Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Wichita: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulsa (209 km away). In April its highs average 21.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Wichita, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita ranks joint 256th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 327th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Wichita is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Wichita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 27 | 4.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.8°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 70 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 95 | 9.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 142 | 11.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 114 | 10.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 32.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 87 | 8.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 31.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 86 | 8.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 80 | 7.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 77 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 43 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 38 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Tulsa in AprilUnited States · 209 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Topeka in AprilUnited States · 209 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Edmond in AprilUnited States · 227 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in AprilUnited States · 228 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in AprilUnited States · 232 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in AprilUnited States · 248 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Olathe in AprilUnited States · 256 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Overland Park in AprilUnited States · 273 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.8°C · 120 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Wichita) is explained once on the Wichita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.