50	81
1954	37.4	17	48.8	12	25.9	37	1.72	108
1953	37	21	46.6	32	27.4	12	2.06	96
1952	36.8	24	46.8	30	26.7	25	1.00	125
1951	34.7	62	45.6	50	23.8	74	3.63	44
1950	35.5	44	46.5	34	24.6	58	3.35	50
1949	31	118	39.5	120	22.6	96	8.34	1
1948	32.1	106	40.7	112	23.5	82	5.17	17
1947	35.4	51	45.7	45	25.1	49	2.01	98
1946	35.5	44	45.1	56	25.9	37	4.06	35
1945	33.5	85	41.3	107	25.8	39	5.89	9
1944	35.6	43	44.6	65	26.6	26	4.68	23
1943	34.1	79	44.1	76	24.1	70	4.08	34
1942	35.2	53	45	58	25.4	44	3.08	63
1941	35.5	44	43.9	82	27.2	13	4.18	33
1940	30.6	122	39.5	120	21.6	111	3.78	42
1939	36.4	30	46.5	34	26.4	30	3.17	57
1938	35.9	39	45.1	56	26.8	23	3.18	56
1937	32.6	97	40.8	110	24.4	64	3.10	62
1936	29.4	130	38.3	132	20.4	125	1.21	123
1935	36.3	33	45.4	53	27.2	13	3.29	51
1934	38.4	7	48.4	14	28.3	5	3.60	46
1933	35.9	39	46	41	25.8	39	2.11	93
1932	39.2	3	47.6	23	30.7	3	3.12	60
1931	39.2	3	47.6	23	30.8	2	1.51	115
1930	34.2	75	43.6	88	24.7	55	1.28	121
1929	30.5	123	38.4	131	22.6	96	4.31	30
1928	34.8	59	44.9	62	24.6	58	2.72	72
1927	35.9	39	45	58	26.8	23	2.68	74
1926	36.8	24	46.4	38	27.1	15	1.83	106
1925	31.1	115	41.2	108	21.1	121	2.07	95
1924	34.5	66	43.8	84	25.3	46	1.56	114
1923	37.2	20	47.4	25	27	17	0.08	138
1922	34.3	71	44.1	76	24.5	61	2.78	70
1921	38.9	5	47.4	25	30.4	4	3.20	55
1920	32.2	103	40.6	115	23.8	74	0.87	129
1919	34.6	63	43.1	94	26	35	5.80	10
1918	27	135	37.8	133	16.1	137	3.03	65
1917	32.5	99	43.5	89	21.6	111	0.87	129
1916	32.7	96	42.1	101	23.3	85	2.43	86
1915	32.2	103	40.1	119	24.3	67	6.57	5
1914	35.4	51	43.8	84	26.9	19	5.51	14
1913	31.3	112	40.6	115	22	105	3.69	43
1912	29.1	131	37.4	134	20.7	123	5.49	15
1911	36	38	45.6	50	26.4	30	4.94	19
1910	29.5	129	38.6	129	20.4	125	2.49	83
1909	35.5	44	46.1	40	24.8	52	1.19	124
1908	38.3	8	48.3	15	28.3	5	4.27	32
1907	36.2	35	45.7	45	26.6	26	4.85	22
1906	36.1	36	46.9	29	25.4	44	1.32	120
1905	26.8	136	36.3	136	17.4	134	1.33	119
1904	35	56	47.1	27	22.9	91	0.42	137
1903	31.8	109	40.8	110	22.7	92	2.48	84
1902	31.1	115	40.2	118	22	105	1.59	111
1901	34.6	63	44	80	25.2	48	2.27	91
1900	33.6	83	42.6	98	24.7	55	4.01	38
1899	28	133	37.2	135	18.7	133	2.58	75
1898	35	56	44.3	71	25.6	42	5.98	7
1897	36.4	30	45.7	45	27.1	15	3.17	57
1896	37	21	47.1	27	27	17	2.36	89
1895	31	118	40.7	112	21.4	118	2.51	80
1894	33.5	85	43.4	91	23.5	82	2.46	85
1893	29.9	127	39	125	20.8	122	2.70	73
1892	36.1	36	45.7	45	26.5	29	4.05	36
1891	35.5	44	45.3	54	25.7	41	5.60	13
1890	37.3	19	47.7	22	26.9	19	2.50	81
1889	34.4	67	44.6	65	24.1	70	2.10	94

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	40.9
2016	39.6
1932	39.2
1931	39.2
1921	38.9
2026	38.8
1934	38.4
2012	38.3
1908	38.3
2024	38.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	24.2
1978	26.5
1905	26.8
1918	27
1984	27.8
1899	28
1982	28.8
1912	29.1
1936	29.4
1910	29.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	8.34
2000	7.70
2012	7.29
1985	7.04
1915	6.57
2020	6.08
1898	5.98
1987	5.95
1945	5.89
1919	5.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1923	0.08
1904	0.42
2018	0.51
1994	0.60
1977	0.69
2006	0.70
1976	0.77
1967	0.80
1920	0.87
1917	0.87

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 80°F; 27 February 2026
Coldest night: -6°F; 31 January 2026, 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.98 in; 14 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.24 in of precipitation in Wichita, KS, the driest winter since 2025, 47th driest of 138.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wichita, KS: 80°F on Friday 27 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wichita, KS: a low of -6°F on Saturday 31 January 2026 and Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wichita, KS: 0.98 in on Saturday 14 February 2026.