Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Wichita: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulsa (209 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Wichita, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita ranks joint 274th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 222nd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Wichita is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Tulsa in MarchUnited States · 209 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Topeka in MarchUnited States · 209 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Edmond in MarchUnited States · 227 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in MarchUnited States · 228 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in MarchUnited States · 232 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in MarchUnited States · 248 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Olathe in MarchUnited States · 256 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Overland Park in MarchUnited States · 273 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 76 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.