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CDUS43 KTOP 182132  
CLITOP  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS  
432 PM CDT FRI OCT 18 2024  
   
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..THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 2024  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 77 259 PM 88 1945 68 9 68  
MINIMUM 45 622 AM 24 1948 44 1 49  
2022  
AVERAGE 61 56 5 59  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.83 1979 0.10 -0.10 T  
MONTH TO DATE 0.02 1.80 -1.78 0.19  
SINCE SEP 1 1.39 5.32 -3.93 1.39  
SINCE JAN 1 26.73 32.21 -5.48 21.82  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 T 1976 0.0 0.0 0.0  
2013  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0  
SINCE JAN 1 9.3 11.7 -2.4 4.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 4 10 -6 6  
MONTH TO DATE 88 121 -33 100  
SINCE SEP 1 91 172 -81 101  
SINCE JUL 1 92 173 -81 101  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 48 28 20 49  
SINCE SEP 1 266 207 59 323  
SINCE JAN 1 1726 1527 199 1856    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 58 600 AM  
LOWEST 26 200 PM  
AVERAGE 42  
   
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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1963  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 20 1972  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 18 2024.......SUNRISE 736 AM CDT SUNSET 639 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 19 2024.......SUNRISE 737 AM CDT SUNSET 637 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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