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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
442 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 430 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         82   1118 AM  96    2006  77      5       89
                                      1975
                                      1944
  MINIMUM         63    434 AM  30    1888  55      8       70
  AVERAGE         73                        66      7       80

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.28          2.04 1977   0.16   0.12     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.89                      2.98  -1.09     0.95
  SINCE MAR 1      7.02                      9.00  -1.98     6.88
  SINCE JAN 1      9.46                     11.18  -1.72     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            0                         2     -2        0
  MONTH TO DATE  125                        78     47       10
  SINCE MAR 1   1331                      1028    303      398
  SINCE JUL 1   4888                      4995   -107     3780

 COOLING
  TODAY            8                         3      5       15
  MONTH TO DATE   58                        43     15      112
  SINCE MAR 1     74                        71      3      207
  SINCE JAN 1     74                        71      3      207
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7



WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           200 AM
 LOWEST     54          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    74

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   77        91      1964
                                             1937
                                             1933
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   56        36      1981


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 19 2013...........SUNRISE   606 AM CDT   SUNSET   832 PM CDT
MAY 20 2013...........SUNRISE   605 AM CDT   SUNSET   833 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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