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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
134 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2018


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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         48    422 PM  90    1938  69    -21       63       
  MINIMUM         31   1159 PM  27    1891  45    -14       42       
  AVERAGE         40                        57    -17       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             3.48 1980   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.86                      1.57   5.29     1.89    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.98                      5.23   2.75     3.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.59                     31.80  -6.21    37.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        T   R         0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.5                       0.1    0.4      0.0     
  SINCE JAN 1      6.5                      11.4   -4.9      3.5     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.5                       0.1    0.4       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                         9     16       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       107     30       48       
  SINCE SEP 1    173                       172      1       61       
  SINCE JUL 1    173                       174     -1       61       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        21     18       53       
  SINCE SEP 1    271                       186     85      281       
  SINCE JAN 1   1963                      1414    549     1471       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       

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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 2018.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2018.......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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