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Garden City, Kansas Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Garden City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Garden City, KS
Sunday, July 5 at 2:38 AM
68
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
72°
Humidity
86%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
1:26 AM
Sunset
4:09 PM
Garden City, KS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGarden City, KS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 65 to 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 65°H 94°
Garden City, KS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    94°65°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Clear
    94°68°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    100°71°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Heavy Drizzle
    20%
    0.02″
    103°76°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Showers
    50%
    0.29″
    97°64°-6°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    50%
    0.01″
    95°67°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    13%
    101°72°+6°
Garden City, KS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
132° · veering 63°
Direction
SE
132°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
39
avg 9
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 9 · pk 39 @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 219SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 63° from the se.
Garden City, KS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
917.3
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 27.09 inHg
Now
917.3
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
-1.1
mb
24h
+3.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 914919
910915920925-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW919.3914.4917.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Garden City, KS
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
0 in 6h

AQI 54 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 23.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
24μg/m³
NO₂Good
11μg/m³
OzoneGood
52μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 23.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.38
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Garden City, KS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
71%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
29.2mi
UNLIMITED
95 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
07:38 UTC · Garden City, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
07:38 UTC · Garden City, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Garden City, KS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Garden City, KS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Garden City, KS
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:56 AM
Sunrise
1:26 AM
Daylight
14h 43m
Sunset
4:09 PM
Civil dusk
9:41 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Garden City, KS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
12:00 AM
Moonset
11:59 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Garden City, KS
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Garden City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 67846

15-Day Forecast — Garden City

  1. Sun94°65°2%
  2. Mon94°68°4%
  3. Tue100°71°7%
  4. Wed103°76°20%
  5. Thu97°64°50%
  6. Fri95°67°50%
  7. Sat101°72°13%
  8. Sun93°70°1%
  9. Mon101°70°2%
  10. Tue110°73°3%
  11. Wed111°77°7%
  12. Thu100°72°13%
  13. Fri95°71°17%
  14. Sat98°69°13%
  15. Sun104°76°13%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Garden City

SPC includes Garden City in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Garden City

  • 67846

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.