Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
000 CXUS53 KTOP 011515 AAA CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT...AMMENDED TO INCLUDE REMARKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1015 AM CDT TUE AUG 01 2023 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2023 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 43 07/05/1972 HIGHEST 104 07/28 90 14 103 LOWEST 59 07/10 67 -8 59 AVG. MAXIMUM 91.3 90.2 1.1 91.9 AVG. MINIMUM 69.0 69.3 -0.3 70.5 MEAN 80.2 79.8 0.4 81.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 19 17.0 2.0 22 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.02 1950 MINIMUM 0.02 1935 TOTALS 4.47 3.99 0.48 2.61 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.13 0.01 0.08 DAYS >= .01 7 8.8 -1.8 11 DAYS >= .10 7 5.8 1.2 6 DAYS >= .50 2 2.6 -0.6 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.4 -0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.56 07/14 TO 07/14 1.06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 2017 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 477 457 20 509 SINCE 1/1 1041 921 120 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 49/320 DATE 07/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 72/320 DATE 07/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.19 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS... THE MAIN WEATHER STORY FOR JULY WAS A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT ON JULY 14. THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFTERNOON PRODUCED WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE ACROSS TOPEKA AND CONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES. A PEAK WIND OF 73 MPH WAS MEASURED AT BILLARD AIRPORT. THE STORMS ALSO PRODUCED A DAILY RECORD OF 2.56 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. FOR THE MONTH...BOTH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND TOTAL PRECIPITATION WERE CLOSE TO NORMAL. A FEW PERIODD OF HIGH HEAT WERE OBSERVED. HEAT INDICES REACHED 101 TO 105 FROM JULY 11 THROUGH JULY 14 AND 106 TO 113 FROM JULY 25 THROUGH JULY 28. A RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS TIED ON JULY 26 AT 82 DEGREES AND WAS SET ON JULY 28 AT 81 DEGREES. $$