Wichita Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Wichita

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Wichita, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
0.5	January	1.9	4.7
1.5	February	6.4	16.3
0.7	March	1.8	4.6
0.0	April	0.2	0.4
0.0	October	0.1	0.3
0.3	November	0.5	1.4
0.7	December	1.4	3.6
3.7	Year	12.3	31.3

30-year snowfall averages at Wichita, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
2.7	January	2.7	6.9
2.2	February	3.6	9.1
1.0	March	2.1	5.3
0.3	April	0.2	0.5
0.2	October	0.2	0.5
0.6	November	0.8	2.0
2.2	December	3.1	7.9
9.2	Year	12.7	32.3

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Wichita differs from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 5.4 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 0.1 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 4.2 inches, while the lightest years get less than 0.4 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over five inches in heavy snowfall years to no snow in light years.

When Wichita Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Wichita usually arrives in December. Every three or four years it also snows in November. Although uncommon, a dusting of snow can land here in October.

Timing of the season's last snowfall varies a lot from year to year in Wichita. It can stop snowing as early as January or as late as April.

Wichita is normally free of snow every year from May to September.

How Many Snowstorms Wichita Gets

About half the days of snowfall in Wichita amount to just a skiff, leaving less than an inch of fresh snow. Typically on four days a year, new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day don't occur every year. Major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are not normal here.

Number of days per month and year on average in Wichita with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
0.8	0.3	January	0.1	0.0
1.0	0.4	February	0.2	0.0
0.7	0.2	March	0.1	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.2	0.1	November	0.0	0.0
1.1	0.3	December	0.1	0.0
3.9	1.3	Year	0.5	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Wichita

For about 12 days a year, Wichita has at least an inch of snow accumulated on the ground.

The snowpack typically builds to over five inches on only one or two days a year. Most years, the snow covering Wichita never gets over ten inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Wichita with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
3.3	1.0	January	0.3	0.0
3.2	1.7	February	0.9	0.2
1.4	0.6	March	0.1	0.0
0.2	0.0	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.7	0.2	November	0.0	0.0
3.2	1.2	December	0.4	0.0
12.1	4.7	Year	1.7	0.2