Wichita Falls, TX

Texas · Records since 1908–2026

☀️ 96°F Feels like 105°
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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

107°F

September 11, 2000

+17° from 90° normal

❄ Record Low

50°F

September 11, 1968

-16° from 66° normal
🌞 Normal high: 90°F 🌑 Normal low: 66°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 11

# Temp Date
🏆 107°F September 11, 2000
2 105°F September 11, 1963
3 102°F September 11, 1930
4 100°F September 11, 1981
5 99°F September 11, 1977
6 98°F September 11, 1999
7 98°F September 11, 1984
8 98°F September 11, 1975
9 98°F September 11, 1936
10 97°F September 11, 1982

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 50°F September 11, 1968
2 51°F September 11, 1959
3 56°F September 11, 2017
4 56°F September 11, 1960
5 56°F September 11, 1935
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
90
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
4
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1924–2026
117
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

184 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

15.14"
2026 YTD
Normal: 19.81"
-4.67"
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 4.67" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 11 – Sep 10, 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)
90.7°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 103
+8.2°
vs. average
Normal: 82.5°F (1991–2020)
0.29"
Precipitation
16th-driest of 122
-2.67"
vs. average
Normal: 2.96" · 10% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 11 – Sep 10

1924–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.06° per decade (cooling since 1924)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 11 – Sep 10

1897–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 90.7°F
2 2000 89.7°F
3 2023 89.1°F
4 1954 88.0°F
5 1936 87.9°F
6 1939 87.9°F
7 1947 87.5°F
8 1952 87.4°F
9 2011 87.4°F
10 1951 87.2°F

Coolest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1950 76.0°F
2 2004 76.4°F
3 1992 77.1°F
4 1967 77.5°F
5 2017 77.9°F
6 1996 78.4°F
7 1966 78.8°F
8 1974 78.8°F
9 1991 79.0°F
10 1968 79.2°F

Wettest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1914 9.85"
2 2008 9.07"
3 1971 8.53"
4 1905 7.59"
5 2018 7.29"
6 2005 7.04"
7 1991 6.87"
8 1966 6.70"
9 1986 6.56"
10 1950 5.83"

Driest Aug 11 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2000 0.00"
2 1897 0.00"
3 1908 0.02"
4 1990 0.03"
5 1943 0.05"
6 1995 0.09"
7 1983 0.10"
8 1957 0.14"
9 1912 0.15"
10 2023 0.18"
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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