Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Wichita: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulsa (209 km away). In February its highs average 11.0°C, 2.2°C warmer than Wichita, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita ranks joint 296th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 68th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Wichita is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tulsa in FebruaryUnited States · 209 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Topeka in FebruaryUnited States · 209 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Edmond in FebruaryUnited States · 227 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in FebruaryUnited States · 228 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 232 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in FebruaryUnited States · 248 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Olathe in FebruaryUnited States · 256 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Overland Park in FebruaryUnited States · 273 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 47 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.