Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 9.8°C
- Humidity
- 58%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- SSE 150°, 11 km/h
- Pressure
- 1022.0 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 16 km or more
Where Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt stands
On Earth#2,512 of 8,681The 2,511 above it →In United States#589 of 2,790Every station in United States →
In Kansas#16 of 63
Its highest placing today was 1,511th of 5,276, reached at 00:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 30 days recorded: 389th of 9,191.
Ranking as of 01:30 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
The highest and lowest here · with the day it happenedWe hold a record for 2 months here so far, September and October. The rest of the year fills in as this station reports through it.
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At 19:15 it was 19.2°C. By 20:15 it was 18.2°C. The heat did not hold.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Highest we have recorded
32.5°C
- Date
- Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- Time of day
- 15:55 local
- Location
- Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt, United States
- Position
- 37.69°N 97.22°W · 421 m
The highest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 30 days.
Lowest we have recorded
2.1°C
- Date
- Saturday, 17 October 2026
- Time of day
- 07:55 local
- Location
- Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt, United States
- Position
- 37.69°N 97.22°W · 421 m
The lowest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 30 days.
Recent readings
Each reading as it arrived, newest first, with what our quality checks did with it. A reading we did not count is shown struck through with the reason.
| Time | Temp | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| low | 18.2°C | −0.3°C | Counted |
| 18.5°C | −0.5°C | Counted | |
| 19.0°C | −0.2°C | Counted | |
| high | 19.2°C | −0.2°C |
Recent temperature history
The same record at three widths, picking up where the last 24 hours above leaves off. Each period is summarised from the grain that suits it, so nothing here is one reading repeated thousands of times into the page.
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationMcConnell AFB20.0°C9.3 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyAugusta Muni19.0°C12.2 km away
- Coldest nearbyEl Dorado/Thomas Mem18.0°C36.4 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−61.2°CAntarctica
Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt (KBEC) is a METAR weather station in United States, 421 m above sea level, about 11 km from Wichita.
We have kept a daily record here since 28 September 2026, every one of the 30 days since, from 1,959 observations.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 11.5°C to 26.2°C, a spread of 14.7°C.
It reports about every 20 minutes, and sent 71 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 1,511th hottest of the 5,276 stations reporting.
It is currently within a degree of the median of the 6 reporting stations inside 150 km.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 389th hottest of the 9,191 stations reporting worldwide.
Recent highlights
Fell to 2.1°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 6.5°C on Fri 16 Oct 2026.
- and the 1 days before it
Reached 32.5°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 31.2°C on Mon 12 Oct 2026.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
32.5°C
Tue 13 Oct 2026 at 15:55 local
Lowest
2.1°C
Sat 17 Oct 2026 at 07:55 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt since September 2026, across 30 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 32.5°C | 2.1°C | 18.3°C | 27 | 1,811 |
| September 2026 | 28.1°C | 19.6°C | 22.2°C | 3 | 148 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 32.5°C, lowest 2.1°C, mean 18.6°C. 30 days recorded from 1,959 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 71 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | 19.2°C | 00:15 UTC | 18.2°C | 01:15 UTC |
| 2026-10-26 | 23.8°C | 18:15 UTC | 14.9°C | 12:55 UTC |
| 2026-10-25 | 25.0°C | 19:35 UTC | 12.7°C | 12:35 UTC |
| 2026-10-24 | 26.2°C | 20:15 UTC |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 30 days since we started storing this station on 28 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Mon 28 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored28.1°C on our first day here
- 100 readings stored
- 1,000 readings stored
Where this station is
This station lies about 4,200 km north of the equator.
Where Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt is
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37.69°N 97.22°W
Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-10-26, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps37.6940°N, 97.2150°W
Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt, answered from the data
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt?
32.5°C (90.5°F) on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. That is the highest this site has recorded at this station. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
Our own observations
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt?
2.1°C (35.8°F) on Saturday, 17 October 2026. That is the lowest this site has recorded at this station.
Our own observations
What is the temperature in Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt right now?
18.2°C (64.8°F), measured at 20:15 local on Monday 26 October.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt the hottest place on Earth?
Not right now: it is 2,512th of the 8,681 stations reporting to us. Its best position since we started watching is 389th of 9,191. We rank the stations that report to us, which is not the same as every place on Earth.
Our live rankings
Where does Wichita/Beech Factory Arpt rank among the hottest places in the United States?
Right now it is 589th hottest of the 2,790 stations we track in the United States.
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), and our own observations, 30 days, which hold the record shown above | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
How these readings are checked
Every reading on this page has passed the checks below. A reading that fails any of them is stored as refused and can never be ranked, shown as a record, or counted in a daily high or low.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
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Has a real position
A reading with no usable latitude and longitude is discarded. It cannot be ranked, mapped, or compared with its neighbours, and a temperature with no place is not an answer to which place is hottest.
- 02
Position is not a placeholder
Some feeds fill an unknown position with a stand-in value such as 99.99 degrees or an elevation of 9999 m. Those are not coordinates. They are caught separately from a missing position because a station placed at a fake point has no neighbours, so the neighbour check below can never see anything wrong with it.
- 03
The bulletin itself is current
SYNOP arrives as files that are only re-read when they change. A file that has stopped being updated is set aside whole, before any reading inside it is considered.
- 04
The reading is recent enough for its network
Different networks get different windows, because they report at different rates: 2 hours for METAR, which transmits continuously, and 9 hours for SYNOP, which reports at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A single rule would have discarded the entire synoptic network, including every station in Antarctica.
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Inside the range of measured temperature