First snow 2026-27 ยท Wichita, KS
When does Wichita get its first snow?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 3.
- This winter
- None yet
- Normal date
- Dec 3 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Oct 14, 2018
- Latest on record
- Mar 5, 1923
- Record since
- 1888 (136 winters)
- Station
- Wichita Eisenhower National Airport
- Snow so far
- 0 in
Common questions
When does Wichita get its first snow?
Around Dec 3. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Wichita had its first snow this winter?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 3.
What is the earliest first snow on record in Wichita?
Oct 14, 2018, in a record that goes back to 1888.
What is the latest first snow on record in Wichita?
Mar 5, 1923.
Every winter on record
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Jan 9 | 0.2 in |
| 2024-25 | Jan 5 | 3.6 in |
| 2023-24 | Nov 25 | 7.8 in |
| 2022-23 | Nov 14 | 0.4 in |
| 2021-22 | Jan 1 | 0.4 in |
| 2020-21 | Oct 26 | 1.3 in |
| 2019-20 | Oct 30 | 0.4 in |
| 2018-19 | Oct 14 | 0.7 in |
| 2017-18 | Jan 15 | 0.3 in |
| 2016-17 | Dec 17 | 2 in |
| 2015-16 | Nov 27 | 0.3 in |
| 2014-15 | Nov 16 | 1.8 in |
| 2013-14 | Dec 21 | 3.1 in |
| 2012-13 | Dec 20 | 1 in |
| 2011-12 | Nov 8 | 0.3 in |
| 2010-11 | Jan 9 | 0.8 in |
| 2009-10 | Dec 24 | 2.8 in |
| 2008-09 | Dec 9 | 1.4 in |
| 2007-08 | Nov 23 | 0.5 in |
| 2006-07 | Nov 30 | 5.5 in |
| 2005-06 | Dec 7 | 2 in |
| 2004-05 | Nov 24 | 0.5 in |
| 2003-04 | Dec 9 | 0.1 in |
| 2002-03 | Dec 3 | 1.4 in |
| 2001-02 | Jan 18 | 0.1 in |
| 2000-01 | Dec 11 | 0.2 in |
| 1999-00 | Dec 4 | 3 in |
| 1998-99 | Dec 21 | 0.9 in |
| 1997-98 | Oct 26 | 0.1 in |
| 1996-97 | Oct 22 | 0.2 in |
| 1995-96 | Nov 2 | 0.1 in |
| 1994-95 | Jan 1 | 0.1 in |
| 1993-94 | Dec 24 | 0.1 in |
| 1992-93 | Nov 25 | 3.8 in |
| 1991-92 | Oct 31 | 1.5 in |
| 1990-91 | Dec 20 | 0.3 in |
| 1989-90 | Dec 7 | 2.6 in |
| 1988-89 | Nov 19 | 3 in |
| 1987-88 | Nov 27 | 4.9 in |
| 1986-87 | Dec 8 | 0.4 in |
| 1985-86 | Nov 30 | 1 in |
| 1984-85 | Nov 18 | 6.8 in |
| 1983-84 | Nov 23 | 3.9 in |
| 1982-83 | Dec 27 | 1.4 in |
| 1981-82 | Dec 22 | 1.2 in |
| 1980-81 | Dec 8 | 0.4 in |
| 1979-80 | Feb 7 | 9.2 in |
| 1978-79 | Dec 7 | 0.5 in |
| 1977-78 | Jan 15 | 3 in |
| 1976-77 | Nov 27 | 0.3 in |
| 1975-76 | Nov 25 | 5.5 in |
| 1974-75 | Nov 4 | 1.8 in |
| 1973-74 | Dec 4 | 0.8 in |
| 1972-73 | Nov 15 | 1.8 in |
| 1971-72 | Nov 22 | 2.3 in |
| 1970-71 | Feb 4 | 3.1 in |
| 1969-70 | Dec 6 | 0.4 in |
| 1968-69 | Nov 30 | 0.3 in |
| 1967-68 | Nov 2 | 1.4 in |
| 1966-67 | Dec 22 | 0.6 in |
| 1965-66 | Dec 15 | 0.4 in |
| 1964-65 | Nov 19 | 0.1 in |
| 1963-64 | Dec 11 | 0.5 in |
| 1962-63 | Dec 24 | 1.8 in |
| 1961-62 | Nov 18 | 0.1 in |
| 1960-61 | Oct 30 | 0.1 in |
| 1959-60 | Nov 5 | 2 in |
| 1958-59 | Nov 27 | 2.2 in |
| 1957-58 | Jan 20 | 1.7 in |
| 1956-57 | Dec 7 | 0.2 in |
| 1955-56 | Nov 15 | 0.1 in |
| 1954-55 | Dec 16 | 0.2 in |
| 1953-54 | Nov 6 | 0.8 in |
| 1952-53 | Nov 25 | 6.8 in |
| 1951-52 | Oct 31 | 0.6 in |
| 1950-51 | Dec 5 | 0.3 in |
| 1949-50 | Dec 21 | 3.8 in |
| 1948-49 | Nov 19 | 1.7 in |
| 1947-48 | Nov 21 | 0.3 in |
| 1946-47 | Nov 25 | 0.1 in |
| 1945-46 | Dec 13 | 4.5 in |
| 1944-45 | Dec 9 | 2 in |
| 1943-44 | Nov 7 | 0.2 in |
| 1942-43 | Nov 22 | 1.2 in |
| 1941-42 | Oct 31 | 0.2 in |
| 1940-41 | Nov 12 | 1.7 in |
| 1939-40 | Dec 26 | 4 in |
| 1938-39 | Nov 25 | 0.2 in |
| 1937-38 | Nov 15 | 3 in |
| 1936-37 | Dec 2 | 0.5 in |
| 1935-36 | Nov 15 | 0.1 in |
| 1934-35 | Nov 22 | 0.2 in |
| 1933-34 | Jan 3 | 0.2 in |
| 1932-33 | Dec 9 | 1.5 in |
| 1931-32 | Nov 26 | 3 in |
| 1930-31 | Dec 14 | 3.2 in |
| 1929-30 | Nov 13 | 0.1 in |
| 1928-29 | Nov 3 | 0.2 in |
| 1927-28 | Nov 18 | 0.8 in |
| 1926-27 | Nov 17 | 0.2 in |
| 1925-26 | Oct 28 | 0.2 in |
| 1924-25 | Nov 28 | 0.1 in |
| 1923-24 | Nov 29 | 1.8 in |
| 1922-23 | Mar 5 | 0.2 in |
| 1921-22 | Dec 3 | 3.9 in |
| 1920-21 | Jan 13 | 2.4 in |
| 1919-20 | Nov 27 | 0.5 in |
| 1918-19 | Nov 23 | 0.1 in |
| 1917-18 | Oct 29 | 0.1 in |
| 1916-17 | Dec 11 | 0.1 in |
| 1915-16 | Dec 24 | 0.9 in |
| 1914-15 | Dec 10 | 0.6 in |
| 1913-14 | Oct 26 | 0.5 in |
| 1912-13 | Jan 5 | 0.2 in |
| 1911-12 | Nov 3 | 0.3 in |
| 1910-11 | Dec 5 | 1 in |
| 1909-10 | Dec 6 | 3.8 in |
| 1908-09 | Jan 11 | 1.2 in |
| 1907-08 | Dec 17 | 1.2 in |
| 1906-07 | Nov 19 | 6.1 in |
| 1905-06 | Oct 28 | 1.6 in |
| 1903-04 | Jan 25 | 0.8 in |
| 1902-03 | Dec 14 | 2.9 in |
| 1901-02 | Dec 4 | 0.1 in |
| 1900-01 | Dec 31 | 0.2 in |
| 1899-00 | Dec 11 | 0.7 in |
| 1898-99 | Oct 25 | 0.5 in |
| 1897-98 | Dec 2 | 0.8 in |
| 1896-97 | Jan 2 | 0.9 in |
| 1895-96 | Nov 25 | 0.1 in |
| 1894-95 | Dec 11 | 0.1 in |
| 1893-94 | Dec 2 | 1.9 in |
| 1891-92 | Dec 6 | 0.5 in |
| 1890-91 | Jan 1 | 1.5 in |
| 1889-90 | Nov 7 | 1 in |
| 1888-89 | Nov 8 | 0.3 in |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)