Pratt, KS Weather

Pratt County2:49 PM CDT37.64°N, 98.74°WElevation 1,886 ft

Current conditions

Slight Chance Rain Showers
68°
Slight Chance Rain Showers
Feels like 69°
High 71°·Low 53°
WindS 12 mph gusts 21 mph
Humidity54%
Dew point52°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover49%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:49 AM
Sunset6:52 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. South southeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  • Tonight

    A slight chance of rain showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday

    A slight chance of rain showers before 8am. Sunny, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Slight Chance Rain Showers 68°17%
  2. 3 PM Slight Chance Rain Showers 70°15%
  3. 4 PM Slight Chance Rain Showers 71°16%
  4. 5 PM Slight Chance Rain Showers 69°17%
  5. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 66°
  6. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 66°
  7. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 62°
  8. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 60°
  9. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  10. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  11. Wed12 AM Partly Cloudy 57°
  12. 1 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 56°18%
  13. 2 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 54°24%
  14. 3 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 54°24%
  15. 4 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 53°24%
  16. 5 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 53°24%
  17. 6 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 52°24%
  18. 7 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 52°20%
  19. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 52°14%
  20. 9 AM Sunny 54°
  21. 10 AM Sunny 59°
  22. 11 AM Sunny 63°
  23. 12 PM Sunny 66°
  24. 1 PM Sunny 69°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers24%53°71°
  2. WedOct 21 Slight Chance Rain Showers then Sunny Slight Chance Rain Showers then Sunny24%53°73°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny55°77°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny56°75°
  5. SatOct 24 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers42%52°72°
  6. SunOct 25 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers42%52°67°
  7. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers27%50°66°
  8. TueOct 27 Heavy rain Heavy rain0.22 in51°58°
  9. WedOct 28 Rain Rain0.04 in46°58°
  10. ThuOct 29 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny41°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 7:49 AM
Sunset 6:52 PM
Daylight 11 h 3 min (−2 min 17 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 71% lit
Moonrise 4:00 PM Moonset 1:59 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in DDC, issued 10 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Minimal shower/isolated thunderstorm chances (20-40%) late today into very early Wednesday.

- Ongoing warming trend continues through mid-week.

Discussion

Issued at 1208 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

WV imagery indicates a west-southwest flow aloft prevailing across the Western High Plains. Near the surface, a weak area of low pressure remains anchored in southeast Colorado.

Despite a relatively dry pattern persisting early in the period, there are minimal chances (20-40%) for showers and possibly an isolated thunderstorm here or there late today/early Wednesday as the SREF points to another upper level shortwave trough lifting northeast through the Southern Rockies early this morning, and farther into the high plains of eastern Colorado this afternoon. Near the surface, modest moisture return at best will push surface dewpoints up into 50s(F) across southwest/south central Kansas, introducing some meager instability with MUCAPE values pushing 500 J/kg or so by late afternoon. Meanwhile, an attendant frontal boundary to the organizing low in southeast Colorado is projected to develop/extend east-northeast through western Kansas by early evening. Although dynamic support aloft will remain less than favorable, steepening low/mid-level lapse rates combined with very marginal instability will set the stage for shower/isolated thunderstorm development across central Kansas and portions of southwest Kansas as H5 vort maxima transition through the high plains, interacting with the aforementioned boundary. The best chance for isolated showers/storm or two initially will be across extreme southwest Kansas late afternoon/early evening as suggested by some CAMs and the HREF indicating a 20-30% probability of 6-hr QPF exceeding a mere 0.1 of an inch by late evening with that probability then shifting to central Kansas overnight. What little precip chances exist dissipate Wednesday as a developing upper level ridge amplifies across the Western High Plains.

An ongoing warming trend continues today as prevailing southerlies help draw slightly warmer air into the area, pushing H85 temperatures well above 10C in central Kansas to near 17-18C in extreme southwest Kansas. With the HREF showing a 40-60% probability of temperatures exceeding 70F in central/south central Kansas to better than a 90% probability of topping 70F elsewhere, expect widespread afternoon highs in the 70s(F). Look for similar highs Wednesday.

Aviation

Issued at 433 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Good flying weather will continue through this TAF period, with VFR at all airports, and varying amounts of mid/high clouds. After 15z Tue, elevated to strong south winds are expected, gusting 25-28 kts.

Ddc Watches

None.

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