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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
131 AM CDT THU OCT 5 2017


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         64    417 PM  95    1938  73     -9       78       
  MINIMUM         60   1034 PM  32    1999  49     11       63       
                                      1968                          
  AVERAGE         62                        61      1       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.22          1.63 1998   0.11   0.11     0.37    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.22                      0.48  -0.26     0.37    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.00                      4.14  -2.14     8.15    
  SINCE JAN 1     35.47                     30.71   4.76    41.04    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JAN 1      3.5                      11.3   -7.8      3.7     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.0    0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         6     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    3                        23    -20        5       
  SINCE SEP 1     16                        88    -72       25       
  SINCE JUL 1     16                        90    -74       25       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   29                         8     21        9       
  SINCE SEP 1    257                       173     84      253       
  SINCE JAN 1   1447                      1401     46     1654       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     87           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    94                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        96      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        31      1964                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2017.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   658 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2017.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   657 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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