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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
431 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013


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...THE CONCORDIA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 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         83    259 PM  96    1996  74      9       92
  MINIMUM         56    332 AM  37    1945  52      4       61
  AVERAGE         70                        63      7       77

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          2.22 1892   0.14  -0.14     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.09                      2.15   0.94     0.02
  SINCE MAR 1      7.46                      6.61   0.85     6.00
  SINCE JAN 1      8.94                      7.98   0.96     8.60

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           T    1996   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JAN 1     20.3                      13.7    6.6      5.8
  SINCE JUL 1     28.8                      20.2    8.6      6.7
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                         4     -4        0
  MONTH TO DATE  139                        95     44       24
  SINCE MAR 1   1467                      1152    315      542
  SINCE JUL 1   5486                      5359    127     4293

 COOLING
  TODAY            5                         2      3       12
  MONTH TO DATE   29                        24      5       72
  SINCE MAR 1     39                        41     -2      135
  SINCE JAN 1     39                        41     -2      135
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3



WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM
 LOWEST     46           200 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE CONCORDIA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   75        94      1988
                                             1967
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   53        38      1915


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2013...........SUNRISE   615 AM CDT   SUNSET   840 PM CDT
MAY 18 2013...........SUNRISE   614 AM CDT   SUNSET   841 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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