Christmas Climatology

Christmas Climatology

Climate Statistics for Dec 25th	Wichita	Salina	Chanute
Average High Temperature	42	41	42
Average Low Temperature	22	21	24
Average Precipitation	0.04	0.03	0.05
Record High Temperature	67 in 2016	68 in 2016	71 in 1922
Record Coolest High	10 in 1983	13 in 1983	10 in 1918
Record Low Temperature	-6 in 1983	-15 in 1918	-10 in 1983
Record Warmest Low	50 in 1889	42 in 1959	51 in 1936
Wettest Christmas	0.53 in 1940	0.17 in 2016	0.37 in 1941
Snowiest Christmas	4.0 in 1894	N/A	N/A
Greatest Snow Depth	4.0 in 2007	N/A	N/A
Number of White Christmases	13 since 1888	N/A	N/A

IF YOU ARE DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS IN

WICHITA...YOU'RE LIKELY TO BE DISAPPOINTED.

For official records a white Christmas is defined: 1 inch or more of snow on the ground. It can either fall on Christmas day, or have been on the ground from a previous storm.

There have only been 13 White Christmas's recorded since records began in Wichita in 1888. This gives Wichita approximately a 10 percent chance of having a White Christmas any given year. The last white Christmas took place in 2013, with 2 inches of snow on the ground.

In 2007, Wichita had 4 inches of snow on the ground for Christmas, which tied the record for the snowiest Christmas which also occurred in 1962.

See graphic below for another look at white Christmas probabilities.

White Christmas Probabilities