AFOS product CLITOP
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download Bulk Download
000 
CDUS43 KTOP 180637
CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
136 AM CDT MON APR 18 2005

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

...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         81    353 PM  90    1954  67     14       85       
  MINIMUM         53    555 AM  27    1956  43     10       57       
  AVERAGE         67                        55     12       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.10 1976   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.94                      1.62  -0.68     0.36    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.68                      4.18  -2.50     4.19    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.44                      6.31   0.13     6.71    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                       0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                       0.0     
  SINCE JAN 1      6.7                                      15.3     
  SINCE JUL 1     11.2                                      19.1     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                        11    -11        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  117                       223   -106      202       
  SINCE MAR 1    743                       870   -127      728       
  SINCE JUL 1   4313                      4999   -686     4703       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   10                         9      1       15       
  SINCE MAR 1     11                        12     -1       21       
  SINCE JAN 1     11                        12     -1       21       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  90 PERCENT                                      
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     33           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        92      1948                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        30      1961                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE   641 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 PM CDT   
APRIL 19 2005.........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.                                          


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

...THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         79    303 PM  90    1926  65     14       85       
  MINIMUM         60    139 AM  21    1907  42     18       50       
  AVERAGE         70                        54     16       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.68 1944   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.40                      1.31   1.09     0.08    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.30                      3.66   0.64     3.05    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.36                      5.05   2.31     6.22    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                      MM       
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                      MM       
  SINCE JAN 1     15.2                                      MM       
  SINCE JUL 1     16.9                                      MM       
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                        12    -12        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  135                       245   -110      218       
  SINCE MAR 1    765                       947   -182      765       
  SINCE JUL 1   4538                      5245   -707     5036       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         1      4        3       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                         2      4       12       
  SINCE MAR 1      6                         4      2       14       
  SINCE JAN 1      6                         4      2       14       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        92      1994                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        27      1953                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE   649 AM CDT   SUNSET   812 PM CDT   
APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE   647 AM CDT   SUNSET   813 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$