000 CDUS43 KTOP 080644 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 144 AM CDT SUN OCT 8 2006 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 351 PM 97 1939 73 9 57 MINIMUM 53 641 AM 23 1952 48 5 36 AVERAGE 68 60 8 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.89 1958 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.75 -0.75 3.49 SINCE SEP 1 2.47 4.46 -1.99 11.20 SINCE JAN 1 27.08 29.67 -2.59 45.20 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 1.2 6.7 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 18 MONTH TO DATE 2 38 -36 36 SINCE SEP 1 52 111 -59 67 SINCE JUL 1 52 113 -61 67 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 2 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 54 15 39 46 SINCE SEP 1 138 181 -43 289 SINCE JAN 1 1656 1345 311 1619 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 97 PERCENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 500 AM LOWEST 33 400 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 93 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2006.......SUNRISE 725 AM CDT SUNSET 654 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2006.......SUNRISE 726 AM CDT SUNSET 653 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 OCTOBER 7 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 84 320 PM 91 1949 72 12 59 MINIMUM 60 655 AM 24 2000 48 12 32 AVERAGE 72 60 12 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.01 1992 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.48 -0.48 0.03 SINCE SEP 1 3.98 2.98 1.00 0.68 SINCE JAN 1 19.60 24.76 -5.16 22.79 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 5.5 15.2 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 7 -7 19 MONTH TO DATE 4 40 -36 41 SINCE SEP 1 92 116 -24 64 SINCE JUL 1 92 119 -27 65 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 45 13 32 52 SINCE SEP 1 102 176 -74 324 SINCE JAN 1 1525 1323 202 1603 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 400 AM LOWEST 40 500 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 21 2000 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2006.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 702 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2006.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 701 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$