Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
466 CXUS53 KTOP 011536 CCA CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 935 AM CST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 84 02/29/1972 LOW -25 02/12/1899 HIGHEST 83 02/26 49 34 71 LOWEST 11 02/17 19 -8 8 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.3 45.7 14.6 53.2 AVG. MINIMUM 29.9 24.2 5.7 23.8 MEAN 45.1 34.9 10.2 38.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 5.2 -5.2 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 18 22.6 -4.6 25 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.59 1911 MINIMUM 0.00 1917 TOTALS 0.90 1.31 -0.41 2.86 DAILY AVG. 0.03 NAN NAN 0.10 DAYS >= .01 4 6.0 -2.0 9 DAYS >= .10 2 3.2 -1.2 5 DAYS >= .50 0 0.9 -0.9 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.75 02/03 TO 02/04 1.02 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 27.1 1900 TOTALS 0.8 5.2 -4.4 0.6 SINCE 7/1 17.8 15.3 2.5 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T -1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.3 -1.3 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T MM 02/28 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 570 841 -271 736 SINCE 7/1 3313 3894 -581 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/340 DATE 02/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/310 DATE 02/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.17 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. WARM CONDITIONS WERE THE MAIN THEME THIS MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS THE SECOND-WARMEST FOR ANY FEBRUARY ON RECORD...TRAILING ONLY FEBRUARY OF 1930. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE HIGHEST ON RECORD...AHEAD OF FEBRUARY 2017 BY NEARLY THREE DEGREES. DAILY RECORD HIGHS WERE SET ON FEBURARY 1 AND FEBRUARY 26...WITH RECORD HIGHEST MININUMS SET ON FEBRUARY 1...2...AND 7. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 27 WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING FROM 75 DEGREES TO 22 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 53 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATED THAT EVENING. THE MONTH STARTED WET WITH OVER THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING ON FEBRUARY 3 AND 4...BUT ONLY 0.07 INCHES FELL DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. $$