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CXUS53 KTOP 011710
CLATOP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1110 AM CST THU JAN 01 2026
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..THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2025
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2025
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 -26 12/23/1989
HIGHEST 99 08/08 MM MM 102 06/24
07/15
08/26
LOWEST -13 02/20 MM MM -8 01/15
AVG. MAXIMUM 67.1 66.7 0.4 70.9
AVG. MINIMUM 44.2 44.9 -0.7 46.7
MEAN 55.6 55.8 -0.2 58.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 40 50.0 -10.0 57
DAYS MAX <= 32 31 22.0 9.0 10
DAYS MIN <= 32 109 113.9 -4.9 89
DAYS MIN <= 0 9 2.7 6.3 5
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 60.89 1973
MINIMUM 19.07 1963
TOTALS 31.31 36.53 -5.22 34.27
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.10 -0.02 0.09
DAYS >= .01 92 98.1 -6.1 98
DAYS >= .10 55 59.7 -4.7 60
DAYS >= .50 19 23.4 -4.4 26
DAYS >= 1.00 6 10.5 -4.5 10
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.96 08/10 TO 08/10 2.18
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 48.6 1960
24 HR TOTAL 17.3 02/26/1900 TO 02/27/1900
SNOW DEPTH 18 03/16/1960
TOTALS 30.5 17.1 13.4 12.6
SINCE 7/1 4.7 5.5 -0.8 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0
DAYS >= TRACE 21 12.0 9.0 17
DAYS >= 1.0 7 5.0 2.0 4
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 13 01/06 3 01/16
01/17
01/18
24 HR TOTAL 14.1 01/05 TO 01/05 MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 4778 4860 -82 3934
SINCE 7/1 1653 1925 -272 MM
COOLING TOTAL 1515 1534 -19 1760
SINCE 1/1 1515 1534 -19 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/170
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/160 DATE 04/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/310 DATE 03/05
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.31
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 50 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 23 RAIN 36
LIGHT RAIN 102 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 2
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 17 SLEET 3
FOG 166 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 41
HAZE 25
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
REMARKS...
ANNUAL VALUES FOR TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION WERE NOT FAR FROM
NORMAL. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR TIED FOR THE SIXTEENTH-
HIGHEST AMOUNT ON RECORD. JANUARY'S SNOW TIED FOR THE FIFTH-HIGHEST
TOTAL FOR THAT MONTH. ONLY TWO DAYS SAW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS
WITH TREE DAMAGE OCCURRING ON MAY 19 AND JULY 17.
NEARLY HALF OF THE YEAR'S SNOW, 14.1 INCHES, FELL ON JANUARY 5 WITH
A WINTER STORM THAT STARTED ON JANUARY 4. THIS AMOUNT WAS THE THIRD-
HIGHEST ONE-DAY SNOWFALL AND FOURTH-MOST SNOW FROM ONE STORM ON
RECORD. THIS STORM ALSO PRODUCED FREEZING DRIZZLE, FREEZING RAIN, A
FEW ROUNDS OF THUNDERSNOW, AND NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH DRIFTS
AS HIGH AS SEVERAL FEET. WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS -17 WERE FELT ON
JANUARY 21. A MORE PROLONGED COLD PERIOD WAS FEBRUARY 19 TO 21 WITH
FOUR DAILY COLD TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET. WIND CHILLS WERE AROUND -15
MUCH OF FEBRUARY 19 AND -15 TO -25 ON FEBRUARY 20. RAIN TURNED TO
SNOW LATE MARCH 4 INTO MARCH 5 WITH NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS
WINDS GUSTED TO 56 MPH DURING THE SNOW WITH A PEAK GUST OF 64 MPH AS
THE SNOW ENDED. MARCH 19 SAW PRE-DAWN TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S BUT
LOWER 30S BY LATE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WAS CLOSE TO
NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, ONLY TWO DAYS IN THE FIRST HALF OF
THE MONTH HAD MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION, WHILE ONLY TWO DAYS DURING
THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH HAD NONE. MAY WAS SIMILAR WITH ONLY FOUR
DAYS DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS NOT RECORDING PRECIPITATION. PERIODS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON JUNE 3 PRODUCED NEARLY THREE INCHES
OF RAIN. A HOT AND WINDY PERIOD SET UP FROM JUNE 20 TO JUNE 24 AS
SOUTH WINDS FREQUENTLY GUSTED AROUND 35 MPH AND HEAT INDICES REACHED
THE UPPER 90S TO 104. JULY SAW HEAT INDICES REACH 103 TO 111 ON
NEARLY HALF OF THE DAYS OF THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH. HEAT INDICES
PEAKED AROUND 105 ON AUGUST 8 AND 9 AND FROM 100 TO 105 FROM AUGUST
15 TO 17. WARM NIGHTS WERE COMMON IN OCTOBER. TEN DAYS HAD LOW
TEMPERATURES OF AT LEAST 60 DEGREES, WHICH TIED WITH 1938 AND 1947
FOR THE MOST SUCH DAYS ON RECORD. FOGGY NIGHTS WERE COMMON IN MID-
NOVEMBER AND LATE DECEMBER. A RECORD 4.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING
THE DAYTIME HOURS ON DECEMBER 1. DECEMBER 28 STARTED WITH SHOWERS
AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 50S BUT A
STRONG COLD FRONT CAUSED TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S IN
THE AFTERNOON WITH BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS. WIND CHILL VALUES ON THE
MORNING OF DECEMBER 29 WERE AROUND -5, FEELING NEARLY 60 DEGREES
COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS MORNING.
-- SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD --
SPRING.....19TH WARMEST /TIED/
AUTUMN.....20TH WARMEST
-- SEASONAL TOTAL PRECIPITATION PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD --
NONE
-- SEASONAL TOTAL SNOWFALL PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD --
WINTER.....14TH SNOWIEST /DECEMBER 2024 TO FEBRUARY 2025/
AUTUMN.....13TH LEAST SNOWY /TIED/
-- MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES PLACING IN THE TOP 20 RECORD --
JANUARY.....8TH COLDEST
MARCH.......9TH WARMEST /TIED/
OCTOBER....15TH WARMEST
-- MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD --
JANUARY....14TH WETTEST
-- MONTHLY SNOWFALL PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD --
JANUARY.....5TH SNOWIEST /TIED/
NOVEMBER...16TH LEAST SNOWY /TIED/
-- DAILY RECORDS --
HIGHEST MAXIMUM - NONE
HIGHEST MINIMUM - JUN 21.....79 F
LOWEST MAXIMUM -- FEB 18......4 F
FEB 19......9 F
LOWEST MINIMUM -- JAN 21....-12 F
FEB 20....-13 F /TIED/
FEB 21.....-3 F
PRECIPITATION --- JAN 15...0.81 INCHES
NOV 21...1.11 INCHES
SNOWFALL -------- JAN 5....14.1 INCHES
DEC 1.....4.7 INCHES
-- THUNDERSTORM-RELATED SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS --
HAIL - NONE
WIND - SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE MAY 19
ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE JULY 17
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