Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
000 CXUS53 KTOP 020518 AAA CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT...ADDED REMARKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1217 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 2023 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 103 05/30/1934 LOW 26 05/01/1963 HIGHEST 98 05/06 80 18 96 LOWEST 35 05/03 48 -13 42 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.5 76.4 5.1 77.7 AVG. MINIMUM 55.4 55.0 0.4 57.9 MEAN 68.4 65.7 2.7 67.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 1.9 1.1 5 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.10 1892 MINIMUM 0.41 1966 TOTALS 4.65 5.17 -0.52 11.68 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.17 -0.02 0.38 DAYS >= .01 11 11.9 -0.9 13 DAYS >= .10 7 8.1 -1.1 11 DAYS >= .50 2 3.2 -1.2 8 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.6 -0.6 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.70 05/30 TO 05/31 2.54 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 3.2 1907 TOTALS T 0.0 0.0 T SINCE 7/1 6.1 17.1 -11.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 52 96 -44 94 SINCE 7/1 4507 4852 -345 MM COOLING TOTAL 167 117 50 190 SINCE 1/1 192 144 48 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/100 DATE 05/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/100 DATE 05/09 38/260 05/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.24 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS... OVERALL TEMPERATURES AVERAGED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL WITH PRECIPITATION SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE EIGHTH- WARMEST ON RECORD BUT LOW TEMPERATURES AVERAGED TO BE CLOSE TO NORMAL. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES WAS SET ON MAY 6. THIS TIED FOR THE SEVENTH-HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF ANY DAY IN MAY ON RECORD AND IS THE EARLIEST IN THE YEAR THIS HOT OF A TEMPERATURE WAS MEASURED. BEFORE MAY 6...THE EARLIEST DAY FOR A 98-DEGREE TEMPERATURE TO BE MEASURED WAS MAY 29...OCCURRING IN 1913. THE NORMAL FIRST DAY TO REACH 98 DEGREES IS JULY 8. OVER HALF OF THE MONTH/S RAIN FELL ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH. $$