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Wichita is known as the Air Capital of the World. It is the largest city in Kansas as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub. CNN/Money and Money magazine once ranked Wichita 9th on its list of the 10 best big cities to live. The city hosts six major aircraft manufacturing companies and McConnell Air Force Base. Wichita is located on the Arkansas River in Sedgwick County.

Wichita is the 51st largest city in the US with an population of over 350,000. Temperatures range from an average low of about 20?F to an average high of nearly 93?F. The maximum reaches 90?F an average of 64 days per year and reaches 100?F 14 days per year. The minimum temperature falls below freezing an average of 108 days per year. Typically the first freeze occurs between the 2nd week of October and mid-November and the last is usually around the final week of April.

The area receives 30+ inches of precipitation during the year with the most coming in May and June, with a 21 days of measurable precipitation. Winter snowfalls average near 17 inches, but the median is under eight inches. Measurable snowfall occurs, on average, 11 days per year.