Lake · Texas · United States
Lake Wichita
Best for kiting in April, with 56 % kite days.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 33 % Possibleabout 10 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 67 %
- Kiteable 33 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Best hours
- 11:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.4 h
- Air
- 26 °Cdaily maximum, 26 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 6 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Lake Wichita averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (33 %).
| Kite days% of days | 34 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 40 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 29 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Possible | Possible | Good | Good | Good | Possible | Off | Off | Off | Possible | Possible | Possible |
| Good yearsof 0, reached 50 % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 12 to 16 | 11 to 16 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 15 to 19 | 17 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 12 to 18 | 11 to 17 | 11 to 16 | 11 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 10.2 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 13 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 15 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 5 of 31 | 6 of 28 | 7 of 31 | 7 of 30 | 11 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 4 of 31 | 6 of 31 | 6 of 30 | 6 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 4 of 31 |
- In January, Lake Wichita averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (34 %).
- In February, Lake Wichita averaged 10 kite days out of 28 (36 %).
- In March, Lake Wichita averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (45 %).
- In April, Lake Wichita averaged 17 kite days out of 30 (56 %).
- In May, Lake Wichita averaged 12 kite days out of 31 (40 %).
- In June, Lake Wichita averaged 9 kite days out of 30 (30 %).
- In July, Lake Wichita averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (14 %).
- In August, Lake Wichita averaged 4 kite days out of 31 (13 %).
- In September, Lake Wichita averaged 5 kite days out of 30 (16 %).
- In October, Lake Wichita averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (33 %).
- In November, Lake Wichita averaged 9 kite days out of 30 (29 %).
- In December, Lake Wichita averaged 8 kite days out of 31 (26 %).
Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Lake Wichita
Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.
How the wind behaves
In April, the windiest month
- Too light 44 %
- Kiteable 56 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 44 %, kiteable on 56 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 18:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often S (180°).
Kitesurfing at Lake Wichita: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Lake Wichita?
The best month is April: from 2017 to 2025, 56 % of its days were kite days.
Is Lake Wichita windy in October?
Sometimes. 33 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 10 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Lake Wichita get in a year?
About 113 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
Live forecast from Windy
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Spot facts
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base (SPS), 18 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-05:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 33.8383, -98.5572
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Texas
Kite days in October, % of days
- El Jardin
United States · 13 points fewer kite days than Lake Wichita in October
20 %Kite days by month at El Jardin: Jan 28 %, Feb 33 %, Mar 42 %, Apr 48 %, May 42 %, Jun 25 %, Jul 7 %, Aug 7 %, Sep 10 %, Oct 20 %, Nov 19 %, Dec 18 % - Levee
United States · 10 points more kite days than Lake Wichita in October
43 %Kite days by month at Levee: Jan 53 %, Feb 55 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 71 %, May 62 %, Jun 51 %, Jul 31 %, Aug 25 %, Sep 24 %, Oct 43 %, Nov 41 %, Dec 41 % - Galveston Island
United States · 17 points more kite days than Lake Wichita in October
50 %Kite days by month at Galveston Island: Jan 62 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 64 %, Apr 73 %, May 66 %, Jun 55 %, Jul 34 %, Aug 28 %, Sep 32 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 50 %, Dec 44 % - Bluffs Landing
United States · 18 points more kite days than Lake Wichita in October
51 %Kite days by month at Bluffs Landing: Jan 55 %, Feb 58 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 76 %, May 77 %, Jun 71 %, Jul 70 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 44 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 48 %, Dec 42 % - North Packery
United States · 23 points more kite days than Lake Wichita in October
56 %Kite days by month at North Packery: Jan 63 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 71 %, Apr 77 %, May 77 %, Jun 73 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 50 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 55 %, Dec 51 % - Race Flats
United States · 28 points more kite days than Lake Wichita in October
61 %Kite days by month at Race Flats: Jan 66 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 77 %, Apr 83 %, May 83 %, Jun 76 %, Jul 76 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 51 %, Oct 61 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 58 % - South Flats
United States · 25 points more kite days than Lake Wichita in October
58 %Kite days by month at South Flats: Jan 64 %, Feb 72 %, Mar 76 %, Apr 79 %, May 81 %, Jun 74 %, Jul 71 %, Aug 60 %, Sep 47 %, Oct 58 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 56 % - Boca Chica
United States · 20 points more kite days than Lake Wichita in October
53 %Kite days by month at Boca Chica: Jan 61 %, Feb 69 %, Mar 73 %, Apr 77 %, May 78 %, Jun 71 %, Jul 66 %, Aug 54 %, Sep 41 %, Oct 53 %, Nov 60 %, Dec 54 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: low.
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In October, 33 % of days at Lake Wichita met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/lake-wichita
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