Weather in Great Bend, North Dakota
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Great Bend, ND
Sunday, May 17 at 4:02 AM
51
°
Clear
Feels like
43°
Humidity
50%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Sunset
8:54 PM
Great Bend, ND
Hour by hour · 24h
66°
11p
64°
12a
61°
1a
60°
2a
58°
3a
56°
4a
55°
5a
55°
6a
57°
7a
62°
8a
68°
9a
73°
10a
76°
11a
78°
12p
80°
1p
81°
2p
81°
3p
82°
4p
81°
5p
80°
6p
80°
7p
77°
8p
71°
9p
67°
10p
Great Bend, ND
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—67°51°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Rain64%71°45°
- MondayMay 18Rain80%56°42°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle80%47°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—64°38°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast25%64°47°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle24%68°54°
Great Bend, ND
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Great Bend, ND
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNE
033° · veering 133°
Direction
NNE
033°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 13
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Great Bend, ND
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 59.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Great Bend, ND
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:19 AM
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Daylight
15h 02m
Sunset
8:54 PM
Civil dusk
2:30 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Great Bend, ND
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:50 AM
- Moonset
- 2:33 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Great Bend, ND
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
plant
Great Bend at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).