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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
138 AM CDT MON OCT 4 2004

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...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82    432 PM  96    1954  75      7       70       
  MINIMUM         38    627 AM  28    1888  49    -11       52       
  AVERAGE         60                        62     -2       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.94 1942   0.11  -0.11      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.33  -0.32      T      
  SINCE SEP 1      1.69                      4.04  -2.35     2.91    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.03                     29.25   3.78    25.90    
                                                                     
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        5                         5      0        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   30                        15     15       28       
  SINCE SEP 1     42                        88    -46      118       
  SINCE JUL 1     51                        90    -39      118       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         7     -7        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    176                       173      3       90       
  SINCE JAN 1   1180                      1337   -157     1485       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  99 PERCENT                                      
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     23          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
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THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        95      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        32      1999                    
                                             1968                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2004.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   700 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2004.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   658 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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...THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82    422 PM  96    1938  74      8       76       
  MINIMUM         46    700 AM  35    1999  50     -4       49       
  AVERAGE         64                        62      2       63      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.89 1891   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.21  -0.21     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.89                      2.71  -0.82     5.74    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.57                     24.49  -1.92    21.34    
                                                                     
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        1                         5     -4        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   29                        15     14       26       
  SINCE SEP 1     36                        91    -55      114       
  SINCE JUL 1     43                        94    -51      115       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         7     -7        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    241                       170     71       96       
  SINCE JAN 1   1211                      1317   -106     1425       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    53           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    41                                                       
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THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        96      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        29      1885                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  4 2004.......SUNRISE   730 AM CDT   SUNSET   708 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  5 2004.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   706 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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