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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
132 AM CDT SAT OCT 20 2018


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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         71    334 PM  88    1963  67      4       82       
  MINIMUM         49    913 PM  20    1972  44      5       47       
  AVERAGE         60                        56      4       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          1.84 1983   0.10  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.88                      1.97   4.91     1.89    
  SINCE SEP 1      8.00                      5.63   2.37     3.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.61                     32.20  -6.59    37.14    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.1  1916   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        5                        10     -5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  185                       145     40       62       
  SINCE SEP 1    221                       210     11       75       
  SINCE JUL 1    221                       212      9       75       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        25     14       53       
  SINCE SEP 1    271                       190     81      281       
  SINCE JAN 1   1963                      1418    545     1471       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     51          1100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        90      2003                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        20      1989                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 20 2018.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 21 2018.......SUNRISE   738 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 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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