303 CDUS43 KTOP 160638 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 138 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2017 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 63 334 PM 90 1938 69 -6 74 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM 27 1891 45 -3 65 AVERAGE 53 57 -4 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.48 1980 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.89 1.57 0.32 0.89 SINCE SEP 1 3.67 5.23 -1.56 8.67 SINCE JAN 1 37.14 31.80 5.34 41.56 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 3.5 11.4 -7.9 3.7 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.1 -0.1 T SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 9 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 48 107 -59 70 SINCE SEP 1 61 172 -111 90 SINCE JUL 1 61 174 -113 90 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 5 MONTH TO DATE 53 21 32 15 SINCE SEP 1 281 186 95 259 SINCE JAN 1 1471 1414 57 1660 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 24 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2017.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2017.......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. $$