Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
199 CXUS53 KTOP 011431 CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 931 AM CDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 97 10/07/1939 LOW 16 10/28/1925 HIGHEST 94 10/01 75 19 90 LOWEST 20 10/31 38 -18 22 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.0 68.9 3.1 74.5 AVG. MINIMUM 47.0 45.1 1.9 42.8 MEAN 59.5 57.0 2.5 58.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.5 1.5 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 4 3.4 0.6 3 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.65 1941 MINIMUM 0.04 1952 TOTALS 1.22 2.85 -1.63 1.27 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.09 -0.05 0.04 DAYS >= .01 8 7.9 0.1 3 DAYS >= .10 4 4.9 -0.9 2 DAYS >= .50 0 1.9 -1.9 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.46 10/24 TO 10/25 0.65 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 8.0 1996 TOTALS T 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T 0.4 -0.4 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 240 281 -41 235 SINCE 7/1 241 332 -91 MM COOLING TOTAL 76 33 43 46 SINCE 1/1 1883 1532 351 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/160 DATE 10/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/150 DATE 10/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 1 FOG 8 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... OCTOBER WAS ANOTHER DRY MONTH IN TOPEKA. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION MEASURED WAS LESS THAN HALF OF NORMAL. MOST OF THIS FELL IN THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH -- ONLY 0.19 INCHES FELL BEFORE OCTOBER 23. A STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT RAIN ON SEVERAL DAYS NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH. WARM...MOIST AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM KEPT LOW TEMPERATURES RATHER WARM...WITH RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUMS SET ON BOTH OCTOBER 25 AND 26. $$