Is Wichita Falls safe? United States travel risk
Is Wichita Falls safe right now? Checked 23 October 2026
Wichita Falls scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Wichita Falls scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Wichita Falls: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 37 is higher than 36% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 33.9072° N, 98.5291° W within Texas, Wichita Falls is situated 1,998.4 km ENE of Washington at an altitude of 289 m.
Texas
33.9072° N, 98.5291° W
289 m
America/Chicago
102,558
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (36 °C avg high); Wettest: May (121 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 16° | 21° | 26° | 29° | 34° | 36° | 36° | 32° | 26° | 19° | 13° |
| Low °C | 2° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 22° | 15° | 8° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 42 | 31 | 74 | 96 | 121 | 62 | 35 | 54 | 55 | 72 | 58 | 43 |
Normals: Wichita Falls (0 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Wichita Falls happened in May and October (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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