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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
131 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2018


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2018


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         83    427 PM  95    1976  74      9       81       
  MINIMUM         58   1159 PM  29    1985  50      8       62       
                                      1984                          
  AVERAGE         71                        62      9       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          3.31 2005   0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.12  -0.12     0.00    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.12                      3.78  -2.66     1.78    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.73                     30.35 -11.62    35.25    
                                                                     
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      6.0                      11.3   -5.3      3.5     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         5     -5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         5     -5        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     36                        70    -34       13       
  SINCE JUL 1     36                        72    -36       13       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         2      4        7       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                         2      4        7       
  SINCE SEP 1    238                       167     71      235       
  SINCE JAN 1   1930                      1395    535     1425       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     65           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        95      1963                    
                                             1953                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        32      2004                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  2 2018.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   703 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  3 2018.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   702 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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