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CXUS53 KTOP 011415
CLMTOP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
915 AM CDT FRI MAY 01 2026
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..THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2026
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2026
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 97 04/25/2012
04/06/1893
LOW 10 04/03/1975
HIGHEST 87 04/14 71 16 88
LOWEST 32 04/05 38 -6 26
AVG. MAXIMUM 72.8 67.0 5.8 68.0
AVG. MINIMUM 47.9 43.9 4.0 45.7
MEAN 60.3 55.5 4.8 56.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 3.8 -2.8 3
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.69 1999
MINIMUM 0.62 1989
TOTALS 6.36 3.81 2.55 2.90
DAILY AVG. 0.21 0.13 0.08 0.10
DAYS >= .01 11 10.0 1.0 13
DAYS >= .10 9 6.7 2.3 7
DAYS >= .50 3 2.8 0.2 1
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.9 1.1 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.18 04/26 TO 04/27 0.78
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 10.0 1926
TOTALS T 0.1 -0.1 T
SINCE 7/1 12.0 17.1 -5.1 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 179 309 -130 265
SINCE 7/1 4012 4758 -746 MM
COOLING TOTAL 46 22 24 27
SINCE 1/1 83 27 56 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/310 DATE 04/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 67/300 DATE 04/27
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.36
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 8
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 2
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 3
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
REMARKS...
APRIL WAS WARM AND WET. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE TIED FOR THE
ELEVENTH-WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD. THE MOST ABNORMAL HEAT CAME IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUMS WERE SET ON THREE
CONSECUTIVE DAYS...APRIL 12 THROUGH 14...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES CLOSE
TO NORMAL VALUES IN JULY. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH
RANKED AS THE EIGHTH-HIGEST TOTAL ON RECORD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
PERSISTENT FROM JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TO AROUND DAWN OF APRIL 27. SOME
OF THESE WERE SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND
GUSTS UP TO 67 MPH. THE REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH 2.78 INCHES FALLING. THIS BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE
HIGHEST TOTAL FOR THE DAY AND RANKS AS THE SIXTH-WETTEST APRIL DAY
ON RECORD. MINOR STREET FLOODING OCCURRED.
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