000 CDUS43 KTOP 180632 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 132 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2005 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 87 348 PM 109 1936 88 -1 92 MINIMUM 71 618 AM 52 1962 66 5 64 AVERAGE 79 77 2 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.43 1898 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.40 2.04 3.36 0.49 SINCE JUN 1 17.07 10.75 6.32 14.15 SINCE JAN 1 28.49 23.44 5.05 26.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 6.7 15.3 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 8 SINCE JUN 1 0 8 -8 10 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 8 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 12 2 13 MONTH TO DATE 242 214 28 140 SINCE JUN 1 1018 911 107 675 SINCE JAN 1 1167 1021 146 885 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 72 PERCENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 200 AM LOWEST 57 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 109 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 51 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 86 425 PM 107 1983 88 -2 90 MINIMUM 66 211 AM 52 1943 66 0 63 AVERAGE 76 77 -1 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.47 1961 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.61 1.89 -0.28 1.27 SINCE JUN 1 9.15 10.04 -0.89 8.76 SINCE JAN 1 20.64 20.43 0.21 19.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 MM SINCE JAN 1 15.2 MM SINCE JUL 1 0.0 MM SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 3 SINCE JUN 1 1 14 -13 16 SINCE JUL 1 1 1 0 5 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 12 -1 12 MONTH TO DATE 224 222 2 140 SINCE JUN 1 1004 923 81 687 SINCE JAN 1 1129 1003 126 846 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 57 200 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 109 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 53 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$