Great Bend, KS 67530 Weather

Barton County11:51 PM CDT38.39°N, 98.78°W

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
66°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 66°
High 77° Friday·Low 58° tonight
WindSSE 14 mph gusts 23 mph
Humidity63%
Dew point53°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover37%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:52 AM
Sunset6:49 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 9 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 6 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Cloudy 66°
  2. Fri12 AM Partly Cloudy 65°
  3. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 64°
  4. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 63°
  5. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 62°
  6. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 61°
  7. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 60°
  8. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 59°
  9. 7 AM Partly Sunny 59°
  10. 8 AM Partly Sunny 59°
  11. 9 AM Partly Sunny 60°
  12. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 65°
  13. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 68°
  14. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  15. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 74°
  16. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  17. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 77°
  18. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  19. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  20. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 75°
  21. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 72°
  22. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 69°
  23. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 67°
  24. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 66°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy58°
  2. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny59°77°
  3. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny55°76°
  4. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers35%55°73°
  5. MonOct 26 Rain Showers Likely Rain Showers Likely61%49°67°
  6. TueOct 27 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers34%50°63°
  7. WedOct 28 Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny15%48°67°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny66°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy44°55°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy49°62°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:52 AM
Sunset 6:49 PM
Daylight 10 h 57 min (−2 min 20 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 89% lit
Moonrise 4:50 PM Moonset 4:03 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low67° / 39°
Record high88° (2022)
Record low25° (2006)
Wettest0.90 in (2008)
Month to date2.44 in (normal 1.45 in)

Great Bend 3wnw, records since 1948. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ICT, issued 1 hr ago

Key Messages

- Seasonably warm and dry through Saturday.

- Rain chances increase late Sunday into Monday, mainly west of the Flint Hills.

Discussion

Issued at 143 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

A mid/upper ridge continues to build over the central Plains while a vigorous trough is digging into the southwestern CONUS, centered near southern California. At the surface, a broad lee trough extends from the High Plains into eastern Colorado, maintaining a southerly low- level jet and warm advection into Kansas. This pattern supports continued seasonably warm temperatures and mostly dry conditions through Saturday.

Across the area, skies will remain mostly clear to partly cloudy today, with increasing mid and high clouds tonight into Friday as moisture and upper-level cloud shields spread eastward ahead of the western trough. Afternoon highs today and Friday are expected to reach the mid to upper 70s, with some locations in central and western Kansas climbing into the low 80s, well below record values but several degrees above late October normals.

As the lee trough deepens Friday, the surface pressure gradient will tighten, especially over central and western Kansas. This will yield sustained southerly winds in the 15 to 25 mph range with gusts into the mid-20s to perhaps near 30 mph west of the Flint Hills, while southeast counties (ChanuteParsonsCoffeyville corridor) see somewhat lighter but still noticeable south winds. These breezy conditions will persist into Saturday, supporting good mixing and limiting overnight cooling, with lows mainly in the mid to upper 50s.

The more consequential period begins late Sunday into Monday as the stubborn southwestern CONUS trough finally ejects east- northeast toward the central Plains. As height falls spread into Kansas, large-scale ascent, deepening moisture, and strengthening low-level convergence along and ahead of the attendant surface front will support increasing shower and embedded thunderstorm coverage.

Ensembles favor higher precipitation chances over central and western portions of the area (e.g., Hutchinson, Great Bend, Salina corridors) with lower but non-zero chances extending into the Wichita metro and southeast Kansas. Timing remains somewhat uncertain, but trends support showers developing late Sunday afternoon or evening in western zones, spreading east Sunday night and persisting at least into Monday.

Aviation

Issued at 1035 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

Quiet VFR conditions are expected the next 24 hours across central, south-central, and southeast Kansas. Isolated shower and thunderstorm activity overnight should remain well west- northwest of RSL and GBD. Deep High Plains low pressure will support continued breezy south winds Friday, with gusts up to around 25-30 kts, strongest for RSL and GBD.

Ict Watches

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