Wichita Falls, TX

Texas · Records since 1908–2026

☁️ 83°F Feels like 86°
Currently in Wichita Falls
As of 9:15 PM CDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

105°F

September 26, 1977

+20° from 85° normal

❄ Record Low

43°F

September 26, 1926

-17° from 60° normal
🌞 Normal high: 85°F 🌑 Normal low: 60°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Wichita Falls

🔥
117°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 28, 1980
❄
-12°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 4, 1947
🌧
6.19"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 27, 1980
☃
9.8"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 18, 1925

First & Last Dates — Wichita Falls

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
272 days
Longest growing season
2004
190 days
Shortest growing season
1989
230 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 105°F September 26, 1977
2 105°F September 26, 1953
3 103°F September 26, 1951
4 100°F September 26, 1938
5 98°F September 26, 1930
6 96°F September 26, 1999
7 96°F September 26, 1954
8 95°F September 26, 2023
9 95°F September 26, 1998
10 95°F September 26, 1981

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 43°F September 26, 1926
2 44°F September 26, 2000
3 46°F September 26, 1985
4 46°F September 26, 1975
5 46°F September 26, 1940
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1908–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Wichita Falls

threshold: 104°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.2
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
108°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
101
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
4
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1924–2026
131
2026 so far
108
Avg/year 1970–2025
113
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
142
Most in a year (1963)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Wichita Falls

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 24, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 27 117°F (Jun 28) 110°F 78°F
2 Jul 3, 2011 – Jul 29, 2011 27 111°F (Jul 9) 107°F 80°F
3 Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026 19 111°F (Aug 24) 107°F 78°F
4 Aug 15, 2011 – Aug 31, 2011 17 110°F (Aug 28) 107°F 79°F
5 Jul 24, 2023 – Aug 6, 2023 14 109°F (Jul 25) 107°F 77°F
6 Jul 3, 1978 – Jul 15, 1978 13 114°F (Jul 15) 106°F 76°F
7 Jul 8, 1969 – Jul 20, 1969 13 109°F (Jul 12) 106°F 75°F
8 Aug 9, 1930 – Aug 20, 1930 12 109°F (Aug 15) 106°F 78°F
9 Jul 28, 2012 – Aug 7, 2012 11 112°F (Aug 1) 108°F 79°F
10 Jul 31, 2011 – Aug 10, 2011 11 111°F (Aug 2) 109°F 83°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

67
2026 total
above-normal nights
44.3
Avg / summer
1970–2020
87
Most in a summer
2011

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1897–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1897, annual totals have trended +0.34" per decade, about +4.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Wichita Falls is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

198 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

15.14"
2026 YTD
Normal: 21.25"
-6.11"
0.00"
September so far
September normal: 2.99"
-2.99"
6
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Wichita Falls is 6.11" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 26 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
87.6°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 103
+9.2°
vs. average
Normal: 78.5°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1924–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.08° per decade (cooling since 1924)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1897–2025 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 87.6°F
2 1931 86.9°F
3 1939 85.6°F
4 1930 84.3°F
5 1998 83.8°F
6 2000 83.7°F
7 1954 83.6°F
8 2023 83.3°F
9 1980 82.5°F
10 1947 82.4°F

Coolest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1974 70.4°F
2 1975 73.1°F
3 1966 73.9°F
4 1950 74.1°F
5 1935 74.4°F
6 1991 74.4°F
7 2020 74.5°F
8 1968 74.5°F
9 1987 74.8°F
10 1996 74.9°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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