654 CDUS43 KTOP 210642 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1241 AM CST THU DEC 21 2017 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20 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 44 1159 PM 67 1941 40 4 40 MINIMUM 36 937 AM -16 1983 21 15 17 AVERAGE 40 31 9 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.99 2006 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.22 0.97 -0.75 0.76 SINCE DEC 1 0.22 0.97 -0.75 0.76 SINCE JAN 1 38.51 36.08 2.43 42.94 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.4 1914 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.2 -3.2 3.1 SINCE JAN 1 3.9 15.8 -11.9 6.8 SINCE JUL 1 0.4 4.5 -4.1 3.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 34 -9 36 MONTH TO DATE 482 639 -157 770 SINCE DEC 1 482 639 -157 770 SINCE JUL 1 1305 1633 -328 1343 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1473 1422 51 1711 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 48 1200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 66 1893 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -16 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 21 2017......SUNRISE 738 AM CST SUNSET 504 PM CST DECEMBER 22 2017......SUNRISE 739 AM CST SUNSET 504 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$