000 CDUS43 KTOP 160634 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 134 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 61 352 PM 90 1938 70 -9 75 MINIMUM 48 551 AM 27 1891 45 3 50 AVERAGE 55 57 -2 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.47 3.48 1980 0.10 0.37 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.70 1.55 -0.85 3.72 SINCE SEP 1 3.17 5.26 -2.09 11.43 SINCE JAN 1 27.78 30.47 -2.69 45.43 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 10 9 1 2 MONTH TO DATE 114 98 16 95 SINCE SEP 1 164 171 -7 126 SINCE JUL 1 164 173 -9 126 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 54 24 30 48 SINCE SEP 1 138 190 -52 291 SINCE JAN 1 1656 1354 302 1621 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 PM LOWEST 38 1200 AM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 88 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 24 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2006.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2006.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 641 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 15 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 65 155 PM 91 1938 69 -4 77 MINIMUM 46 218 AM 28 1943 45 1 47 AVERAGE 56 57 -1 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 2.84 1915 0.06 0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.36 0.96 -0.60 0.95 SINCE SEP 1 4.34 3.46 0.88 1.60 SINCE JAN 1 19.96 25.24 -5.28 23.71 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 9 9 0 3 MONTH TO DATE 129 103 26 99 SINCE SEP 1 217 179 38 122 SINCE JUL 1 217 182 35 123 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 45 21 24 57 SINCE SEP 1 102 184 -82 329 SINCE JAN 1 1525 1331 194 1608 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 PM LOWEST 44 1200 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1958 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 24 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2006.......SUNRISE 742 AM CDT SUNSET 650 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2006.......SUNRISE 743 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$