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Washita Battlefield National Historic Site visitation by month and year

April is the busiest month at Washita Battlefield, when the average temperature nearby is 59 degrees. February is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 42 degrees. April runs about 2.9 times the visits of February. The warmest month is July, a little off the peak. Annual visits rose 21.2 percent from 9,119 in 2019 to 11,048 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Washita Battlefield04008001.2k1.6kJanuary: 697 visits on average, 38.5°FJanFebruary: 528 visits on average, 41.9°FFebMarch: 992 visits on average, 50.7°FMarApril: 1,529 visits on average, 58.8°FAprMay: 1,409 visits on average, 68.1°FMayJune: 1,300 visits on average, 76.7°FJunJuly: 1,302 visits on average, 81.9°FJulAugust: 890 visits on average, 79.6°FAugSeptember: 1,042 visits on average, 72.2°FSepOctober: 1,458 visits on average, 60.7°FOctNovember: 893 visits on average, 48.9°FNovDecember: 604 visits on average, 39.7°FDecJanuary: 38.5°F averageFebruary: 41.9°F averageMarch: 50.7°F averageApril: 58.8°F averageMay: 68.1°F averageJune: 76.7°F averageJuly: 81.9°F averageAugust: 79.6°F averageSeptember: 72.2°F averageOctober: 60.7°F averageNovember: 48.9°F averageDecember: 39.7°F average30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°F90°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in2.0 in4.0 inJanuary: 0.89 in precipitationFebruary: 0.85 in precipitationMarch: 1.70 in precipitationApril: 2.91 in precipitationMay: 3.97 in precipitationJune: 3.45 in precipitationJuly: 2.62 in precipitationAugust: 3.06 in precipitationSeptember: 2.42 in precipitationOctober: 2.64 in precipitationNovember: 1.27 in precipitationDecember: 1.05 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Cheyenne 6Sw Mesonet, 5 miles from the park's reference point at 2,277 feet, station USC00341743 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 2002 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Washita Battlefield05k10k15k198019902000201020202002: 15,3742003: 15,4672004: 14,7332005: 15,3112006: 14,4082007: 13,9282008: 14,5792009: 10,5272010: 12,5522011: 10,9952012: 10,6152013: 8,4342014: 13,1862015: 12,0672016: 12,3122017: 11,8312018: 13,4372019: 9,1192020: 12,5202021: 15,2372022: 12,6582023: 11,9062024: 12,3692025: 11,0482025: 11k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
202511,048-10.7%
202412,369+3.9%
202311,906-5.9%
202212,658-16.9%
202115,237+21.7%
202012,520+37.3%
20199,119-32.1%
201813,437+13.6%
201711,831-3.9%
201612,312+2.0%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00341743, 2,277 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.