526 CDUS43 KTOP 180632 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 131 AM CDT WED APR 18 2018 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 70 518 PM 90 1954 67 3 74 MINIMUM 36 515 AM 27 1956 44 -8 49 1907 AVERAGE 53 56 -3 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.10 1976 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.40 1.83 -1.43 4.19 SINCE MAR 1 1.45 4.32 -2.87 8.22 SINCE JAN 1 3.20 6.50 -3.30 9.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1993 0.0 0.0 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 12 10 2 3 MONTH TO DATE 372 215 157 127 SINCE MAR 1 963 843 120 627 SINCE JUL 1 4743 4810 -67 3808 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 10 -8 21 SINCE MAR 1 2 13 -11 30 SINCE JAN 1 2 13 -11 30 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 300 AM LOWEST 37 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 92 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 30 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2018.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT APRIL 19 2018.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$