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National Weather Service Topeka KS
1227 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

KSZ039-170900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
1227 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      72          86          66          86          68
Temp                   76 74 72 78 83 84 82 75 71 68 67 76 82 85 83 74 72 70 69
Dewpt                  76 74 72 75 75 76 73 73 71 68 67 69 68 69 70 70 68 68 67
RH                    100100100 91 77 77 74 94100100100 79 63 59 65 87 87 93 93
Wind dir               NE  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE SE  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                1  2  3  4  6  8  6  3  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          30           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.05           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              C  S  C     S
Tstms                   C  S  S     S
Heat index                         90 92 87
Max heat                           91    95                85    90    84


Date           08/18  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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          92      71    86      66    85      66    87      67    88
Temp          87 90   77 71 83 83   71 67 81 82   70 66 84 84   72 67 85 84
Dewpt         72 72   70 69 72 72   70 67 68 70   68 66 70 72   68 66 69 71
PWind dir         S      SE    NE      NE     E       E     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC   FW SC B1 FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    10      30    10      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs             S  C             C          S  S
Tstms                  S  C             S          S  S

$$
KSZ040-170900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
1227 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      72          86          66          85          67
Temp                   77 74 72 79 83 84 81 75 72 68 67 76 82 84 83 74 71 69 68
Dewpt                  76 74 72 75 76 76 74 73 71 68 67 69 68 69 70 70 68 67 67
RH                     97100100 88 80 77 79 94 97100100 79 63 61 65 87 90 93 97
Wind dir               NE  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                2  2  3  4  5  6  5  4  3  2  1  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.05           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S  C     S
Tstms                   S  S  S     S
Heat index                         91 93 87
Max heat                           92    96                85    90    83


Date           08/18  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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          91      71    86      66    84      66    86      67    87
Temp          87 89   77 72 83 83   71 67 81 82   70 66 83 84   72 67 84 84
Dewpt         71 72   70 69 72 72   69 67 68 69   67 66 70 71   68 66 69 70
PWind dir         S      SE    NE      NE     E       E     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    10      30    10      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs             S  C             C          S  S
Tstms                  S  C             C          S  S

$$
KSZ054-170900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
1227 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      72          88          67          87          68
Temp                   78 74 72 79 85 87 84 76 73 69 68 75 83 87 85 76 73 70 69
Dewpt                  72 72 72 74 75 74 74 73 72 69 68 70 70 69 69 69 68 68 68
RH                     82 93100 85 72 65 72 90 97100100 84 65 55 59 79 84 93 97
Wind dir                E  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N NE  N NE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                3  4  4  6  8  9  9  6  4  4  3  4  3  3  3  4  3  4  3
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index                         94 96 90
Max heat                           94    97    87          87    92    87


Date           08/18  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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          94      72    90      67    87      67    90      68    90
Temp          90 93   79 72 87 86   73 68 83 85   72 67 86 88   73 68 87 87
Dewpt         71 69   68 66 70 71   70 68 68 68   67 66 69 68   67 65 67 68
PWind dir         S       S    NE      NE     E       E     E      SE     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    10      30    10      20     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                S             C             S          S
Tstms                     S             C             S

$$
KSZ022-170900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
1227 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      70          83          65          84          68
Temp                   77 74 72 76 81 82 82 75 71 67 66 75 81 84 83 76 73 71 69
Dewpt                  74 74 72 73 74 74 72 71 70 67 66 69 69 69 69 69 68 67 68
RH                     90100100 90 79 77 72 87 97100100 82 67 61 63 79 84 87 97
Wind dir               NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                1  2  3  5  6  6  5  2  1  1  0  1  2  2  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds                 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.62        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              C  L  S  S
Tstms                   C  C  S  S
Heat index                            88
Max heat                           86    90    84          85    90    85


Date           08/18  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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          92      70    85      65    84      66    87      67    87
Temp          88 91   78 71 82 83   72 67 82 82   72 67 84 85   73 67 85 85
Dewpt         71 71   68 68 71 70   69 66 68 68   67 66 69 70   68 65 68 69
PWind dir         S       E    NE      NE     E      SE     E      SE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC B2 B1   SC B1 B2 SC   FW SC B1 FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    10      40     5      20    10      10     5
Rain shwrs             C  C          S  C          S  S
Tstms                  C  C          S  C          S  S

$$
KSZ020-170900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
1227 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      69          81          64          85          68
Temp                   73 72 70 73 78 79 80 73 69 66 64 73 81 84 83 75 72 70 69
Dewpt                  73 72 70 71 70 70 69 69 68 66 64 67 67 68 68 68 68 67 67
RH                    100100100 93 76 74 69 87 97100100 81 63 59 61 79 87 90 93
Wind dir                N NW NE  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                3  5  6  9  9  9  8  4  2  2  1  3  3  4  5  6  5  5  5
Clouds                 B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          30           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.38        0.09           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              C  L  C
Tstms                   C  C  C


Date           08/18  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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          92      68    83      64    83      65    87      66    87
Temp          87 91   75 69 80 80   69 65 80 81   70 66 84 84   72 67 84 85
Dewpt         70 70   69 68 68 68   68 65 66 68   67 65 67 69   67 64 66 67
PWind dir         S       E    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      40    10      30     5      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs             C  S             C             S
Tstms                  C  S             S             S

$$
KSZ059-170900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
1227 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      75          91          68          88          68
Temp                   79 77 75 82 88 90 85 77 74 70 68 76 84 87 86 76 73 70 69
Dewpt                  71 71 71 73 73 73 72 73 72 70 68 68 66 66 66 68 67 67 67
RH                     77 82 87 74 61 58 65 87 93100100 76 55 50 51 76 81 90 93
Wind dir                S  W  N NE  N  N  N  N NE  N NE NE NE NE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                3  3  2  4  5  6  9  5  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  2
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index                      87 97 98 91
Max heat               86    82    99   100    88          87    91    86


Date           08/18  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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          95      73    93      68    88      67    91      68    91
Temp          91 93   80 74 89 87   74 68 84 86   72 67 87 88   73 68 87 88
Dewpt         68 68   67 66 68 69   69 67 66 65   66 65 66 66   66 64 65 65
PWind dir         S       S    NE      NE    NE       E     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      30    10      30    10      20    10       5    10
Rain shwrs                C             C          S
Tstms                     C             C          S

$$
KSZ012-170900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
1227 AM CDT Sun Aug 16 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      69          81          63          83          66
Temp                   74 72 71 75 77 79 78 72 69 65 64 74 80 83 81 72 70 68 67
Dewpt                  73 72 71 73 73 72 69 67 66 65 64 65 65 65 65 64 64 63 63
RH                     97100100 94 87 79 74 84 90100100 74 60 55 58 76 81 84 87
Wind dir               NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                2  3  4  6  8  8  6  3  2  1  1  1  2  1  2  3  3  4  4
Clouds                 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     50          50           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.22           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  S  S                                         S
Tstms                   C  S  S  S  S                                         S


Date           08/18  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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          88      68    82      63    81      63    83      64    84
Temp          84 86   74 68 79 78   68 64 78 78   68 64 80 80   69 65 81 81
Dewpt         70 69   68 67 69 67   65 63 65 65   63 62 67 68   65 63 67 67
PWind dir         S       E    NE      NE     E      SE     S      SE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B2 B1   SC B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      50    20      10     5      30    10      10     5
Rain shwrs     S       C  C  S                     S  C
Tstms          S       C  C  S                     S  S

$$