Climate averages 1991–2020
Wichita weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Wichita: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tulsa (209 km away). In September its highs average 28.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Wichita, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Wichita ranks joint 234th of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 277th of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Wichita is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.8°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 31.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 86 | 8.0 | 13.614 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Tulsa in SeptemberUnited States · 209 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Topeka in SeptemberUnited States · 209 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Edmond in SeptemberUnited States · 227 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in SeptemberUnited States · 228 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in SeptemberUnited States · 232 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in SeptemberUnited States · 248 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Olathe in SeptemberUnited States · 256 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Overland Park in SeptemberUnited States · 273 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.3°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.