Wichita weather in August

In August, Wichita sees average daytime highs of 89°F and overnight lows near 69°F, with 3.4 in of rain across 8 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 89°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Wichita's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wichita's year-round climate.

Daytime high
89°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
69°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3.4 in
8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:49 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
43%
4th clearest
Wind
8 mph
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Wichita is city in and county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.

Density
928/km²
people per km²
Founded
1868

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 89°F through the month.

A typical August day in Wichita reaches about 89°F in the afternoon and slips back to 69°F overnight — a 20°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 80°F and 98°F. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°F cooler than July and about 8°F warmer than September.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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How August really feels in Wichita

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 22 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
22
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Wichita weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan43° / 24°1.14.22.29.70.6
Feb48° / 28°1.45.4210.51.9
Mar58° / 37°2.87.71.111.74.6
Apr67° / 46°3.79.70.312.96.3
May76° / 56°5.611.80146.6
Jun85° / 66°4.510.7014.65.2
Jul90° / 71°3.49014.34.1
Aug89° / 69°3.48013.54.6
Sep81° / 60°3.27012.36.9
Oct69° / 48°3.07.30.1117.2
Nov56° / 36°1.75.10.6104.4
Dec45° / 27°1.54.82.19.41.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
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77030
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317030

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Wichita gets around 3.4 in of rain over 8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 26% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
127
227
327
427
527
627
727
827
927
1027
1127
1227
1327
1427
1527
1627
1726
1826
1926
2025
2125
2225
2324
2424
2524
2624
2723
2823
2923
3023
3122

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 52% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1213254218
2212264218
3212264218
4212264217
5311274217
6311274217
7411284116
8410294116
9410294016
10510294015
11510304015
12611303915
13611303914
14611303914
15711313813
16712313812
17712313912
18712313911
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20713314010
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2661532417
2761532406
2871532406
2981532395
3091632385
31101632375

Wind in August

Winds average 8 mph in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 mph on the calmest days to 8 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
18light breeze
28light breeze
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48light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:367:34
213.95:377:33
313.95:387:32
413.95:397:31
513.85:407:30
613.85:417:29
713.85:427:28
813.75:427:27
913.75:437:26
1013.75:447:25
1113.65:457:24
1213.65:467:22
1313.65:477:21
1413.55:487:20
1513.55:497:19
1613.55:497:17
1713.45:507:16
1813.45:517:15
1913.45:527:13
2013.35:537:12
2113.35:547:11
2213.25:557:09
2313.25:567:08
2413.25:577:06
2513.15:577:05
2613.15:587:04
2713.05:597:02
2813.06:007:01
2913.06:016:59
3012.96:026:58
3112.96:036:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.13 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.4Intense
46.4Intense
56.4Intense
66.3Intense
76.3Intense
86.3Intense
96.3Intense
106.2Intense
116.2Intense
126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
156.1Intense
166.1Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.1Intense
206.1Intense
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Intense
246.0Bright
256.0Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
285.8Bright
295.8Bright
305.8Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Wichita?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Wichita for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Wichita in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Wichita sees daytime highs around 89°F and nights near 69°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Wichita in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Wichita peaks around June 22 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJun 22UV 10Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Wichita?

Wichita sits at 37.7°N, 97.3°W, 1,299 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Derby, 11 mi away.

Topography around Wichita

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Wichita.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Wichita has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 ft around an average of 1,306 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 715 ft.

The land around Wichita is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and trees (32%) within 2 miles, grassland (31%), trees (25%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 10 miles, and cropland (48%) and grassland (41%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
79 ft
10 miles
226 ft
50 miles
715 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Derby 11 mi · Newton 24 mi · Hutchinson 41 mi · Ponca City 70 mi · Emporia 80 mi · Salina 81 mi · Great Bend 91 mi · Enid 94 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Wichita (37.6922°, -97.3375°, elevation 1,299 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).