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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
138 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2017


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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         63    334 PM  90    1938  69     -6       74       
  MINIMUM         42   1159 PM  27    1891  45     -3       65       
  AVERAGE         53                        57     -4       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.48 1980   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.89                      1.57   0.32     0.89    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.67                      5.23  -1.56     8.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.14                     31.80   5.34    41.56    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  SINCE JAN 1      3.5                      11.4   -7.9      3.7     
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.1   -0.1       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                         9      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   48                       107    -59       70       
  SINCE SEP 1     61                       172   -111       90       
  SINCE JUL 1     61                       174   -113       90       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   53                        21     32       15       
  SINCE SEP 1    281                       186     95      259       
  SINCE JAN 1   1471                      1414     57     1660       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     36           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        88      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        24      1966                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 16 2017.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2017.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 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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