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National Weather Service Topeka KS
731 AM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

KSZ039-222100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
731 AM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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          66          83          66          88
Temp                74 81 85 83 74 70 68 66 73 79 81 77 72 69 68 66 73 82 87 85
Dewpt               70 69 69 70 69 67 65 64 66 67 68 69 68 66 65 65 68 71 73 73
RH                  87 67 59 65 84 90 90 93 79 67 65 76 87 90 90 97 84 69 63 67
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E
Wind spd             8  6  6  4  2  2  3  2  4  5  5  5  4  5  5  5  6  8  8  8
Clouds              B2 B1 FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50           0          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0        0.02        0.02           0
Rain shwrs           C                             S        S  S
Tstms                S                                      S  S
Heat index                   88                                           94 91
Max heat               86    91    85          82    86                86    95


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      68    88      67    88      68    90
Temp          72 68 83 85   72 70 83 85   71 67 84 85   72 68 85 87
Dewpt         70 68 72 73   72 70 72 73   70 67 70 71   68 67 71 72
PWind dir         E     E       E    NE       N    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC B2 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      20    20      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                      S  S                           S
Tstms                           S  S                           S

$$
KSZ040-222100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
731 AM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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          66          83          66          86
Temp                74 80 84 82 73 69 67 66 73 79 81 77 72 69 67 66 73 80 86 83
Dewpt               70 69 69 71 68 66 64 63 66 67 68 70 67 65 64 64 68 71 73 74
RH                  87 69 61 69 84 90 90 90 79 67 65 79 84 87 90 93 84 74 65 74
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E
Wind spd             6  5  6  3  2  2  3  2  3  4  4  4  4  4  4  5  5  6  6  6
Clouds              B1 B1 FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     40           0          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0        0.02           0
Rain shwrs           C                             S        S  S
Tstms                S                                      S  S
Heat index                   87                                           92 90
Max heat               83    90    83                85                85    94


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      68    86      66    87      68    89
Temp          71 68 82 84   72 70 82 84   71 67 82 84   72 68 83 85
Dewpt         69 67 73 75   71 69 73 75   69 67 70 72   67 66 71 73
PWind dir         E     E       E     N       N    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC B2 SC   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      20    20      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                      S  S                           S
Tstms                           S  S                           S

$$
KSZ054-222100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
731 AM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      89          66          85          66          90
Temp                76 83 88 86 76 72 68 66 74 80 83 83 74 71 68 67 76 85 90 88
Dewpt               70 70 69 69 68 67 65 65 67 67 68 69 68 66 65 66 69 71 71 72
RH                  82 65 54 57 76 84 90 97 79 65 61 63 82 84 90 97 79 63 54 59
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E
Wind spd            10 10  9  8  6  5  5  5  8  9  9  9  9  9  9 10  9  8  8  6
Clouds              B1 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     40           0          10          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0        0.02           0
Rain shwrs           C                                      C  C
Tstms                S                                      C  S
Heat index                                                             90 97 95
Max heat               88    93    87          82    88    83          90    99


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      68    88      67    90      68    91
Temp          73 68 85 88   73 69 84 86   72 67 85 88   73 68 86 89
Dewpt         70 68 72 72   71 69 72 71   69 67 69 68   67 66 70 70
PWind dir         E    NE       E    NE      NE    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC SC B2 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      30    20      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                      C  S          S                S
Tstms                           C  S          S                S

$$
KSZ022-222100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
731 AM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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          67          82          66          87
Temp                74 82 85 84 75 72 69 67 72 79 80 80 73 71 68 66 73 83 87 85
Dewpt               69 69 69 69 68 66 65 64 66 67 68 68 68 66 64 64 67 70 73 73
RH                  84 65 59 61 79 81 87 90 81 67 67 67 84 84 87 93 81 65 63 67
Wind dir             E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E
Wind spd            10  9  8  5  3  2  3  3  5  6  8  8  6  5  5  5  6  6  5  5
Wind gust           20
Clouds              B2 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          10          20          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.12           0        0.01        0.02           0
Rain shwrs           C                             S        C  C
Tstms                S                             S        S  S
Heat index                                                             88 94 92
Max heat               85    90    85                84                89    96


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      68    86      67    87      68    89
Temp          73 68 84 85   73 69 83 84   72 67 84 85   74 69 86 87
Dewpt         70 67 72 73   71 69 71 71   69 67 69 70   67 66 70 71
PWind dir         E     E       E    NE      NE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      30    30      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                      C  C          S             S  S
Tstms                           C  S          S             S  S

$$
KSZ020-222100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
731 AM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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          80          66          87
Temp                73 81 84 82 74 71 68 66 71 76 78 78 72 70 68 66 73 83 87 85
Dewpt               68 67 67 67 67 66 64 63 65 66 67 67 66 65 64 63 66 68 70 71
RH                  84 63 57 61 79 84 87 90 81 71 69 69 81 84 87 90 79 61 57 63
Wind dir             E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd            10 10  8  9  5  5  5  6  9 11 12 12 11 10  9  9  9  8  8  9
Clouds              B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          20          30          30           0
QPF 12hr                   0.35        0.01        0.01        0.06           0
Rain shwrs           S                    S  C  C           C  C
Tstms                S                    S  S  S           C  C
Heat index                                                                92 90
Max heat               85    88    84                                  87    93


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      67    85      66    87      68    90
Temp          72 68 83 84   72 68 83 83   71 67 84 85   73 68 85 87
Dewpt         70 67 69 70   70 68 69 69   68 65 67 68   67 65 68 70
PWind dir         E     E       E    NE      NE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 SC   FW FW B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      50    20      10    10      30    20
Rain shwrs                   C  C  S                        C  S
Tstms                        C  C  S                        C  S

$$
KSZ059-222100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
731 AM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      90          66          86          66          91
Temp                76 84 87 86 75 71 68 66 75 82 84 82 73 71 68 66 76 85 91 88
Dewpt               69 68 67 66 66 65 64 63 65 64 65 65 65 64 64 65 67 69 70 70
RH                  79 59 52 51 74 81 87 90 71 55 53 56 76 79 87 97 74 59 50 55
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E
Wind spd             8  9  8  5  4  3  3  3  5  6  5  6  6  6  6  8  8  8  5  6
Wind gust                                                     17
Clouds              B1 B1 FW CL FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           0          10          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0        0.04           0
Rain shwrs           C  S                                   C  C
Tstms                S  S                                   C  C
Heat index                                                             90 97 94
Max heat               88    92    87          84    88    83          91    98


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      68    89      66    90      68    92
Temp          73 68 86 87   73 69 85 86   72 67 86 88   73 68 87 89
Dewpt         69 67 70 70   71 69 70 69   69 67 67 66   66 65 67 68
PWind dir         E     E       E    NE      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC FW B2 SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      10    20      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                         S                           S
Tstms                              S                           S

$$
KSZ012-222100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
731 AM CDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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          63          79          64          82
Temp                72 80 83 80 71 68 65 63 71 76 78 75 69 68 66 64 70 78 82 80
Dewpt               66 64 64 65 63 62 60 59 61 63 64 64 62 61 60 60 63 67 69 68
RH                  81 58 53 60 76 81 84 87 71 64 62 69 78 78 81 87 78 69 65 67
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd             5  5  6  3  2  2  2  2  4  4  4  4  3  4  5  5  6  8  6  8
Clouds              B1 FW FW CL SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80           0          20          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.10           0           0        0.02           0
Rain shwrs           S                             S        C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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    84      67    85      65    84      66    86
Temp          70 66 80 82   71 68 81 82   70 66 81 81   71 67 81 83
Dewpt         65 63 69 69   68 66 69 68   66 63 66 66   64 63 68 69
PWind dir         E     E      SE    NW       N    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     5      30    20      20     5      20    30
Rain shwrs                      C  S          S             S  C
Tstms                           C  S          S             S  S

$$