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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS                                   
431 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2018


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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         54   1243 AM  95    1963  71    -17       52       
  MINIMUM         48    726 AM  27    1925  47      1       45       
  AVERAGE         51                        58     -7       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            T             3.82 1912   0.10  -0.10      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    6.37                      1.10   5.27     0.98    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.49                      4.76   2.73     2.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     25.10                     31.33  -6.23    36.23    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0           T    1932   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           14                         8      6       16       
  MONTH TO DATE   37                        65    -28       22       
  SINCE SEP 1     73                       130    -57       35       
  SINCE JUL 1     73                       132    -59       35       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   39                        16     23       46       
  SINCE SEP 1    271                       181     90      274       
  SINCE JAN 1   1963                      1409    554     1464       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.2                                         


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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     66          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        94      1975                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        31      1987                    
                                             1909                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2018.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   651 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 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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