National Weather Service records warmest Wichita Christmas on record
Wichita meteorologists have deemed Christmas Day of 2025 the warmest on city record after temperatures reached 75 degrees Thursday afternoon.
The recorded temperature surpassed the previous record, 68 degrees, set in 2019.
According to National Weather Service Wichita data, the coldest Christmas Day in Wichita was observed on 1983 at a frigid minus 6 degrees.
The average high temperature on Christmas Day in Wichita is 42 degrees, while the average low is 22. As for white Christmases, Wichita has had 13 since the weather service began recording weather data in the region in 1888.
Forecasters said the unseasonably warm temperatures will carry into the weekend, with record highs forecasted for Friday and Saturday.
“Afternoon highs will be 20 to 30 degrees warmer than average for this time of year,” the weather service said in a Facebook post.
