579 CDUS43 KTOP 180633 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1233 AM CST SUN FEB 18 2018 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 57 353 PM 77 2017 46 11 77 MINIMUM 27 1008 PM -10 1903 24 3 40 AVERAGE 42 35 7 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.38 1911 0.05 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.75 -0.64 T SINCE DEC 1 1.36 2.96 -1.60 2.33 SINCE JAN 1 1.05 1.61 -0.56 1.28 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.0 1893 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.0 3.1 -1.1 T SINCE JAN 1 5.1 8.0 -2.9 2.2 SINCE JUL 1 7.2 14.5 -7.3 5.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 30 -7 6 MONTH TO DATE 595 549 46 404 SINCE DEC 1 2665 2665 0 2438 SINCE JUL 1 3488 3659 -171 3011 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.7 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 800 AM LOWEST 22 500 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 78 2016 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -9 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 18 2018......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 603 PM CST FEBRUARY 19 2018......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$