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CLITOP


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
134 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 2013...

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)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         71    501 PM  95    1939  78     -7       93
  MINIMUM         50    523 AM  39    1963  57     -7       64
  AVERAGE         61                        67     -6       79

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.42 1995   0.16  -0.16     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.15                      3.64  -1.49     0.95
  SINCE MAR 1      7.28                      9.66  -2.38     6.88
  SINCE JAN 1      9.72                     11.84  -2.12     9.62

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1949   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
  YESTERDAY        4                         2      2        0
  MONTH TO DATE  131                        86     45       10
  SINCE MAR 1   1337                      1036    301      398
  SINCE JUL 1   4894                      5003   -109     3780

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4       14
  MONTH TO DATE   65                        59      6      132
  SINCE MAR 1     81                        87     -6      227
  SINCE JAN 1     81                        87     -6      227
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86          1100 PM
 LOWEST     53           300 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78        97      1939
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        39      1966


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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