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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
144 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2017


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 2017...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2017


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    419 PM  90    1924  67     15       77       
                                      1896                          
  MINIMUM         60   1123 PM  25    1928  43     17       50       
  AVERAGE         71                        55     16       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        1.49          4.12 1945   0.11   1.38     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.87                      1.60   2.27     0.16    
  SINCE MAR 1      7.90                      4.09   3.81     2.46    
  SINCE JAN 1      9.29                      6.27   3.02     3.73    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T   R         T    2006   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      1947                          
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE JAN 1      3.5                      11.2   -7.7      3.7     
  SINCE JUL 1      6.6                      17.7  -11.1      4.9     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                        11    -11        1       
  MONTH TO DATE  120                       194    -74      151       
  SINCE MAR 1    620                       822   -202      579       
  SINCE JUL 1   3801                      4789   -988     3831       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         1      5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                         8     13        0       
  SINCE MAR 1     30                        11     19        3       
  SINCE JAN 1     30                        11     19        3       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    73           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        87      1964                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        26      1953                    
                                             1921                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 16 2017.........SUNRISE   644 AM CDT   SUNSET   801 PM CDT   
APRIL 17 2017.........SUNRISE   643 AM CDT   SUNSET   802 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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