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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
431 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         75    259 PM  97    1939  78     -3       90
  MINIMUM         49    305 AM  39    1966  57     -8       71
  AVERAGE         62                        68     -6       81

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          2.45 1945   0.16  -0.16     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.15                      3.80  -1.65     0.95
  SINCE MAR 1      7.28                      9.82  -2.54     6.88
  SINCE JAN 1      9.72                     12.00  -2.28     9.62

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           0.0    MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JAN 1     24.2                      11.3   12.9      3.0
  SINCE JUL 1     29.6                      17.8   11.8      3.1
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            3                         2      1        0
  MONTH TO DATE  134                        88     46       10
  SINCE MAR 1   1340                      1038    302      398
  SINCE JUL 1   4897                      5005   -108     3780

 COOLING
  TODAY            0                         4     -4       16
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        63      2      148
  SINCE MAR 1     81                        91    -10      243
  SINCE JAN 1     81                        91    -10      243
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.2



WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM
 LOWEST     41          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    67

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        95      1953
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        39      1925


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 24 2013...........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   837 PM CDT
MAY 25 2013...........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   837 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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