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CXUS53 KTOP 011447
CLMTOP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
943 AM CDT THU APR 01 2021
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..THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2021
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2021
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 93 03/31/1946
03/22/1907
LOW -7 03/04/1978
HIGHEST 80 03/10 61 19 77
LOWEST 22 03/01 28 -6 22
03/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 61.4 56.4 5.0 59.4
AVG. MINIMUM 38.2 33.3 4.9 39.3
MEAN 49.8 44.8 5.0 49.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.0 -1.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 10 14.5 -4.5 4
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.44 1973
MINIMUM 0.06 1910
TOTALS 3.88 2.49 1.39 2.68
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.08 0.05 0.09
DAYS >= .01 11 9.0 2.0 10
DAYS >= .10 8 5.1 2.9 7
DAYS >= .50 2 1.5 0.5 1
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.5 1.5 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.41 03/17 TO 03/17 0.98
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 26.2 1912
TOTALS T 1.6 -1.6 T
SINCE 7/1 12.4 17.5 -5.1 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.5 -0.5 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL MM T
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 462 628 -166 480
SINCE 7/1 4361 4595 -234 4259
COOLING TOTAL 0 3 -3 0
SINCE 1/1 0 3 -3 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/210 DATE 03/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.41
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3
HAZE 7
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
REMARKS...
MARCH CAME IN LIKE A LAMB AND WENT OUT LIKE A LION. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS IN THE FIRST SEVERAL DAYS BECAME WARMER
AND WINDIER WITH WINDS GUSTING FROM 45 TO 50 MPH ON MARCH 9 AND 10.
A COOLER AND WETTER PATTERN TOOK SHAPE FROM MARCH 12 THROUGH MARCH
18 WITH AT LEAST A TRACE OF RAINFALL EVERY DAY INCLUDING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT OF MARCH 14 AND
TRACE AMOUNTS OF SNOW THAT EVENING. STRONG WINDS RETURNED AT THE END
OF THE MONTH WITH SOUTH WINDS GUSTING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH MUCH OF THE
DAYTIME HOURS OF MARCH 29 INCLUDING PEAK GUSTS OF 53 MPH AT BILLARD
AIRPORT AND 58 MPH AT FORBES FIELD. WINDS THEN SHIFTED TO THE NORTH
NEAR DAWN OF MARCH 30 WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 THAT MORNING. ONLY SIX
DAYS SAW TEMPERATURES AVERAGE TO BE BELOW NORMAL...WITH THE MONTH/S
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RANKING AS THE NINETEENTH-WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD.
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