Wichita Threshold Days by Year (USW00013998)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Wichita (USW00013998): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Wichita Thresholds

Wichita: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 53 years, most in 1949 with 38.
Wichita: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 53 years, most in 1951 with 17.
Wichita: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 43 years, most in 1929 with 5.
Wichita: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 7 years, most in 1908 with 1.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Wichita.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

6 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Wichita with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 109 in 1953.

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Wichita meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Wichita
Year	First date	Last date
1948	1948-04-17	1948-09-23
1949	1949-04-24	1949-10-08
1950	1950-03-25	1950-10-30
1951	1951-05-30	1951-10-03
1952	1952-05-03	1952-10-01
1953	1953-04-22	1953-10-11

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Wichita
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	6	109	1953	109
35 C (95 F): Days	6	41	1952	40
40 C (104 F): Days	4	5	1953	5
90 F (32.2 C): Days	6	82	1953	82
100 F (37.8 C): Days	6	16	1952	15
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	6	31	1948	5
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	6	113	1950	63
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	6	25	1948	3
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	2	1	1949	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	6	69	1952	69
25 C (77 F): Days with min	6	8	1952	6
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	53	38	1949	13
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	53	17	1951	4
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	43	5	1929	5
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	7	1	1908	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	1	1911	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	7	2	1932	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1948.

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Data for Wichita threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Year	Days	Decade average
1948	87	77.5
1949	68	77.5
1950	52	80.8
1951	55	80.8
1952	107	80.8
1953	109	80.8

Wichita Threshold Days by Year (USW00013998)

Key Facts for Wichita Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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