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Garden Plain, Kansas Weather

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

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

Garden Plain, KS
Saturday, July 4 at 11:42 PM
72
°
Clear
Feels like
77°
Humidity
83%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
1:14 AM
Sunset
3:55 PM
Garden Plain, KS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastGarden Plain, KS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 66 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 66°H 91°
Garden Plain, KS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    25%
    89°72°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    91°66°+2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Mostly Clear
    93°70°+2°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    94°71°+1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    105°75°+11°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    30%
    108°78°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    30%
    98°76°-10°
Garden Plain, KS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
072° · backing 65°
Direction
ENE
072°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 10
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 10 · pk 27 @ 11:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 216SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Garden Plain, KS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
963.1
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 28.44 inHg
Now
963.1
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-0.4
mb
24h
+1.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 961966
955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW965.5961.2962.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Garden Plain, KS
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
-4 in 6h

AQI 38 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
10μg/m³
OzoneGood
52μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Garden Plain, KS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
33.4mi
UNLIMITED
75 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
04:42 UTC · Garden Plain, 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
04:42 UTC · Garden Plain, KS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Garden Plain, KS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Garden Plain, KS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Garden Plain, KS
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:44 AM
Sunrise
1:14 AM
Daylight
14h 41m
Sunset
3:55 PM
Civil dusk
9:28 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Garden Plain, KS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:48 PM
Moonset
11:45 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Garden Plain, 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 Plain at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 72°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 67050

16-Day Forecast — Garden Plain

  1. Sat89°72°25%
  2. Sun91°66°7%
  3. Mon93°70°1%
  4. Tue94°71°1%
  5. Wed105°75°9%
  6. Thu108°78°30%
  7. Fri98°76°30%
  8. Sat80°68°8%
  9. Sun84°63°5%
  10. Mon88°67°2%
  11. Tue94°69°1%
  12. Wed101°71°7%
  13. Thu105°79°13%
  14. Fri108°82°10%
  15. Sat105°81°11%
  16. Sun107°83°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 Plain

SPC has placed Garden Plain in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 Plain

  • 67050

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.