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National Weather Service Topeka KS
126 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

KSZ039-280900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
126 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      65          77          63          76          64
Temp                      66 65 69 75 77 72 67 65 64 63 66 73 76 72 67 65 64 64
Dewpt                     65 64 67 69 69 69 67 64 63 62 62 65 65 65 63 61 61 60
RH                        97 97 93 82 76 90100 97 97 97 87 76 69 79 87 87 90 87
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE  E NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  4  5  5  5  5  4  3  4  4  6  8  6  4  4  4  4  6
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          30          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S  S  S                                      L
Tstms                      C        S  S


Date           09/29  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          79      65    77      65    75      60    73      58    73
Temp          75 73   68 66 73 73   68 66 71 69   62 60 69 67   58 58 69 68
Dewpt         68 70   68 66 71 71   68 66 69 66   61 58 62 62   58 57 63 63
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE     E      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      90    80      80    80      50    40      10    20
Rain shwrs     L  L    D  D  D  D    D  D  D  L    C  C  C  C          S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C    C  S     C    C  S  S  S

$$
KSZ040-280900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
126 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          75          62          77          63
Temp                      65 64 68 73 75 71 67 65 64 62 66 73 77 72 66 64 64 64
Dewpt                     65 64 67 68 69 68 66 64 63 61 62 64 65 65 62 60 59 59
RH                       100100 97 84 82 90 97 97 97 97 87 73 67 79 87 87 84 84
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                   3  4  5  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  6  6  3  4  4  4  5
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          40          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S  S  S                                      L
Tstms                      C        S  S


Date           09/29  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          79      65    77      65    74      60    73      57    73
Temp          75 73   68 65 74 73   68 66 72 70   62 60 69 68   59 58 70 67
Dewpt         67 70   67 65 71 71   68 66 70 67   62 58 62 63   59 57 63 63
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE     E      NE    NE      NE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      80    80      80    80      50    40      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  L    D  L  L  D    D  D  D  L    C  C  C  C       S  S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  C  C    C        S    C  S  S  S

$$
KSZ054-280900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
126 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          77          64          78          64
Temp                      66 64 70 75 77 73 69 67 66 64 68 75 78 74 67 65 65 64
Dewpt                     64 64 67 67 68 68 67 65 63 63 64 65 66 65 64 63 62 61
RH                        93100 90 76 74 84 93 93 90 97 87 71 67 74 90 93 90 90
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE  E NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S
Wind spd                   6  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  5  5  8  8  8  5  6  6  8 10
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          20          20          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  S           S  S                                C
Tstms                      S              S


Date           09/29  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          80      66    77      65    75      59    74      57    74
Temp          76 74   68 66 74 74   68 66 72 70   62 60 70 69   59 58 71 69
Dewpt         67 68   67 66 69 70   68 66 68 65   62 58 62 62   59 58 62 62
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE     E      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      80    80      80    80      50    40      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  L    D  D  D  D    D  L  D  L    C  C  C  C    S
Tstms             C    C  S  S  C    C     S  C    C        S

$$
KSZ022-280900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
126 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      65          77          64          76          64
Temp                      66 65 70 74 77 73 69 67 66 64 68 73 76 72 68 67 66 65
Dewpt                     65 64 66 68 69 68 68 65 64 63 63 65 66 66 64 63 62 62
RH                        97 97 87 82 76 84 97 93 93 97 84 76 71 81 87 87 87 90
Wind dir                  SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  3  4  5  6  5  4  4  4  4  6  8  8  5  5  4  5  5
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          10          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S                                                  L
Tstms                      S                                                  S


Date           09/29  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          78      65    76      64    73      59    71      57    72
Temp          77 72   68 66 75 71   68 66 72 68   62 60 69 67   59 58 71 67
Dewpt         68 70   68 66 70 69   67 65 66 63   59 56 59 60   58 57 62 62
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE    NE      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         90      90    80      80    70      50    30      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  D    D  D  D  D    D  L  L  L    C  C  C  S    S
Tstms          S  C    C  S  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$
KSZ020-280900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
126 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          78          65          76          64
Temp                      66 64 69 75 78 74 68 67 66 65 68 73 76 74 68 67 66 65
Dewpt                     64 63 65 67 67 68 68 66 64 63 63 64 64 65 65 63 62 63
RH                        93 97 87 76 69 82100 97 93 93 84 73 66 74 90 87 87 93
Wind dir                  SE  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  3  5  8  8  8  5  5  5  5  8  9  9  8  9 10 10 10
Clouds                    SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  D
Tstms                                                                      S  C


Date           09/29  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          75      64    74      62    72      57    70      56    72
Temp          68 73   67 65 67 69   66 64 66 67   60 57 63 65   58 57 66 66
Dewpt         66 69   67 65 67 67   65 62 61 60   57 53 56 58   56 55 58 60
PWind dir         S       S    SE       E    NE      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr        100      90    80      70    60      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    D  D  D  L    L  L  L  C    C  C  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  S  S

$$
KSZ059-280900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
126 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          76          63          78          64
Temp                      65 64 68 74 76 72 67 66 64 63 67 75 78 73 67 65 64 64
Dewpt                     64 64 66 65 66 67 65 63 62 61 61 62 63 63 61 60 59 59
RH                        97100 93 74 71 84 93 90 93 93 81 64 60 71 81 84 84 84
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE SE  S
Wind spd                   5  5  6  5  4  4  5  5  5  5  8  6  6  3  4  4  5  6
Wind gust                                                                    17
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          40          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.05           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S  S  S  S  S                                C
Tstms                      S  S        S  S


Date           09/29  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          81      66    78      66    75      60    74      57    74
Temp          76 75   68 66 75 73   68 66 72 70   63 60 70 69   60 58 71 68
Dewpt         64 67   66 65 68 69   68 66 68 66   62 59 61 61   59 57 61 62
PWind dir         S       S     S       S    SE      NE    NE      NE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      70    80      80    70      60    40      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  L  L  D    D  D  L  L    L  C  C  C    S     S  S
Tstms             S    C  C  S  C    C        S    C  S     S

$$
KSZ012-280900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
126 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Date           09/26/26      Sun 09/27/26            Mon 09/28/26            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      63          74          62          75          61
Temp                      64 63 66 72 74 70 66 64 63 62 66 73 75 71 65 64 63 62
Dewpt                     61 61 63 64 64 64 62 60 59 57 57 59 60 60 58 56 56 55
RH                        90 93 90 76 71 81 87 87 87 84 73 62 60 68 78 75 78 78
Wind dir                  SE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  4  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  5  8  6  4  5  5  5  6
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     50          30          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 C  C        S                                      L
Tstms                      C           S


Date           09/29  Wed 09/30/26  Thu 10/01/26  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          76      63    75      62    72      57    70      55    71
Temp          73 71   66 64 71 70   66 64 69 68   60 58 67 66   58 56 67 65
Dewpt         63 66   64 62 66 66   64 61 62 59   55 52 56 57   54 52 57 57
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE    NE      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80      90    80      80    70      50    40      10    20
Rain shwrs     L  D    D  D  D  D    D  D  L  L    C  C  C  S          S  S
Tstms             S    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$