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CXUS53 KTOP 011426
CLMTOP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
926 AM CDT SUN SEP 01 2024

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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            113   08/14/1936
                       08/13/1936
 LOW              40   08/24/1891
HIGHEST          102   08/26         90      12      111
LOWEST            54   08/09         62      -8       56
AVG. MAXIMUM    89.2               88.9     0.3     92.7
AVG. MINIMUM    66.9               66.8     0.1     68.5
MEAN            78.0               77.9     0.1     80.6
DAYS MAX >= 90    16               14.8     1.2       18
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          2.71               4.55   -1.84     2.04
DAILY AVG.      0.09               0.15   -0.06     0.07
DAYS >= .01       10                8.8     1.2        6
DAYS >= .10        7                5.9     1.1        4
DAYS >= .50        2                2.7    -0.7        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                1.6    -1.6        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.16   08/13 TO 08/14               1.37

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                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      1                  1       0        0
 SINCE 7/1         1                  0       1       MM
COOLING TOTAL    411                399      12      492
 SINCE 1/1      1460               1320     140       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    23/080    DATE  08/13
                                23/110          08/27
                                23/310          08/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    MM        DATE   MM

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.22
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           23
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              5
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          3

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              9     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       5
LIGHT RAIN               11     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      5

REMARKS...

THERE WERE A FEW PERIODS OF HOT TEMPERATURES IN AUGUST BUT THEY WERE
NOT LONG LASTING. THE MOST INTENSE PERIOD WAS FROM AUGUST 24 THROUGH
27 WHEN HEAT INDICES PEAKED FROM 104 TO 108 DEGREES EACH DAY. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY STRONG WINDS IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN TOPEKA IN THE LATE EVENING OF AUGUST 14. TREE DAMAGE WAS
WIDESPREAD ALONG A CORRIDOR OF THIS AREA WITH LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN
DOWN. BECAUSE OF A POWER LOSS, THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS FROM THESE
STORMS WERE NOT MEASURED. THIS IS WHY THE HIGHEST GUST IS MISSING.

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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