Wichita Jabara Airport, Kansas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Wichita Jabara Airport's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 32.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.9°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 33°C, 828 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWichita Jabara Airport
- Station IDUSW00003974
- Location37.75°N 97.22°W
- Elevation1,421 ft (433 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Wichita Jabara Airport is 67°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wichita Jabara Airport.
- Jan 43° 23°
- Feb 48° 26°
- Mar 59° 35°
- Apr 68° 45°
- May 77° 55°
- Jun 86° 65°
- Jul 92° 69°
- Aug 90° 68°
- Sep 83° 59°
- Oct 70° 47°
- Nov 57° 35°
- Dec 45° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Wichita Jabara Airport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.22 in), the least in January (0.57 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 23°F | 32.9°F | 0.57 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 26°F | 37.1°F | 1.12 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 35°F | 46.9°F | 2.13 | 7 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 45°F | 56.4°F | 3.03 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 55°F | 65.9°F | 5.22 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 86°F | 65°F | 75.5°F | 4.78 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 69°F | 80.5°F | 3.60 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 90°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 3.80 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 59°F | 70.6°F | 3.15 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 47°F | 58.5°F | 2.77 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 35°F | 45.7°F | 1.34 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 26°F | 35.4°F | 1.10 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 46°F | 57.0°F | 32.61 | 87 | 57 | 102 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −5°C | 0.5°C | 14 mm |
| February | 9°C | −3°C | 2.8°C | 28 mm |
| March | 15°C | 2°C | 8.3°C | 54 mm |
| April | 20°C | 7°C | 13.6°C | 77 mm |
| May | 25°C | 13°C | 18.8°C | 133 mm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 121 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 91 mm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 97 mm |
| September | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 80 mm |
| October | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 70 mm |
| November | 14°C | 2°C | 7.6°C | 34 mm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.9°C | 28 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Wichita (14 miles away), gets 13 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003974; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Wichita Jabara Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003974.
When is the last frost at Wichita Jabara Airport?
In Wichita Jabara Airport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 10 in half of years and after April 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 in half of years and before October 13 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 101 year in 10 after April 27; 9 in 10 after March 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 198 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 218 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 30 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wichita Jabara Airport in zone 7a in ZIP code 67226, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (23 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00003974; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Wichita Jabara Airport?
In a normal year in Wichita Jabara Airport, 57 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 102 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 87 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 57a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 102a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 17high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 87a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1996) is 111°F, on August 2, 2011; the lowest is −19°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 45.34 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00003974; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00003974. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Wichita Jabara Airport?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Wichita Jabara Airport, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.6 |
| February | 74% | 3.3 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 7.0 |
| July | 86% | 6.8 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 3.8 |
| November | 80% | 2.8 |
| December | 74% | 2.2 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Wichita Jabara Airport record?
A normal year at Wichita Jabara Airport brings 4,492 heating degree days, 16% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,622 cooling degree days, 79% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,435 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 993 | 0 |
| February | 780 | 0 |
| March | 566 | 5 |
| April | 281 | 25 |
| May | 87 | 117 |
| June | 5 | 321 |
| July | 0 | 479 |
| August | 1 | 428 |
| September | 36 | 205 |
| October | 243 | 40 |
| November | 582 | 2 |
| December | 917 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,492 | 1,622 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003974. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Wichita Jabara Airport been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 57.7°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.2°F | +1.2°F | 29.52 |
| 2022 | 57.8°F | +0.8°F | 26.86 |
| 2023 | 59.2°F | +2.2°F | 24.48 |
| 2024 | 59.6°F | +2.6°F | 30.79 |
| 2025 | 57.7°F | +0.7°F | 37.02 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00003974. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wichita Jabara Airport's climate compare?
Wichita Jabara Airport is warmer than 122 of the 137 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 71. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.0°F is warmer than 66%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wichita Jabara Airport is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Wichita Jabara Airport share this climate record?
10 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Andover, KS17,000 people · 6 mi SE
- Bel Aire, KS10,066 people · 2 mi NW
- Park City, KS9,110 people · 7 mi NW
- Valley Center, KS7,416 people · 10 mi NW
- Kechi, KS2,388 people · 4 mi NW
- McConnell AFB, KS1,952 people · 8 mi S
- Benton, KS930 people · 7 mi NE
- Eastborough, KS743 people · 5 mi SW
- Greenwich, KS56 people · 3 mi N
- Furley, KS48 people · 9 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Wichita Jabara Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Wichita Jabara Airport?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow at Wichita Jabara Airport?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Wichita (14 miles away), records 13 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Wichita Jabara Airport?
May, with 5.22 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.57 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wichita Jabara Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wichita Jabara Airport in zone 7a in ZIP code 67226, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Wichita Jabara Airport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 10; in one year in ten it comes after April 27. Waiting until April 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wichita, KS14 miles from this station, 57.7°F a year
- Haysville, KS17 miles from this station, 56.7°F a year
- Newton, KS21 miles from this station, 56.2°F a year
- El Dorado, KS21 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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