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CDUS43 KTOP 092133
CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
433 PM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2018...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         73    259 PM  92    1954  71      2       73       
  MINIMUM         64    707 AM  25    2000  47     17       50       
  AVERAGE         69                        59     10       62      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.70          3.34 1985   0.09   0.61      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    6.37                      1.00   5.37     0.98    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.49                      4.66   2.83     2.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.10                     31.23  -6.13    36.23    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           0.8  1970   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                                                             
  TODAY            0                         7     -7        3       
  MONTH TO DATE   22                        57    -35        6       
  SINCE SEP 1     58                       122    -64       19       
  SINCE JUL 1     58                       124    -66       19       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            4                         1      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   43                        15     28       46       
  SINCE SEP 1    275                       180     95      274       
  SINCE JAN 1   1967                      1408    559     1464       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         


                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST    100          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE   100                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        95      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        27      1925                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2018.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   653 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 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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