Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
816 CXUS53 KTOP 011811 CLATOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1210 PM CST WED JAN 1 2020 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 114 07/24/1936 LOW -26 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 98 07/20 MM MM 101 08/05 07/18 07/12 07/19 07/11 LOWEST -3 01/30 MM MM -9 01/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.5 66.1 -0.6 67.3 AVG. MINIMUM 44.6 44.2 0.4 44.4 MEAN 55.0 55.1 -0.1 55.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 43 41.5 1.5 77 DAYS MAX <= 32 28 21.3 6.7 22 DAYS MIN <= 32 124 110.9 13.1 125 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 4.0 -2.0 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 60.89 1973 MINIMUM 19.07 1963 TOTALS 48.75 36.46 12.29 30.04 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.10 0.03 0.08 DAYS >= .01 114 99.6 14.4 94 DAYS >= .10 75 60.6 14.4 55 DAYS >= .50 30 23.9 6.1 19 DAYS >= 1.00 15 10.1 4.9 11 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.55 08/17 TO 08/17MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 48.6 1960 24 HR TOTAL 17.3 02/26/1900 TO 02/27/1900 SNOW DEPTH 18 03/16/1960 TOTALS 25.0 17.8 7.2 14.6 SINCE 7/1 6.5 6.5 0.0 8.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= TRACE 43 12.7 30.3 40 DAYS >= 1.0 9 5.2 3.8 4 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 12/16 6 11/26 02/20 01/23 24 HR TOTAL 4.4 12/15 TO 12/15 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 5117 5020 97 5155 SINCE 7/1 MM 2017 MM MM COOLING TOTAL 1609 1422 187 1963 SINCE 1/1 1609 1422 187 1963 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/180 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/320 DATE 01/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/060 DATE 08/29 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS... 2019 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE TOTAL AMOUNT RECEIVED WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST IN THE 132 COMPLETE CALENDAR YEARS OF DATA ON RECORD. 31.72 INCHES OF THE YEAR/S TOTAL OF 48.75 INCHES FELL FROM MAY THROUGH AUGUST. THIS IS THE SECOND-HIGHEST FOUR-MONTH PERIOD ON RECORD...TRAILING THE 32.22 INCHES THAT FELL FROM JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 1951. THE 12.03 INCHES THAT ACCUMULATED IN AUGUST WAS THE SIXTH-HIGHEST TOTAL FOR ANY CALENDAR MONTH ON RECORD. WINDS GUSTED TO 57 MPH ON JANUARY 28 AND SOME SPOTTY POWER LINE AND TREE DAMAGE RESULTED. THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW TEN DEGREES FROM JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT JANUARY 30 TO NEAR SUNRISE OF JANUARY 31...WITH ENOUGH WIND TO BRING WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO -18 ON THE 30TH. A QUICK WARM-UP THEN ENSUED AS THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE ON FEBRUARY 3RD WAS ONLY 53 DEGREES...BREAKING THAT DAY/S RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM BY TEN DEGREES. VERY COLD AIR RETURNED FROM MARCH 3 THROUGH MARCH 6 WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS EACH DAY AND A WIND CHILL OF -13 ON MARCH 4. AFTER SEVEN DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S FROM APRIL 5 THROUGH APRIL 11...TEMPERATURES ON THAT FINAL DAY DROPPED 40 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT. EIGHTEEN DAYS IN MAY HAD MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION -- THE SIXTH-HIGHEST AMOUNT FOR ANY MAY. THE HEAT INDEX REACHED NEAR 105 ON JUNE 28 AND 29...THEN REACHED 111 TO 114 FROM JULY 18 THROUGH 20 WITH LOWS OF AT LEAST 80 DEGREES ON THESE DAYS. THIS STRETCH TIED FOR THE THIRD-LONGEST PERIOD WITH LOWS AT THIS LEVEL. LARGE HAIL FELL IN PORTIONS OF THE CITY IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF BOTH AUGUST 16 AND 17. CONSISTENT WARMTH WAS PRESENT IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR EACH DAY ABOVE ITS NORMAL VALUE. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS 24 DEGREES COLDER THAN SEPTEMBER HOWEVER. 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED ON OCTOBER 30 WHICH SET THE RECORD FOR SNOW ON THAT DAY AND BROUGHT THE MONTH/S SNOWFALL TOTAL TO BE THE FIFTH-HIGHEST ON RECORD. WHEN INCLUDING WIND CHILL...TEMPERATURES FELT 50 DEGREES COLDER ON NOVEMBER 11 FROM NOVEMBER 10...WITH 0.3 INCHES OF SNOW FALLING ON THE FORMER DAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FELL ON THANKSGIVING MORNING. CONVERSELY...THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE ON CHRISTMAS DAY WAS 50 DEGREES...HELPING PUT THAT DAY/S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE TO BE THE WARMEST CHRISTMAS DAY ON RECORD. THE 1.84 INCHES OF RAIN ON DECEMBER 28 WAS THE FIFTH-HIGHEST ONE-DAY TOTAL FOR DECEMBER ON RECORD. -- SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- NONE -- SEASONAL TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- WINTER.......6TH WETTEST /DECEMBER 2018 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2019/ SPRING.......9TH WETTEST /MARCH THROUGH MAY/ SUMMER.......5TH WETTEST /JUNE THROUGH AUGUST/ -- MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- SEPTEMBER....3RD WARMEST OCTOBER......6TH COLDEST DECEMBER....15TH WARMEST /TIED/ -- MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- JANUARY.....19TH WETTEST MAY..........6TH WETTEST AUGUST.......2ND WETTEST -- MONTHLY TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- OCTOBER......5TH HIGHEST /TIED/ -- DAILY RECORDS -- HIGHEST MAXIMUM - NONE LOWEST MINIMUM -- NONE HIGHEST MINIMUM - FEB 3......53 F AUG 20.....80 F SEP 30.....76 F DEC 25.....50 F LOWEST MAXIMUM -- NONE PRECIPITATION --- JUN 23...1.85 INCHES JUL 31...1.71 INCHES DEC 28...1.84 INCHES SNOWFALL -------- OCT 30....1.5 INCHES NOV 11....0.3 INCHES -- THUNDERSTORM-RELATED SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS -- HAIL ----- GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AUGUST 16 HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AUGUST 17 WIND ----- TREE DAMAGE ON JUNE 21 61 MPH WIND GUSTS MEASURED AT FORBES FIELD AUGUST 7 TREE DAMAGE ON AUGUST 30 $$