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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
131 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2018


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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         84    537 PM  96    1963  72     12       78       
  MINIMUM         53   1220 AM  31    1964  48      5       61       
  AVERAGE         69                        60      9       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.12          1.55 2000   0.12   0.00     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.12                      0.60  -0.48     0.25    
  SINCE SEP 1      1.24                      4.26  -3.02     2.03    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.85                     30.83 -11.98    35.50    
                                                                     
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                         6     -6        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                        29    -23        3       
  SINCE SEP 1     42                        94    -52       16       
  SINCE JUL 1     42                        96    -54       16       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         2      2        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        10     23       34       
  SINCE SEP 1    265                       175     90      262       
  SINCE JAN 1   1957                      1403    554     1452       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    27   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        96      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        26      1952                    
                                             1889                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2018.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   657 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  7 2018.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   656 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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