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National Weather Service Topeka KS
536 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

KSZ039-232100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
536 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date             Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          64          85          66          88
Temp             66 73 79 78 73 69 67 65 65 70 81 84 82 73 70 67 66 74 82 87 85
Dewpt            63 64 65 66 68 66 64 63 63 66 70 72 73 71 68 67 66 69 72 73 74
RH               90 73 62 67 84 90 90 93 93 87 69 67 74 93 93100100 84 72 63 70
Wind dir          E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E
Wind spd          2  4  4  5  5  4  4  4  5  6  8  8  6  5  3  2  2  2  4  5  3
Clouds           B1 SC B2 B2 B2 SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.07           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  C  S     C  C  C
Tstms                               C  C  S
Heat index                                        89 87                87 94 92
Max heat                     83                85    92    84          88    96


Date          Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    88      66    87      66    87      68    88
Temp          72 69 84 85   70 66 83 84   70 67 82 84   71 68 83 85
Dewpt         72 69 71 72   67 65 66 70   66 65 68 71   67 65 71 73
PWind dir         E     N       N     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC SC SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    20       0     5      10    20      30    30
Rain shwrs        C  S                           S       S  C  C
Tstms             C                                      S  S  S

$$
KSZ040-232100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
536 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date             Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      81          64          84          66          87
Temp             65 74 78 78 73 68 66 65 64 70 80 83 81 73 69 67 66 74 82 86 84
Dewpt            62 64 64 66 68 65 62 62 62 67 69 72 73 70 67 66 66 70 72 73 75
RH               90 71 62 67 84 90 87 90 93 90 69 70 77 90 93 97100 87 72 65 74
Wind dir          E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd          2  3  3  3  4  3  4  4  4  5  6  6  5  5  3  3  3  2  3  4  2
Clouds           B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.02           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  S  C  C                                   S
Tstms                               S  S  S
Heat index                                           86                   93 91
Max heat                     82                83    90                87    94


Date          Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    87      65    86      65    86      67    87
Temp          71 68 83 84   70 66 82 83   69 66 82 83   70 68 82 83
Dewpt         71 68 72 73   67 64 67 70   64 64 68 71   65 64 71 73
PWind dir        NE     N       N     N      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC   SC SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr         20    10       0     5      10    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  S                              S          C  C
Tstms          S  S                                         S  S

$$
KSZ054-232100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
536 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date             Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      84          65          88          67          90
Temp             67 74 80 82 79 70 68 66 65 72 83 87 86 76 72 68 67 75 84 89 87
Dewpt            64 65 65 66 66 66 64 63 64 68 71 72 73 72 70 68 67 70 72 72 72
RH               90 74 60 58 64 87 87 90 97 87 67 61 65 87 93100100 84 67 57 61
Wind dir          E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E
Wind spd          3  6  8  9  9  8  8  9  9 10 10  8  6  8  5  4  3  4  5  6  5
Clouds           B2 B1 OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          30           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.18        0.29           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S  S     C  C  C
Tstms                               C  C
Heat index                                        93 92                89 95 93
Max heat               82    86                88    95    89          90    96


Date          Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    89      66    89      66    89      68    91
Temp          73 68 84 87   72 67 84 86   71 67 84 87   73 69 85 88
Dewpt         71 68 71 70   69 66 66 67   66 64 67 68   66 65 70 70
PWind dir        NE     N       N     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    20       5     5      10    20      30    20
Rain shwrs        C  S                           S          C  S
Tstms             C                                         S  S

$$
KSZ022-232100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
536 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date             Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      80          64          86          67          87
Temp             66 71 77 77 77 70 68 66 64 69 82 85 84 75 71 68 67 73 83 86 84
Dewpt            63 64 66 67 66 66 64 63 63 66 70 72 73 72 69 68 67 69 72 72 73
RH               90 79 69 71 69 87 87 90 97 90 67 65 70 90 93100100 87 70 63 70
Wind dir          E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N  E
Wind spd          2  4  6  8  8  6  5  5  5  6  6  6  6  5  3  2  2  2  4  4  3
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.18           0        0.02
Rain shwrs           S  C  C        S  C  C                             S  S  C
Tstms                               S  C
Heat index                                        90 89                88 93 91
Max heat                                       86    93    87          88    94


Date          Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    87      66    86      67    86      68    88
Temp          72 68 84 85   72 67 83 84   71 67 83 84   73 69 84 86
Dewpt         71 68 71 71   68 65 66 69   66 64 68 70   66 64 70 72
PWind dir        NE     N       N     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC   FW SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         40    20       5     5      20    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  S                        S  S       S  C  C
Tstms          C  C                           S  S       S  C  C

$$
KSZ020-232100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
536 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date             Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      77          64          85          67          86
Temp             66 69 72 75 75 69 67 65 64 69 80 83 83 74 71 68 67 73 82 85 82
Dewpt            64 64 65 66 66 64 64 62 62 65 68 70 71 71 69 68 67 69 70 70 72
RH               93 84 79 74 74 84 90 90 93 87 67 65 67 90 93100100 87 67 61 72
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E
Wind spd          4  6 10 13 12 12 11 10  9 10  8  8  8  6  5  3  2  3  5  5  5
Clouds           B2 B2 OV B1 FW B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     40          20          20           0          30
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.04        0.11           0        0.05
Rain shwrs        S  C  S  S              S                       C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                                         C
Heat index                                        88 88                   90
Max heat                                       84    90    86          86    90


Date          Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          67    86      65    85      66    86      68    88
Temp          70 67 83 83   70 66 82 82   70 66 82 84   71 68 83 85
Dewpt         70 67 68 68   66 64 65 67   65 64 67 69   66 64 68 71
PWind dir        NE     N       N    NE      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW B1 B1 FW
PoP 12hr         50    20      10    10      40    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  S                     S  C  C       C  C  C
Tstms          C  C                        S  S  S       S  C  C

$$
KSZ059-232100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
536 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date             Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      85          64          88          66          90
Temp             66 76 82 83 79 70 68 66 64 72 84 86 85 75 71 68 66 77 85 89 87
Dewpt            62 63 62 62 63 63 62 62 63 66 69 70 71 70 68 67 66 69 70 70 70
RH               87 64 51 49 58 78 81 87 97 81 61 59 63 84 90 97100 76 61 54 57
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE
Wind spd          4  5  4  5  6  5  5  6  6  8  8  8  6  6  4  3  3  3  5  5  4
Clouds           SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          40           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.10           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  S     C  C  C
Tstms                               C  C  S
Heat index                                        92 90                90 95 92
Max heat               83    85                88    94    86          91    96


Date          Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    90      65    89      65    89      68    91
Temp          73 68 86 87   72 66 85 86   71 66 85 86   72 68 85 87
Dewpt         70 68 69 68   68 64 63 64   64 63 65 65   64 63 68 69
PWind dir        NE     N       N     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 FW   FW CL SC SC   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    20       5     5      10    20      20    30
Rain shwrs           S                           S          S  C  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  S

$$
KSZ012-232100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
536 AM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date             Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      77          63          80          64          84
Temp             64 71 76 74 69 66 65 64 64 67 77 80 76 70 67 66 64 71 79 83 80
Dewpt            59 60 62 63 62 61 59 59 59 63 66 68 68 65 63 62 62 66 70 70 71
RH               84 68 62 69 78 84 81 84 84 87 69 67 76 84 87 87 93 84 74 65 74
Wind dir         SE  S  S  S SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NW  E
Wind spd          2  4  4  3  4  3  4  5  5  6  8  6  5  4  3  2  2  2  3  2  2
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          40           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.38        0.05           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S  S  S  S  C  C
Tstms                               S  S  C


Date          Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          67    85      65    83      65    82      66    84
Temp          70 67 82 81   68 65 80 79   68 65 79 78   69 66 79 80
Dewpt         68 66 68 67   62 60 64 65   61 61 66 67   63 62 69 70
PWind dir        SE    NW      NW     N       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         30    20       0     5      20    20      40    30
Rain shwrs        C  S                        S  S       S  C  C  S
Tstms             C                              S       S  S  S  S

$$