Great Bend weather in April

In April, Great Bend sees average daytime highs of 66°F and overnight lows near 44°F, with 2.7 in of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 63°F in the first days to 69°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Great Bend's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Great Bend's year-round climate.

Daytime high
66°
7th warmest
Overnight low
44°
6th coldest
Precipitation
2.7 in
8.8 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:05 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
51%
11th clearest
Wind
12 mph
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Great Bend is city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States.

Density
566/km²
people per km²
Founded
1871

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 63°F in the first days to 69°F by the end.

A typical April day in Great Bend reaches about 66°F in the afternoon and slips back to 44°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 51°F and 81°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 9°F warmer than March and about 10°F cooler than May.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
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26339
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46340
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How April really feels in Great Bend

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Great Bend weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan43° / 22°0.83.62.69.60.5
Feb47° / 26°1.14.62.510.51.7
Mar57° / 34°2.06.21.511.74.4
Apr66° / 44°2.78.80.6136.4
May76° / 54°4.510.9014.16.7
Jun86° / 65°3.59.3014.65.2
Jul91° / 69°2.88.7014.43.9
Aug89° / 67°3.18.5013.54.6
Sep81° / 59°2.16.5012.37.0
Oct69° / 46°2.360.3117.3
Nov55° / 34°1.34.419.94.3
Dec44° / 25°1.34.42.79.40.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25941
35941
45941
55941
65941
75941
85842
95842
105842
115842
125842
135743
145743
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Great Bend gets around 2.7 in of rain and snow over 8.8 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 29% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202530
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1243
2243
3253
4253
5263
6263
7263
8263
9273
10273
11273
12273
13282
14282
15282
16292
17292
18302
19301
20301
21311
22311
23321
24321
25331
26331
27341
28341
29351
30351

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39820
49820
59721
69721
79721
89721
99721
109721
119631
129631
139631
149631
159541
169640
179640
189640
199640
209550
219550
229451
239451
249361
259361
269271
279172
289082
298893
3087103

Wind in April

Winds average 12 mph in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 mph on the calmest days to 12 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
111light breeze
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411light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:296:51
212.46:276:52
312.56:256:53
412.56:246:54
512.56:226:55
612.66:216:56
712.66:196:57
812.76:186:58
912.76:166:58
1012.76:146:59
1112.86:137:00
1212.86:117:01
1312.96:107:02
1412.96:087:03
1513.06:077:04
1613.06:057:05
1713.06:047:06
1813.16:037:07
1913.16:017:08
2013.26:007:09
2113.25:587:10
2213.25:577:11
2313.35:557:12
2413.35:547:13
2513.45:537:14
2613.45:517:15
2713.45:507:16
2813.55:497:17
2913.55:487:18
3013.55:467:19

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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55.5Bright
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Great Bend

In seasonPeak

In April, Great Bend sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Great Bend's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Great Bend?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Great Bend for sightseeing.

What to pack for Great Bend in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Great Bend sees daytime highs around 66°F and nights near 44°F. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Great Bend in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Great Bend peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Great Bend?

Great Bend sits at 38.4°N, 98.8°W, 1,850 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Hays, 47 mi away.

Topography around Great Bend

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Great Bend.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Great Bend has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 ft around an average of 1,850 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 978 ft.

The land around Great Bend is covered by cropland (33%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (23%) within 2 miles, cropland (67%) and grassland (23%) within 10 miles, and cropland (58%) and grassland (39%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
52 ft
10 miles
217 ft
50 miles
978 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Hays 47 mi · Hutchinson 50 mi · Salina 70 mi · Newton 80 mi · Dodge City 80 mi · Wichita 91 mi · Derby 99 mi · Junction City 114 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Great Bend (38.3645°, -98.7648°, elevation 1,850 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).