However, there are remarkable differences between night and day. In April, the weather in Wichita Falls is usually very mild. The average wind speed is 20 kph (12 mph). The day lasts on average 12 hours and 0 minutes. Precipitation amounts to 50 mm (2 in), distributed over 6 days. On the warmest days, which normally occur at the end of the month, the temperature usually reaches around 31 ☌ (88 ☏). However, it dropped to -12.8 ☌ (9 ☏) in March 2014. On the coldest nights, which normally occur at the beginning of the month, the temperature usually drops to around -4.5 ☌ (24 ☏). In March, the weather in Wichita Falls is usually mild. The average wind speed is 18 kph (11 mph). The day lasts on average 11 hours and 0 minutes. Precipitation amounts to 35 mm (1.4 in), distributed over 5 days. On the warmest days of the month, the temperature usually reaches around 27.5 ☌ (81.5 ☏). However, it dropped to -16.1 ☌ (3 ☏) in February 1996. On the coldest nights of the month, the temperature usually drops to around -7 ☌ (19 ☏). The average temperature is of 7.9 ☌ (46 ☏), with a minimum of 0.9 ☌ (33.6 ☏) and a maximum of 15 ☌ (59 ☏). In February, the weather in Wichita Falls is usually quite mild. The average wind speed is 17 kph (11 mph). The day lasts on average 10 hours and 10 minutes. Precipitation amounts to 30 mm (1.2 in), distributed over 5 days. On the warmest days of the month, the temperature usually reaches around 25 ☌ (77 ☏).
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However, it dropped to -15 ☌ (5 ☏) in January 2018. On the coldest nights of the month, the temperature usually drops to around -9 ☌ (15.5 ☏). The average temperature is of 5.8 ☌ (42 ☏), with a minimum of -1.1 ☌ (30 ☏) and a maximum of 12.6 ☌ (54.7 ☏). In January, the coldest month of the year, the weather in Wichita Falls is usually quite cold.
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( January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December) The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of 5.8 ☌ (42.4 ☏), that of the warmest month (July) is of 29.3 ☌ (84.7 ☏). Wichita Falls is located in the "tornado alley", so tornadoes can occasionally occur in the April-June period (and more rarely in autumn). In 2014, the temperature reached 45 ☌ (113 ☏) in early June. In 2011, on the other hand, scorching heat lasted a long time, and there were 81 days with a temperature equal to or above 40 ☌ (104 ☏), from May to September. On that occasion, there were 10 consecutive days with a maximum temperature equal to or higher than 44 ☌ (111 ☏). The record heat is 47 ☌ (116.5 ☏), set in late June 1980. On the hottest days of the year, the temperature reaches 41/42 ☌ (106/108 ☏). Typically, the temperature reaches or exceeds 38 ☌ (100 ☏) for 28 days a year. Wichita Falls is a particularly hot city. The summer, from June to mid or late September, is very hot and sunny, with some thunderstorms. More recently, the temperature dropped to -22 ☌ (-7.5 ☏) in February 1985 and February 2021. The coldest record is -23 ☌ (-9.5 ☏), recorded in January 1947.
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The most abundant snowfall that occurred in one day was of 30 cm (12 in), in January 1962. On average, 10 cm (4 in) of snow fall per year. In fact, there are periods in which the temperature can exceed 20 ☌ (68 ☏), and sometimes 25 ☌ (77 ☏), even in the middle of winter, but also irruptions of cold air, with intense frosts and possible snowfalls. The winter, from December to February, is quite cold, but above all it is characterized by the alternation of mild and cold periods. Wichita Falls is located in the far north of Texas, at 290 meters (950 feet) above sea level, and 15 km (9 mi) away from the Red River, which marks the border with Oklahoma. The city is windy and exposed to clashes between air masses which cause sudden changes in temperature. The climate of Wichita Falls is subtropical, with quite cold winters and very hot, muggy summers.