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Wichita, KS

37.648°N, 97.430°W · station ICTthr · 139 years of record
73°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Wichita.
75°WED9/276°THU9/374°FRI9/474°SAT9/574°SUN9/673°MON9/773°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Wichita — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#123 / 138
coldest Sep 7 in 138 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

44°F
set in 1898

Mildest Sep 7 ever

78°F
set in 1936
Forecast low 73°F — 123rd coldest Sep 7 of 138 years · record 44°F (1898) · coldest since 2025.
1888: 61°F1889: 55°F1890: 55°F1891: 57°F1892: 58°F1893: 64°F1894: 75°F1895: 63°F1896: 52°F1897: 68°F1898: 44°F1899: 76°F1900: 72°F1901: 69°F1902: 58°F1903: 71°F1904: 57°F1905: 64°F1906: 69°F1907: 67°F1908: 64°F1909: 67°F1910: 67°F1911: 63°F1912: 72°F1913: 70°F1914: 72°F1915: 69°F1916: 73°F1917: 71°F1918: 53°F1919: 69°F1920: 61°F1921: 64°F1922: 76°F1923: 59°F1924: 59°F1925: 72°F1926: 67°F1927: 72°F1928: 59°F1929: 54°F1930: 70°F1931: 73°F1932: 64°F1933: 75°F1934: 52°F1935: 64°F1936: 78°F1937: 70°F1938: 74°F1939: 78°F1940: 68°F1941: 74°F1942: 65°F1943: 53°F1944: 56°F1945: 68°F1946: 73°F1947: 74°F1948: 68°F1949: 64°F1950: 53°F1951: 62°F1952: 63°F1953: 61°F1954: 72°F1955: 60°F1956: 51°F1957: 52°F1958: 67°F1959: 72°F1960: 70°F1961: 68°F1962: 65°F1963: 71°F1964: 72°F1965: 73°F1966: 56°F1967: 62°F1968: 53°F1969: 69°F1970: 66°F1971: 71°F1972: 65°F1973: 65°F1974: 54°F1975: 56°F1976: 66°F1977: 67°F1978: 71°F1979: 65°F1980: 70°F1981: 59°F1982: 67°F1983: 67°F1984: 69°F1985: 72°F1986: 50°F1987: 64°F1988: 53°F1989: 72°F1990: 69°F1991: 72°F1992: 62°F1993: 59°F1994: 60°F1995: 56°F1996: 65°F1997: 69°F1998: 73°F1999: 69°F2000: 66°F2001: 63°F2002: 71°F2003: 57°F2004: 55°F2005: 67°F2006: 56°F2007: 71°F2008: 55°F2009: 63°F2010: 67°F2011: 58°F2012: 71°F2013: 70°F2014: 53°F2015: 76°F2016: 74°F2017: 51°F2018: 68°F2019: 69°F2020: 71°F2021: 67°F2022: 68°F2023: 63°F2024: 66°F2025: 54°F73° forecast40455055606570758018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 773°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record44°F
This-date rank#123 of 138
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-22°F (1899)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1888–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Wichita in each calendar month, and for the whole 1888–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan75°FJan 22, 1967-15°FJan 12, 1912
Feb87°FFeb 22, 1996-22°FFeb 12, 1899
Mar95°FMar 26, 2026-3°FMar 7, 1943
Apr98°FApr 6, 189315°FApr 3, 1936
May102°FMay 4, 201427°FMay 1, 1909
Jun110°FJun 30, 198043°FJun 2, 1969
Jul113°FJul 14, 195451°FJul 5, 1972
Aug114°FAug 12, 193645°FAug 29, 1893
Sep108°FSep 3, 194731°FSep 30, 1984
Oct97°FOct 1, 200614°FOct 30, 1917
Nov86°FNov 8, 20061°FNov 26, 1975
Dec83°FDec 24, 1955-16°FDec 22, 1989
All-time114°FAug 12, 1936-22°FFeb 12, 1899

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Wichita so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

9 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (95°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

86°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 13, 1936

Coldest high ever

-11°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 11, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan55°FJan 21, 1921-4°FJan 11, 1918
Feb59°FFeb 10, 1932-11°FFeb 11, 1899
Mar69°FMar 26, 19079°FMar 4, 1960
Apr71°FApr 22, 202229°FApr 4, 1920
May75°FMay 28, 200643°FMay 4, 1935
Jun81°FJun 25, 191154°FJun 1, 1903
Jul84°FJul 27, 201164°FJul 10, 1895
Aug86°FAug 13, 193665°FAug 20, 1950
Sep81°FSep 14, 193143°FSep 29, 1985
Oct74°FOct 3, 195427°FOct 28, 1925
Nov66°FNov 14, 189718°FNov 22, 1898
Dec59°FDec 28, 1984-2°FDec 22, 1983
All-time86°FAug 13, 1936-11°FFeb 11, 1899

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

73 days
record run, ended Feb 7 1984

So far in 2026

46 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Wichita's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is +9° vs normal.
Jan: 44°FJan: 22°FFeb: 49°FFeb: 26°FMar: 59°FMar: 36°FApr: 68°FApr: 45°FMay: 78°FMay: 56°FJun: 88°FJun: 66°FJul: 93°FJul: 70°FAug: 91°FAug: 69°FSep: 83°FSep: 60°FOct: 71°FOct: 47°FNov: 57°FNov: 35°FDec: 46°FDec: 25°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:59 PM
Solar noon12:29 PM
Daylight12h 59m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

37.65°N, 97.43°W

Nearby Stations

Salina, KS79 mi NStillwater, OK104 mi STulsa, OK131 mi SEConcordia, KS132 mi NTopeka, KS138 mi NEDodge City, KS139 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Wichita's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Wichita, KS — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Wichita's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Wichita, KS — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1888

Each cell is one day's low at Wichita, coloured by temperature — 139 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Wichita, KS daily low heat map 1888–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Wichita — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
46 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 135th most in 139 years. Normal for this point: 64. Record: 83 in 1971.

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