498 CDUS43 KTOP 280634 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1234 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2018 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27 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 55 1213 PM 71 1946 40 15 18 MINIMUM 26 1159 PM -6 1924 20 6 -1 AVERAGE 41 30 11 9 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 1.12 2008 0.03 0.08 0.00 1982 MONTH TO DATE 2.73 1.23 1.50 0.31 SINCE DEC 1 2.73 1.23 1.50 0.31 SINCE JAN 1 29.70 36.34 -6.64 38.60 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 7.1 1966 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.1 4.5 -4.4 1.7 SINCE JAN 1 14.6 17.1 -2.5 5.6 SINCE JUL 1 8.6 5.8 2.8 2.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 35 -11 56 MONTH TO DATE 746 883 -137 778 SINCE DEC 1 746 883 -137 778 SINCE JUL 1 1930 1877 53 1601 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1963 1422 541 1473 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.7 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1200 AM LOWEST 68 800 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 73 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -9 1924 1887 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 28 2018......SUNRISE 741 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST DECEMBER 29 2018......SUNRISE 741 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$