AFOS product CLITOP
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
000 
CDUS43 KTOP 170643
CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
143 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004

................................... 

...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 16 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         79    200 PM 101    1978  80     -1       83       
  MINIMUM         52    530 AM  40    1889  56     -4       61       
  AVERAGE         66                        68     -2       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.26 1905   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.68                      2.06  -0.38     1.96    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.68                      2.06  -0.38     1.96    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.02                     27.27   5.75    24.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                       0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                       0.0     
  SINCE JAN 1     15.3                                      12.3     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                       0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                        24    -23        4       
  SINCE SEP 1      1                        24    -23        4       
  SINCE JUL 1     10                        26    -16        4       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         5     -4        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  116                       111      5       74       
  SINCE SEP 1    116                       111      5       74       
  SINCE JAN 1   1120                      1275   -155     1469       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  91 PERCENT                                      
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80       103      1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        39      1981                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 17 2004.....SUNRISE   706 AM CDT   SUNSET   727 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER 18 2004.....SUNRISE   707 AM CDT   SUNSET   725 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


................................... 

...THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 16 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82    357 PM 104    1895  80      2       83       
  MINIMUM         53    634 AM  36    1903  56     -3       61       
  AVERAGE         68                        68      0       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.44 1968   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.96                      1.28  -0.32     5.03    
  SINCE SEP 1      0.96                      1.28  -0.32     5.03    
  SINCE JAN 1     21.64                     23.06  -1.42    20.63    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY       MM                                        MM       
  MONTH TO DATE   MM                                        MM       
  SINCE JAN 1     MM                                        MM       
  SINCE JUL 1     MM                                        MM       
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        24    -24       10       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        24    -24       10       
  SINCE JUL 1      7                        27    -20       11       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         5     -2        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  160                       116     44       77       
  SINCE SEP 1    160                       116     44       77       
  SINCE JAN 1   1130                      1263   -133     1406       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    83           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     24           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80       102      1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        37      1981                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
SEPTEMBER 17 2004.....SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   735 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER 18 2004.....SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   733 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$