Rainy days · Kansas
How often does it rain in Wichita?
Wichita gets its rain in late spring, right when the wheat has questions.
Wichita gets measurable rain or snow on about 87 days a year, adding up to about 34 inches.
November usually brings Wichita about 5 wet days and 1.4 inches. The wettest month is usually May, with about 11 wet days, and the driest is January, with about 5 wet days. That makes Wichita number 106 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 5 | 0.8 |
| February | 5 | 1.2 |
| March | 7 | 2.3 |
| April | 8 | 3.1 |
| May | 11 | 5.2 |
| June | 10 | 4.9 |
| July | 8 | 4.0 |
| August | 8 | 4.3 |
| September | 7 | 3.0 |
| October | 7 | 2.9 |
| November | 5 | 1.4 |
| December | 5 | 1.2 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Honolulu, Hawaii: about 89 wet days a year
- Boise, Idaho: about 89 wet days a year
- Austin, Texas: about 84 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Wichita area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.