Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Wichita: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulsa (209 km away). In July its highs average 33.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Wichita, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita ranks joint 122nd of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 290th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Wichita is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Tulsa in JulyUnited States · 209 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Topeka in JulyUnited States · 209 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Edmond in JulyUnited States · 227 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in JulyUnited States · 228 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in JulyUnited States · 232 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in JulyUnited States · 248 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Olathe in JulyUnited States · 256 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Overland Park in JulyUnited States · 273 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 91 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.