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National Weather Service Topeka KS
302 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

KSZ039-172100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
302 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          67          91          69          84
Temp          68 66 75 80 83 83 74 71 69 68 77 84 89 88 78 75 71 69 75 81 83 80
Dewpt         68 66 69 68 70 71 70 68 66 66 70 72 74 75 74 72 71 69 72 73 75 74
RH           100100 82 67 65 67 87 90 90 93 79 67 61 66 88 90100100 90 77 77 82
Wind dir      NW  N NE  N  N SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE NE NE NE NE  E NE NE NE
Wind spd       2  1  1  1  1  2  2  3  3  3  5  8  8  5  5  5  5  5  5  8  8  8
Clouds        FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08           0
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  S     S  S  C
Obvis         PF PF
Heat index                                     90 98 98                   90 85
Max heat               83    89    84          91   102    95          86    90


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    83      65    87      67    89      67    87
Temp          71 67 80 81   69 66 83 85   72 68 85 85   72 68 84 84
Dewpt         71 67 71 72   69 66 71 73   70 67 71 72   68 66 69 71
PWind dir        NE    NE       E     E      SE     N       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    10       5     0      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C                        S  S
Tstms          C  C                        S  S

$$
KSZ040-172100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
302 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          66          90          70          83
Temp          68 66 75 80 82 82 73 70 69 67 77 84 88 87 78 75 72 70 75 80 82 80
Dewpt         68 66 69 68 69 71 70 67 66 66 70 72 74 76 73 72 71 70 73 73 75 75
RH           100100 82 67 65 69 90 90 90 97 79 67 63 70 85 90 97100 94 79 79 85
Wind dir       N  N NE  N  N  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       3  2  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  4  6  5  4  5  5  5  4  5  6  6  6
Clouds        FW FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08        0.01
Rain shwrs                                S           C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  S     S  S  C
Obvis         PF PF
Heat index                                     89 97 98                   89
Max heat               84    89    84          90   102    94          86    91


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    83      65    86      67    88      67    87
Temp          71 67 80 80   69 66 83 84   72 68 85 84   72 67 83 83
Dewpt         71 67 71 72   69 66 71 73   69 67 71 72   68 66 69 71
PWind dir        NE    NE       E     E      SE    NW       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    10       5     0      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C                           S
Tstms          C  C                           S

$$
KSZ054-172100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
302 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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                      86          68          96          71          88
Temp          69 67 74 81 85 85 76 73 70 68 79 88 94 93 82 78 73 71 77 84 87 84
Dewpt         69 67 70 68 68 68 67 66 66 66 69 70 70 70 68 68 68 69 71 72 72 73
RH           100100 87 65 57 57 74 79 87 93 72 55 46 47 63 71 84 93 82 67 61 70
Wind dir       N  N  E NE NE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  E NE NE  E NE NE NE
Wind spd       4  3  3  2  2  3  4  4  5  5  8 11 10  6  8  8  9  8  9  9 10 10
Clouds        FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC CL CL CL CL SC SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  S  S     S  S  S
Obvis         PF PF
Heat index                                     93100 99                90 94 90
Max heat               85    91    87          94   103    96          90    94


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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      66    89      68    91      68    91
Temp          72 68 81 83   71 66 85 87   73 68 87 89   74 69 87 89
Dewpt         71 68 71 71   69 66 69 69   68 67 68 68   66 65 67 67
PWind dir        NE    NE       E     E      SE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    10       0     0      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C                           S  S          S  S
Tstms          S  C                           S  S          S  S

$$
KSZ022-172100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
302 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          68          92          69          83
Temp          67 65 73 80 83 84 75 72 70 69 77 86 90 89 79 75 71 69 73 80 82 81
Dewpt         66 65 68 68 70 70 69 67 66 66 70 72 73 74 72 71 70 69 71 72 73 72
RH            97100 84 67 65 63 82 84 87 90 79 63 58 61 79 87 97100 93 77 74 74
Wind dir      NE  N  S SE  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  E NE NE NE  E NE  E  E
Wind spd       1  0  1  1  2  3  3  3  3  4  6  8  6  5  6  5  5  5  6  8  8  6
Clouds        SC B1 B1 SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.26           0
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  C  S     S  S  C
Obvis         PF PF
Heat index                                     92 98 98                   87
Max heat               84    90    86          94   102    95          84    89


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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          66    83      65    87      68    88      68    88
Temp          71 67 79 81   70 66 84 85   73 68 86 86   73 69 85 86
Dewpt         70 67 70 70   68 66 70 71   69 67 69 70   66 65 68 69
PWind dir         E    NE       E    SE      SE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40     5       5     0      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C                           S  S          S  S
Tstms          C  C                           S  S          S  S

$$
KSZ020-172100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
302 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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          68          92          68          81
Temp          66 64 72 79 83 83 75 72 70 68 76 86 91 88 77 73 70 68 71 77 79 80
Dewpt         65 64 66 67 68 70 69 67 66 66 69 70 71 72 72 72 70 68 70 69 70 70
RH            97100 81 67 61 65 82 84 87 93 79 59 52 59 85 97100100 97 76 74 72
Wind dir       E SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd       2  1  3  4  6  8  6  5  6  6 10 11  9  9 12 10  9  9 10 10  9  9
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC CL SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S        C
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C  S  S  S        C
Obvis         PF PF
Heat index                                     91 97 95
Max heat               83    88    85          91    99    93                84


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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          65    82      65    89      68    88      68    88
Temp          69 65 77 80   69 66 84 86   72 68 85 85   72 68 84 85
Dewpt         69 65 68 69   68 65 68 70   68 66 67 68   66 63 66 68
PWind dir         E    NE      SE     S      SE     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40     5       5     5      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C                           S  S          S  S
Tstms          C  C                           S  S          S  S

$$
KSZ059-172100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
302 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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                      87          67          95          72          90
Temp          70 68 75 81 85 85 75 72 69 67 79 88 93 92 82 79 74 72 79 85 88 84
Dewpt         69 68 68 66 66 67 67 65 65 64 67 69 69 70 68 68 68 68 70 70 71 72
RH            97100 79 60 53 55 76 79 87 90 67 54 46 49 63 69 82 87 74 61 57 67
Wind dir       N  N NE  N  N NE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       2  3  3  3  3  2  2  3  3  3  5  8  6  5  6  8  6  5  6  6  8  9
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                       C  C  S     S  S  S
Heat index                                        98 98                90 95 89
Max heat               84    90    85          93   102    94          91    96


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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    86      66    90      68    92      68    91
Temp          73 68 81 83   70 66 85 87   72 68 87 89   73 68 86 88
Dewpt         71 68 69 69   68 66 67 67   67 66 67 67   66 64 65 65
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE      SE     N       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    10       5     0      20     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  C                           S
Tstms          S  C                           S

$$
KSZ012-172100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
302 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Date             Mon 08/17/26            Tue 08/18/26            Wed 08/19/26
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                      83          66          86          67          80
Temp          65 64 74 78 82 81 72 70 68 67 75 80 84 83 74 72 69 67 72 76 79 77
Dewpt         63 62 65 64 66 66 66 64 63 63 67 70 72 72 71 70 68 67 69 70 70 69
RH            93 93 74 62 58 60 81 81 84 87 76 72 67 70 90 93 97100 90 82 74 76
Wind dir      NW NW  W NW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S NE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd       1  1  1  2  1  2  3  4  5  5  8  8  6  4  5  5  4  4  5  6  5  5
Clouds        FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          40          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.32        0.01
Rain shwrs                                C  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S     C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index                                        90 88
Max heat                     85                83    92    85


Date          Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26
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          64    81      63    85      66    85      64    83
Temp          68 65 76 78   68 64 80 82   70 67 82 82   69 66 79 80
Dewpt         68 65 67 67   65 63 68 70   67 64 68 68   64 62 66 67
PWind dir         E     E      SE     S       S     N       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    10       5    20      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        C                   S    S  S
Tstms             C                        S  S

$$