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CLITOP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
136 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2013...CORRECTED...


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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         50    230 PM  92    1943  72    -22       89
  MINIMUM         37    240 AM  28    1907  50    -13       70
  AVERAGE         44                        61    -17       80

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.09          3.84 1892   0.16  -0.07     0.20
  MONTH TO DATE    0.98                      0.61   0.37     0.60
  SINCE MAR 1      6.11                      6.63  -0.52     6.53
  SINCE JAN 1      8.55                      8.81  -0.26     9.27

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T   R         T    1991   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       21                         5     16        0
  MONTH TO DATE   75                        23     52        0
  SINCE MAR 1   1281                       973    308      388
  SINCE JUL 1   4838                      4940   -102     3770

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2       15
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6       43
  SINCE MAR 1     16                        34    -18      138
  SINCE JAN 1     16                        34    -18      138
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (350)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.9


SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG
  HAZE


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92           100 AM
 LOWEST     80           300 PM
 AVERAGE    86

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THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        97      1940
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        32      1944


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  5 2013...........SUNRISE   619 AM CDT   SUNSET   820 PM CDT
MAY  6 2013...........SUNRISE   618 AM CDT   SUNSET   820 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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