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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
134 AM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

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...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         70    302 PM  90    1991  69      1       62       
  MINIMUM         39    627 AM  19    1976  44     -5       33       
  AVERAGE         55                        56     -1       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.70 1935   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.03                      1.73  -0.70     0.69    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.71                      5.44  -2.73     3.60    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.05                     30.65   3.40    26.59    
                                                                     
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       10                         9      1       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  144                       116     28      116       
  SINCE SEP 1    156                       189    -33      206       
  SINCE JUL 1    165                       191    -26      206       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    3                        26    -23        5       
  SINCE SEP 1    179                       192    -13       95       
  SINCE JAN 1   1183                      1356   -173     1490       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  89 PERCENT                                      
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        88      1945                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        24      1948                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2004.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2004.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 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 17 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         71    242 PM  90    1991  68      3       65       
  MINIMUM         42    205 AM  24    1976  44     -2       33       
  AVERAGE         57                        56      1       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.38 1897   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.58                      1.08  -0.50     0.43    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.47                      3.58  -1.11     6.17    
  SINCE JAN 1     23.15                     25.36  -2.21    21.77    
                                                                     
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        8                         9     -1       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  152                       119     33      121       
  SINCE SEP 1    159                       195    -36      209       
  SINCE JUL 1    166                       198    -32      210       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    4                        23    -19        2       
  SINCE SEP 1    245                       186     59       98       
  SINCE JAN 1   1215                      1333   -118     1427       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        88      1945                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        25      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2004.......SUNRISE   744 AM CDT   SUNSET   646 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2004.......SUNRISE   745 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 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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