Annual mean 13°C · wettest around May · prevailing wind SW
Warmest
31.8 °C
Coldest
1.7 °C
Wettest
35%
Windiest
7.8 m/s
Prevailing
SW
6.2 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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bars actual · line feels-like, °Cchance of rain, %wind speed, m/ssky covered, %
The average temperature in Great Bend over the whole year is 13°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 31°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about -5°C. Great Bend has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 23% in February, the driest month, to 34% in May, the wettest. Winds in Great Bend are highest in April, averaging 5.9 m/s (21 km/h), and lightest in August, at 4.0 m/s (14 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW. The clearest skies in Great Bend come in September, when the sky is typically 17% covered; May is the cloudiest month, at 33%.
Month by month Great Bend climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
3°C
-5°C
-3°C
27%
28%
4.7 m/s
0
0
10
February
6°C
-4°C
-1°C
23%
26%
5.1 m/s
4
0
24
March
13°C
2°C
6°C
27%
27%
5.8 m/s
11
1
42
April
18°C
7°C
11°C
28%
27%
5.9 m/s
33
2
58
May
22°C
14°C
19°C
34%
33%
4.9 m/s
64
20
59
June
29°C
20°C
28°C
33%
18%
5.1 m/s
43
58
17
July
31°C
22°C
31°C
30%
19%
4.4 m/s
21
64
5
August
30°C
20°C
29°C
29%
19%
4.0 m/s
32
62
10
September
28°C
16°C
25°C
29%
17%
4.6 m/s
55
51
29
October
20°C
8°C
14°C
28%
20%
4.9 m/s
48
9
59
November
12°C
2°C
6°C
24%
20%
4.9 m/s
14
0
44
December
7°C
-3°C
0°C
24%
20%
4.7 m/s
1
0
20
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Great Bend weather by season
Year round, Great Bend has days of about 3°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 31°C in July, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from -5°C to 22°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 13°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around May and least likely around February. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Great Bend weather in winterDecember to February
High 5°CLow -4°CRain 25%
Winter in Great Bend has typical daily highs of about 5°C and lows of about -4°C, with a 25% chance of rain on a given day.
Great Bend weather in springMarch to May
High 18°CLow 8°CRain 30%
Spring in Great Bend has typical daily highs of about 18°C and lows of about 8°C, with a 30% chance of rain on a given day.
Great Bend weather in summerJune to August
High 30°CLow 21°CRain 31%
Summer in Great Bend has typical daily highs of about 30°C and lows of about 21°C, with a 31% chance of rain on a given day.
Great Bend weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 20°CLow 9°CRain 27%
Autumn in Great Bend has typical daily highs of about 20°C and lows of about 9°C, with a 27% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Great Bend?
Great Bend has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 23% in February, the driest month, to 34% in May, the wettest.
What time of year is Great Bend windiest?
Winds in Great Bend are highest in April, averaging 5.9 m/s (21 km/h), and lightest in August, at 4.0 m/s (14 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW.
What is the average temperature in Great Bend year round?
The average temperature in Great Bend over the whole year is 13°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 31°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about -5°C.