Great Bend weather in March

In March, Great Bend sees average daytime highs of 57°F and overnight lows near 34°F, with 2.0 in of precipitation across 6.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 52°F in the first days to 61°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Great Bend's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Great Bend's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 57°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 34°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 2.0 in; 6.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:54 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; 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.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 52°F in the first days to 61°F by the end.

A typical March day in Great Bend reaches about 57°F in the afternoon and slips back to 34°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°F and 74°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 10°F warmer than February and about 9°F cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	62
Avg low (°F)	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	51	28
2	51	28
3	52	29
4	52	29
5	53	29
6	53	30
7	54	30
8	54	31
9	55	31
10	55	32
11	55	32
12	56	33
13	56	33
14	57	34
15	57	34
16	57	34
17	58	35
18	58	35
19	58	36
20	58	36
21	59	36
22	59	37
23	59	37
24	60	37
25	60	37
26	60	38
27	61	38
28	61	38
29	61	38
30	62	39
31	62	39

How March really feels in Great Bend

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Great Bend weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	43° / 22°	0.8	3.6	2.6	9.6	0.5
Feb	47° / 26°	1.1	4.6	2.5	10.5	1.7
Mar	57° / 34°	2.0	6.2	1.5	11.7	4.4
Apr	66° / 44°	2.7	8.8	0.6	13	6.4
May	76° / 54°	4.5	10.9	0	14.1	6.7
Jun	86° / 65°	3.5	9.3	0	14.6	5.2
Jul	91° / 69°	2.8	8.7	0	14.4	3.9
Aug	89° / 67°	3.1	8.5	0	13.5	4.6
Sep	81° / 59°	2.1	6.5	0	12.3	7.0
Oct	69° / 46°	2.3	6	0.3	11	7.3
Nov	55° / 34°	1.3	4.4	1	9.9	4.3
Dec	44° / 25°	1.3	4.4	2.7	9.4	0.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	57	57	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	57	57	57	58	59
Cloudier (%)	43	43	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	43	43	43	42	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Great Bend gets around 2.0 in of rain and snow over 6.2 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24
Snow chance (%)	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	18	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	21	5
17	21	5
18	21	5
19	21	5
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	22	4
23	22	4
24	23	3
25	23	3
26	23	3
27	23	3
28	23	3
29	23	3
30	23	3
31	24	3

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in March

Winds average 11 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 mph on the calmest days to 11 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	10	light breeze
2	10	light breeze
3	10	light breeze
4	10	light breeze
5	10	light breeze
6	10	light breeze
7	11	light breeze
8	11	light breeze
9	11	light breeze
10	11	light breeze
11	11	light breeze
12	11	light breeze
13	11	light breeze
14	11	light breeze
15	11	light breeze
16	11	light breeze
17	11	light breeze
18	11	light breeze
19	11	light breeze
20	11	light breeze
21	11	light breeze
22	11	light breeze
23	11	light breeze
24	11	light breeze
25	11	light breeze
26	11	light breeze
27	11	light breeze
28	11	light breeze
29	11	light breeze
30	11	light breeze
31	11	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:16 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:50 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:16	6:20
2	11.1	7:15	6:21
3	11.1	7:13	6:22
4	11.2	7:12	6:23
5	11.2	7:11	6:24
6	11.3	7:09	6:25
7	11.3	7:08	6:26
8	11.4	7:06	6:27
9	11.4	7:05	6:28
10	11.4	7:03	6:30
11	11.5	7:02	6:31
12	11.5	7:00	6:32
13	11.6	6:59	6:33
14	11.6	6:57	6:33
15	11.6	6:56	6:34
16	11.7	6:54	6:35
17	11.7	6:52	6:36
18	11.8	6:51	6:37
19	11.8	6:49	6:38
20	11.9	6:48	6:39
21	11.9	6:46	6:40
22	11.9	6:44	6:41
23	12.0	6:43	6:42
24	12.0	6:41	6:43
25	12.1	6:40	6:44
26	12.1	6:38	6:45
27	12.2	6:37	6:46
28	12.2	6:35	6:47
29	12.2	6:33	6:48
30	12.3	6:32	6:49
31	12.3	6:30	6:50

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.77 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 — March's 4.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Great Bend

In seasonPeak

None of Great Bend's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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 March a good time to visit Great Bend?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Great Bend in March

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

In March, Great Bend sees daytime highs around 57°F and nights near 34°F. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Great Bend in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	5	8	7	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

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

cropland 33%

10 miles

217 ft

cropland 67%

50 miles

978 ft

cropland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Great Bend year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March 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

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).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	51	28
2	51	28
3	52	29
4	52	29
5	53	29
6	53	30
7	54	30
8	54	31
9	55	31
10	55	32
11	55	32
12	56	33
13	56	33
14	57	34
15	57	34
16	57	34
17	58	35
18	58	35
19	58	36
20	58	36
21	59	36
22	59	37
23	59	37
24	60	37
25	60	37
26	60	38
27	61	38
28	61	38
29	61	38
30	62	39
31	62	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	18	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	21	5
17	21	5
18	21	5
19	21	5
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	22	4
23	22	4
24	23	3
25	23	3
26	23	3
27	23	3
28	23	3
29	23	3
30	23	3
31	24	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	51	28
2	51	28
3	52	29
4	52	29
5	53	29
6	53	30
7	54	30
8	54	31
9	55	31
10	55	32
11	55	32
12	56	33
13	56	33
14	57	34
15	57	34
16	57	34
17	58	35
18	58	35
19	58	36
20	58	36
21	59	36
22	59	37
23	59	37
24	60	37
25	60	37
26	60	38
27	61	38
28	61	38
29	61	38
30	62	39
31	62	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	18	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	21	5
17	21	5
18	21	5
19	21	5
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	22	4
23	22	4
24	23	3
25	23	3
26	23	3
27	23	3
28	23	3
29	23	3
30	23	3
31	24	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	51	28
2	51	28
3	52	29
4	52	29
5	53	29
6	53	30
7	54	30
8	54	31
9	55	31
10	55	32
11	55	32
12	56	33
13	56	33
14	57	34
15	57	34
16	57	34
17	58	35
18	58	35
19	58	36
20	58	36
21	59	36
22	59	37
23	59	37
24	60	37
25	60	37
26	60	38
27	61	38
28	61	38
29	61	38
30	62	39
31	62	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	59	41
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	59	41

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	6
8	17	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	18	5
12	19	5
13	19	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	21	5
17	21	5
18	21	5
19	21	5
20	22	4
21	22	4
22	22	4
23	22	4
24	23	3
25	23	3
26	23	3
27	23	3
28	23	3
29	23	3
30	23	3
31	24	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2