781 CDUS43 KTOP 240647 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 133 AM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 2017... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2017 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 81 318 PM 87 1910 59 22 80 MINIMUM 51 441 AM 12 1960 36 15 47 AVERAGE 66 47 19 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.40 1937 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.34 1.71 -1.37 1.84 SINCE MAR 1 0.34 1.71 -1.37 1.84 SINCE JAN 1 1.73 3.89 -2.16 3.11 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.4 1912 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.3 1.3 0.0 T SINCE JAN 1 3.5 10.7 -7.2 2.3 SINCE JUL 1 6.6 17.2 -10.6 3.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 18 -18 1 MONTH TO DATE 389 496 -107 303 SINCE MAR 1 389 496 -107 303 SINCE JUL 1 3570 4463 -893 3555 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 9 0 9 3 SINCE MAR 1 9 0 9 3 SINCE JAN 1 9 0 9 3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 56 1000 AM LOWEST 38 600 PM AVERAGE 47 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 88 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 13 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2017.........SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT MARCH 25 2017.........SUNRISE 718 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$