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CLITOP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
431 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
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..THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 430 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 85 259 PM 94 1975 77 8 82
MINIMUM 62 540 AM 38 1976 56 6 59
AVERAGE 74 66 8 71
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 1.40 2.00 1950 0.17 1.23 0.06
MONTH TO DATE 1.86 2.91 -1.05 0.80
SINCE MAR 1 9.48 8.97 0.51 4.68
SINCE JAN 1 12.20 11.17 1.03 7.25
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 T 1997 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017
2019
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JAN 1 7.3 11.6 -4.3 25.8
SINCE JUL 1 12.0 17.1 -5.1 29.1
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 2 -2 0
MONTH TO DATE 74 75 -1 47
SINCE MAR 1 690 990 -300 754
SINCE JUL 1 4086 4833 -747 4579
COOLING
TODAY 9 4 5 6
MONTH TO DATE 53 46 7 32
SINCE MAR 1 136 73 63 69
SINCE JAN 1 136 73 63 69
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 200 AM
LOWEST 68 300 PM
AVERAGE 82
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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 96 1944
1975
2006
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 30 1888
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 18 2026...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT
MAY 19 2026...........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 832 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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