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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
136 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2018


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         66    347 PM  88    1938  68     -2       72       
  MINIMUM         27    617 AM  24    1966  45    -18       37       
  AVERAGE         47                        57    -10       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.74 1980   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.86                      1.67   5.19     1.89    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.98                      5.33   2.65     3.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.59                     31.90  -6.31    37.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1937   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       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       18                         9      9       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  155                       116     39       58       
  SINCE SEP 1    191                       181     10       71       
  SINCE JUL 1    191                       183      8       71       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        22     17       53       
  SINCE SEP 1    271                       187     84      281       
  SINCE JAN 1   1963                      1415    548     1471       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        90      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        19      1976                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2018.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2018.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 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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