Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
936 CXUS53 KTOP 011615 CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1015 AM CST FRI DEC 01 2023 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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 85 11/08/2006 11/08/1980 LOW -5 11/27/1887 HIGHEST 79 11/07 61 18 82 LOWEST 14 11/26 27 -13 15 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.4 55.2 3.2 55.8 AVG. MINIMUM 32.4 33.1 -0.7 30.8 MEAN 45.4 44.2 1.2 43.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 16 15.2 0.8 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.07 1931 MINIMUM T 1989 TOTALS 1.56 1.78 -0.22 2.78 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.06 -0.01 0.09 DAYS >= .01 6 6.2 -0.2 7 DAYS >= .10 4 3.1 0.9 4 DAYS >= .50 2 1.1 0.9 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.60 11/25 TO 11/26 2.15 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 9.8 1888 TOTALS 7.2 1.0 6.2 0.6 SINCE 7/1 7.2 1.4 5.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.3 0.7 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 6 11/26 1 11/15 24 HR TOTAL 7.2 11/25 TO 11/26 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 583 627 -44 654 SINCE 7/1 824 961 -137 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 8 SINCE 1/1 1883 1534 349 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/320 DATE 11/21 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 36/320 DATE 11/21 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.23 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. THE BIGGEST STORY OF NOVEMBER WAS A HEAVY SNOW NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH. SNOW BEGAN ON THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF THE 25TH AND CONTINUED INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS OF THE 26TH. A RECORD 6.3 INCHES FELL ON THE 25TH AND COMBINED WITH 0.9 INCHES ON THE 26TH FOR A STORM TOTAL OF 7.2 INCHES. THE 6.3 INCHES WAS THE SECOND-HIGHEST ONE-DAY TOTAL ON RECORD FOR NOVEMBER...WHILE THE TWO-DAY TOTAL PLACED AS THE FOURTH- HIGHEST FOR NOVEMBER. THIS STORM WAS ALSO ENOUGH TO PLACE THIS NOVEMBER AS THE SIXTH-SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. BASED ON TWO-DAY TOTALS...THIS STORM HAD THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM ANY STORM SINCE FEBRUARY 2014. THIS EVENT ALONG WITH RAINFALL EVENTS A WEEK BEFORE AND ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH PUT THE MONTH/S TOTAL PRECIPITATION NEAR NORMAL. TEMPERATURES ALSO AVERAGED TO BE CLOSE TO NORMAL...THOUGH A RECORD LOW OF 18 DEGREES WAS SENT ON THE 1ST AND A RECORD HIGH OF 79 DEGREES WAS TIED ON THE 7TH. $$