Wichita sees highest rainfall total for June day in over 100 years. How much?

Wichita recorded its second-highest June daily rainfall total in history on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

Andy Kleinsasser, a meteorologist in the weather service’s Wichita office, said Friday that 5.31 inches of rain fell Thursday in west Wichita. That amount has been eclipsed only by the 6.82 inches of rain that fell in Wichita on June 8, 1923.

“Across the Wichita metro area, anywhere from 4 inches to 7 inches were recorded from the storm swath,” Kleinsasser said.

Thursday’s rainfall total represented the ninth-highest daily total on record for the city, Kleinsasser said, and the highest in nearly 10 years.

By Friday morning, Wichita had recorded 11.26 inches of rain so far this month, Kleinsasser said.

That makes this month the wettest June since 1928 for the city and, so far, the third-wettest June on record, Kleinsasser said. National Weather Service records go back to 1888.

Some longtime staff members at Eisenhower National Airport said the storms produced the most rain they’ve seen, according to Rachel Mayberry, a spokeswoman for the Wichita Airport Authority.

“We did have a few flights that were diverted (Thursday) night when the aggressive part of the storm came through the area,” Mayberry said in an email.

According to the weather service, the Derby and Haysville area received anywhere from 4.5 to about 6 inches of rain from Thursday through Friday morning while Park City recorded up to 2.5 inches over the same time period.

In Maize, close to 2.5 inches were recorded. In Sedgwick, about 2 inches fell, according to the weather service.

This story was originally published June 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM.