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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
131 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2018


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         69    336 PM  90    1991  68      1       75       
  MINIMUM         35    643 AM  19    1976  44     -9       47       
  AVERAGE         52                        56     -4       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.37 2007   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.86                      1.77   5.09     1.89    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.98                      5.43   2.55     3.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.59                     32.00  -6.41    37.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.8  1898   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       13                         9      4        4       
  MONTH TO DATE  168                       125     43       62       
  SINCE SEP 1    204                       190     14       75       
  SINCE JUL 1    204                       192     12       75       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        23     16       53       
  SINCE SEP 1    271                       188     83      281       
  SINCE JAN 1   1963                      1416    547     1471       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        88      1945                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        24      1948                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2018.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2018.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 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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