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CXUS53 KTOP 011417
CLMTOP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
915 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2020
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..THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2020
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2020
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 114 07/24/1936
LOW 43 07/05/1972
HIGHEST 96 07/18 90 6 98
LOWEST 62 07/12 67 -5 58
AVG. MAXIMUM 89.1 89.5 -0.4 89.6
AVG. MINIMUM 71.2 68.4 2.8 69.1
MEAN 80.1 79.0 1.1 79.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 17 14.9 2.1 15
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 12.02 1950
MINIMUM 0.02 1935
TOTALS 9.95 3.82 6.13 4.14
DAILY AVG. 0.32 0.12 0.20 0.13
DAYS >= .01 10 8.7 1.3 8
DAYS >= .10 9 5.8 3.2 8
DAYS >= .50 6 2.5 3.5 3
DAYS >= 1.00 5 1.3 3.7 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.53 07/29 TO 07/29 1.71
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL T 2017
2016
2008
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL 0.0 07/31 TO 07/31 0.0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 0
COOLING TOTAL 477 432 45 452
SINCE 1/1 999 842 157 879
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/330 DATE 07/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/320 DATE 07/09
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
REMARKS...
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS THE THEME FOR THE END OF THE MONTH AND WAS THE
MAIN STORY THE ENTIRE MONTH. A RECORD OF 2.53 INCHES FELL ON JULY 29
AND COMBINED WITH 1.95 INCHES ON JULY 30 TO RANK AS THE SIXTH-
HIGHEST TWO-DAY TOTAL ON RECORD FOR JULY...AND THEN COMBINED WITH
THE 1.12 INCHES THAT FELL ON JULY 27 TO BRING THE FOUR-DAY TOTAL TO
5.61 INCHES...PLACING AS THE SEVENTH-HIGHEST SUCH TOTAL FOR JULY ON
RECORD. HEAVIER AMOUNTS FELL IN CENTRAL PORTIONS OF TOPEKA ON JULY
30 AND CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF STREETS AND HOMES. THE TOTAL
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS THE SEVENTH-HIGHEST FOR ANY JULY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF JULY 9 PRODUCED
SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE IN THE CITY WITH A 58 MPH GUST MEASURED AT
BILLARD AIRPORT. JULY DID BRING INTENSE HEAT AS WELL WITH HEAT INDEX
VALUES COMMONLY REACHING 100 TO 105 DEGREES FROM JULY 17 TO 19 AND
JULY 23 TO 26...WITH A PEAK VALUE OF 110 ON JULY 18.
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