Larned, KS Weather

Pawnee County3:09 AM CDT38.18°N, 99.10°WElevation 2,005 ft

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
57°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 57°
High 75°·Low 53° tonight
WindESE 10 mph
Humidity82%
Dew point52°
Pressure30.16 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover44%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:52 AM
Sunset6:52 PM

Observed at Great Bend, Great Bend Municipal Airport · 34 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Overnight

    A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2am and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3am and 4am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 4am and 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. South southeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Southeast wind around 6 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 57°21%
  2. 4 AM Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 56°16%
  3. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 55°0.02
  4. 6 AM Sunny 54°0.02
  5. 7 AM Sunny 54°
  6. 8 AM Sunny 53°
  7. 9 AM Sunny 55°
  8. 10 AM Sunny 60°
  9. 11 AM Sunny 64°
  10. 12 PM Sunny 68°
  11. 1 PM Sunny 71°
  12. 2 PM Sunny 73°
  13. 3 PM Sunny 73°
  14. 4 PM Sunny 75°
  15. 5 PM Sunny 74°
  16. 6 PM Clear 73°
  17. 7 PM Clear 69°
  18. 8 PM Mostly Clear 64°
  19. 9 PM Mostly Clear 62°
  20. 10 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  21. 11 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  22. Thu12 AM Clear 58°
  23. 1 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  24. 2 AM Mostly Clear 56°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms21%53°
  2. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny52°75°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny57°78°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny58°77°
  5. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny21%52°73°
  6. SunOct 25 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers61%48°65°
  7. MonOct 26 Rain Showers Likely Rain Showers Likely61%43°61°
  8. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny22%60°
  9. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny33°51°
  10. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny35°60°

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 6:52 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 20 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 75% lit
Moonrise 4:28 PM Moonset 3:02 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low67° / 40°
Record high91° (2023)
Record low30° (1995)
Wettest2.22 in (1983)
Yesterday74° / 44°
Month to date2.44 in (normal 1.38 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 DDC, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Slightly warmer temperatures are expected today with highs in the mid/upper 70s amidst light and variable winds.

- Warming trend will continue on Thursday as modest to strong southerly winds and subsidence aloft support highs in the upper 70s/low 80s.

- Temperature trend reverses Friday through the weekend as highs fall from the upper 70s into the upper 50s/low 60s by early next week.

- Confidence continues to increase regarding precipitation over the weekend, with ensembles suggesting a range of 0.75-2" of total rainfall.

Discussion

Issued at 1145 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Water vapor satellite imagery and RAP upper air analysis late Tuesday evening reveal weak ridging is in place from the southern plains through the central plains with a significant, cut-off trough centered just offshore off the west coast. At the surface, broad high pressure reaches from its center over southern Quebec, Canada, southwestward through the central plains, resulting in modest southerly winds across southwest KS. For the remainder of the overnight period, 10-15 mph winds and partly to mostly cloudy skies will support Wednesday morning lows in the low to mid 50s. Daytime Wednesday, short range guidance indicates the strong cut-off low out west will make little progress eastward as the downstream ridge amplifies considerably, extending through the northern plains and into south-central Canada. As a result, surface high pressure over our area will be reinforced, yielding light and variable winds and a slight uptick in afternoon temperatures with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Wednesday night, light winds and mostly clear skies will permit lows dropping into the upper 40s to low 50s.

Very little change to the synoptic pattern is forecast on Thursday as the high amplitude trough out west and the ridge overhead inch eastward. Nevertheless, lee cyclogenesis will begin in east-central MT and adjacent areas, which will engender more robust southerly winds across southwest KS in the 15-25 mph range gusting to 30-35 mph. Additionally, 850-mb temperatures are progged to increase by 2- 4 degrees C, which will translate to afternoon highs reaching the upper 70s/low 80s.

Friday through the end of the period, medium range ensembles agree the strong upper wave will stall out over the central Rockies before a shortwave trough diving southeast from south-central Canada pushes it onto the High Plains over the weekend and into early next week. This synoptic evolution will support a steady, moderate cooling trend as afternoon temperatures fall from the upper 70s on Friday to the upper 50s/low 60s Tuesday and beyond. Furthermore, the slow progression of the upper wave is ideal for precipitation across southwest KS, and this is indeed reflected by the NBM, which paints plenty of chance (25-54%) to likely (55-74%) pops across much of our area Saturday and Sunday, as well as the ECMWF ENS and GEFS mean total precipitation fields which are in the 1-2" and 0.75-1.5" range, respectively, through next Monday evening.

Aviation

Issued at 1145 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

VFR flying conditions this TAF cycle for all terminals. Current south-southeast winds in the 10-13 kt range will weaken to light and variable by around 09Z tonight, and persist through the end of the period.

Ddc Watches

None.

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