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This is the current conditions weather report for Wichita Falls. The report was made 70 minutes ago, at 10:52 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 23 miles per hour / 37 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 23 miles per hour / 37 kilometers per hour from the north (360°). The temperature was 45°F / 7°C, with a dew-point at 45°F / 7°C. The temperature felt like 37°F / 3°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.12 inHg / 1021 hPa. The relative humidity was 46%. The skies were partly cloudy.
Wichita Falls is a city in Wichita County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 104,197. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer and Wichita counties. The city is the county seat of Wichita County.
Sheppard Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base, is located in Wichita Falls.
Wichita Falls is home to Midwestern State University, an accredited 4-year college offering both bachelor's and master's degrees.
The Wichita Falls Municipal Airport is served by American Eagle with six flights daily to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The Kickapoo Downtown Airpark and the Wichita Valley Airport serve smaller, private planes.
Wichita Falls is the home of the annual Hotter'N Hell Hundred, the largest century (one hundred mile) bicycle ride in the US.
The city has been home to a number of semi-pro, development, and minor league sports teams, including the Wichita Falls Texans of the Continental Basketball Association, Wichita Falls Fever in the Lone Star Soccer Alliance (1989-92), the Wichita Falls Spudders baseball team in the Texas League, and the Wichita Falls Wildcats (formerly the Wichita Falls Rustlers) of the North American Hockey League, an American "Junior A" Hockey league. .
Soccer legend Mia Hamm grew up in Wichita Falls, but left to finish high school in Northern Virginia and later played for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.