000 CDUS43 KTOP 120648 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1248 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2004 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 45 419 PM 69 1939 42 3 30 MINIMUM 29 123 AM 0 1917 23 6 16 AVERAGE 37 33 4 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.81 1960 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.62 0.60 0.02 2.05 SINCE DEC 1 0.62 0.60 0.02 2.05 SINCE JAN 1 40.07 34.82 5.25 29.09 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.3 SINCE JAN 1 19.8 13.6 SINCE JUL 1 4.5 1.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 32 -4 42 MONTH TO DATE 289 334 -45 333 SINCE DEC 1 289 334 -45 333 SINCE JUL 1 1103 1361 -258 1281 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1204 1357 -153 1497 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 31 PERCENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 58 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 74 1889 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -7 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2004......SUNRISE 733 AM CST SUNSET 500 PM CST DECEMBER 13 2004......SUNRISE 733 AM CST SUNSET 501 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11 2004... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2004 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 54 315 PM 72 1939 41 13 22 MINIMUM 21 633 AM -6 1932 23 -2 8 AVERAGE 38 32 6 15 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.28 1899 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.32 -0.20 0.61 SINCE DEC 1 0.12 0.32 -0.20 0.61 SINCE JAN 1 24.58 27.89 -3.31 24.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM SINCE JAN 1 MM MM SINCE JUL 1 1.7 MM SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 33 -6 50 MONTH TO DATE 306 349 -43 372 SINCE DEC 1 306 349 -43 372 SINCE JUL 1 1176 1457 -281 1422 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1227 1333 -106 1445 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 70 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -11 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 12 2004......SUNRISE 742 AM CST SUNSET 507 PM CST DECEMBER 13 2004......SUNRISE 743 AM CST SUNSET 507 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$