390 CDUS43 KTOP 170634 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 134 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2018 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 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 56 448 PM 87 1964 67 -11 68 MINIMUM 31 452 AM 26 1953 44 -13 53 1921 AVERAGE 44 55 -11 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.82 1969 0.12 -0.12 0.32 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 1.72 -1.32 4.19 SINCE MAR 1 1.45 4.21 -2.76 8.22 SINCE JAN 1 3.20 6.39 -3.19 9.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1921 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 0.3 0.4 T SINCE JAN 1 6.0 11.3 -5.3 3.5 SINCE JUL 1 8.1 17.8 -9.7 6.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 11 10 4 MONTH TO DATE 360 205 155 124 SINCE MAR 1 951 833 118 624 SINCE JUL 1 4731 4800 -69 3805 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 9 -7 21 SINCE MAR 1 2 12 -10 30 SINCE JAN 1 2 12 -10 30 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 69 800 AM LOWEST 32 500 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 90 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 27 1956 1907 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2018.........SUNRISE 643 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT APRIL 18 2018.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$