Wichita - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Wichita, Kansas. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Wichita got more than 10 inches of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Wichita and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.
These snowfall extremes were measured at Eisenhower National Airport and go back to 1954. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Wichita is 12.0 inches (30.5 centimetres) on January 18, 1962.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | November 25, 2023 | 19.8 |
| 5.9 | February 02, 2022 | 15.0 |
| 6.5 | January 01, 2021 | 16.5 |
| 2.1 | February 12, 2020 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | March 03, 2019 | 6.9 |
| 2.0 | November 12, 2018 | 5.1 |
| trace | December 31, 2017 + | trace |
| 3.5 | March 27, 2016 | 8.9 |
| 3.9 | January 03, 2015 | 9.9 |
| 8.7 | February 04, 2014 | 22.1 |
| 8.0 | February 21, 2013 | 20.3 |
| 1.5 | December 31, 2012 | 3.8 |
| 6.8 | February 08, 2011 | 17.3 |
| 2.1 | February 08, 2010 | 5.3 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | March 28, 2009 | 12.2 |
| 4.0 | January 31, 2008 | 10.2 |
| 6.6 | December 22, 2007 | 16.8 |
| 5.5 | November 30, 2006 | 14.0 |
| 5.5 | December 17, 2005 | 14.0 |
| 4.2 | February 01, 2004 | 10.7 |
| 10.2 | February 23, 2003 | 25.9 |
| 5.1 | December 04, 2002 | 13.0 |
| 1.1 | January 29, 2001 | 2.8 |
| 6.7 | January 27, 2000 | 17.0 |
| 5.9 | March 12, 1999 | 15.0 |
| 11.3 | March 19, 1998 | 28.7 |
| 3.4 | January 08, 1997 | 8.6 |
| 4.6 | November 30, 1996 | 11.7 |
| 3.0 | December 18, 1995 | 7.6 |
| 1.0 | February 23, 1994 | 2.5 |
| 5.1 | January 09, 1993 | 13.0 |
| 3.8 | November 25, 1992 | 9.7 |
| 1.5 | October 31, 1991 | 3.8 |
| 4.4 | February 28, 1990 | 11.2 |
| 2.6 | December 07, 1989 | 6.6 |
| 6.3 | January 06, 1988 | 16.0 |
| 7.5 | December 14, 1987 | 19.1 |
| 3.5 | February 09, 1986 | 8.9 |
| 2.8 | February 04, 1985 | 7.1 |
| 6.8 | November 18, 1984 | 17.3 |
| 6.1 | February 01, 1983 | 15.5 |
| 3.8 | February 04, 1982 | 9.7 |
| 1.8 | February 09, 1981 | 4.6 |
| 9.2 | February 07, 1980 | 23.4 |
| 4.6 | April 03, 1979 | 11.7 |
| 3.3 | February 07, 1978 | 8.4 |
| 1.6 | January 06, 1977 | 4.1 |
| 0.7 | February 05, 1976 | 1.8 |
| 8.8 | February 16, 1975 | 22.4 |
| 2.3 | January 03, 1974 | 5.8 |
| 6.0 | January 21, 1973 | 15.2 |
| 3.0 | November 18, 1972 | 7.6 |
| 11.6 | February 21, 1971 | 29.5 |
| 11.8 | March 16, 1970 | 30.0 |
| 4.6 | February 14, 1969 | 11.7 |
| 2.7 | December 27, 1968 | 6.9 |
| 4.5 | December 21, 1967 | 11.4 |
| 3.3 | December 27, 1966 | 8.4 |
| 3.0 | January 25, 1965 | 7.6 |
| 5.1 | December 03, 1964 | 13.0 |
| 3.8 | December 21, 1963 | 9.7 |
| 12.0 | January 18, 1962 | 30.5 |
| 4.1 | March 20, 1961 + | 10.4 |
| 4.4 | January 17, 1960 | 11.2 |
| 7.2 | January 31, 1959 | 18.3 |
| 5.0 | March 12, 1958 | 12.7 |
| 1.9 | February 22, 1957 | 4.8 |
| 3.0 | February 01, 1956 | 7.6 |
| 3.8 | February 03, 1955 | 9.7 |
| 0.6 | January 21, 1954 | 1.5 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.