Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
324 CXUS53 KTOP 011518 CCA CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 914 AM CST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 78 01/28/2015 LOW -23 01/19/1892 HIGHEST 66 01/31 39 27 62 LOWEST -8 01/15 16 -24 8 AVG. MAXIMUM 35.2 40.4 -5.2 44.4 AVG. MINIMUM 18.0 20.0 -2.0 24.2 MEAN 26.6 30.2 -3.6 34.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 8.8 -0.8 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 28.3 -2.3 27 DAYS MIN <= 0 5 1.5 3.5 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.24 1949 MINIMUM T 1986 TOTALS 2.25 0.89 1.36 1.15 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.04 DAYS >= .01 11 5.9 5.1 9 DAYS >= .10 6 2.4 3.6 3 DAYS >= .50 1 0.5 0.5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.96 01/08 TO 01/09 0.64 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.0 1993 TOTALS 8.5 4.6 3.9 3.1 SINCE 7/1 17.0 10.1 6.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= 1.0 3 1.5 1.5 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 01/16 1 01/13 01/17 01/18 01/21 01/25 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1181 1078 103 944 SINCE 7/1 2743 3001 -258 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/310 DATE 01/09 29/320 01/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/310 DATE 01/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 6 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 1 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 13 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA IN JANUARY. FREQUENT PRECIPITATION FROM THESE SYSTEMS MADE FOR A WET MONTH. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RANKED AS THE TWELFTH-WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CAME ON JANUARY 5 AND JANUARY 8-9. THE PRECIPITATION ON JANUARY 8 STARTED AS RAIN BEFORE TURNING TO SNOW WITH A RECORD 0.91 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FALLING. A VERY COLD AIRMASS BUILT IN DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. WIND CHILLS OF -15 TO -25 WERE COMMON FROM LATE MORNING JANUARY 13 THROUGH LATE MORNING OF JANUARY 16. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO FROM JANUARY 13 THROUGH 15. THIS TIES FOR THE THIRD-LONGEST SUCH STRETCH ON RECORD. TEMPERATURE MODIFIED SLIGHTLY FOR A FEW DAYS BUT WIND CHILLS RETURNED TO AROUND -15 FOR THE MORNINGS OF JANUARY 19 AND 20. A CLOUDY AND DAMP PERIOD DOMINATED JANUARY 22 THROUGH JANUARY 27 WITH PERIODS OF FOG EACH NIGHT. $$