Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
000 CXUS53 KTOP 011501 CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1001 AM CDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 113 08/14/1936 08/13/1936 LOW 40 08/24/1891 HIGHEST 111 08/19 90 21 101 LOWEST 56 08/18 62 -6 59 AVG. MAXIMUM 92.7 88.9 3.8 91.5 AVG. MINIMUM 68.5 66.8 1.7 67.3 MEAN 80.6 77.9 2.7 79.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 18 14.8 3.2 20 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 12.69 1903 MINIMUM 0.26 1971 TOTALS 2.04 4.55 -2.51 3.44 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.15 -0.08 0.11 DAYS >= .01 6 8.8 -2.8 7 DAYS >= .10 4 5.9 -1.9 6 DAYS >= .50 1 2.7 -1.7 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.6 -0.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.37 08/13 TO 08/13 1.56 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2019 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 492 399 93 453 SINCE 1/1 1533 1320 213 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/300 DATE 08/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/300 DATE 08/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.18 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS... AUGUST 2023 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR PERSISTENT AND EXTREME HEAT. THE MAIN HOT PERIOD WAS FROM AUGUST 19 THROUGH AUGUST 25. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS WEEK WAS 104.3 DEGREES. THIS VALUE WAS THE HOTTEST SEVEN-DAY PERIOD SINCE AUGUST 27 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2 OF 2000. THE HOTTEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 111 DEGREES ON AUGUST 19. THIS TEMPERATURE NOT ONLY SET THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DAY...IT TIED FOR THE SEVENTH-HIGHEST DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE ALL TIME...AND WAS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE SINCE 112 DEGREES WAS MEASURED ON AUGUST 2 OF 2012. ALTHOUGH NOT EXTREMELY WARM...LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 70S IN THAT MID TO LATE AUGUST WEEK...WITH A RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM OF 79 DEGREES SET ON AUGUST 23. HEAT INDICES THIS WEEK WERE VERY HIGH AS WELL...REACHING 109 TO 125 EACH DAY. HEAT INDICES ALSO PEAKED AT 115 DEGREES ON AUGUST 1 AND 110 DEGREES ON AUGUST 11. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS THE NINETEENTH-WARMEST ON RECORD. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN HALF OF NORMAL. $$