Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wichita: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulsa (209 km away). In August its highs average 32.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Wichita, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita ranks joint 147th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 305th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Wichita is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 80 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Tulsa in AugustUnited States · 209 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Topeka in AugustUnited States · 209 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Edmond in AugustUnited States · 227 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in AugustUnited States · 228 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in AugustUnited States · 232 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in AugustUnited States · 248 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Olathe in AugustUnited States · 256 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Overland Park in AugustUnited States · 273 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 93 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.