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National Weather Service Topeka KS
541 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

KSZ039-240900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
541 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          86          67          88          69
Temp             76 69 67 65 64 71 80 85 83 74 71 68 67 76 84 87 84 75 72 70 69
Dewpt            65 65 63 63 63 67 71 73 73 72 69 68 67 70 73 73 74 74 72 70 69
RH               69 87 87 93 97 87 74 67 72 93 93100100 82 70 63 72 97100100100
Wind dir         NE  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N  N
Wind spd          6  5  3  4  4  9  8  9  8  4  2  2  2  2  4  4  3  1  0  1  1
Clouds           SC SC FW B2 OV OV SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          40           0          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.06           0           0        0.05
Rain shwrs                 L  C                                   C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                      C  S                                         C  S  S
Heat index                            92 89                90 94 91
Max heat                           84    94    86          90    95    87


Date           08/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          89      65    88      65    88      70    91      73    92
Temp          85 84   70 66 83 84   70 66 84 85   73 70 87 87   77 74 88 88
Dewpt         71 69   65 62 64 65   63 61 65 66   65 63 70 71   68 67 72 71
PWind dir         N       N     N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5      10    20      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                           S       S  C  C  S    S  C  S
Tstms          S                                   S  C  S  S    S  C  S

$$
KSZ040-240900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
541 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          85          66          87          69
Temp             74 68 67 65 64 71 79 84 82 74 70 68 66 76 83 86 83 75 72 70 69
Dewpt            65 64 62 62 62 67 70 73 73 71 68 67 66 70 73 74 75 74 72 70 69
RH               74 87 84 90 93 87 74 70 74 90 93 97100 82 72 68 77 97100100100
Wind dir         NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N  N
Wind spd          5  5  3  5  4  9  8  8  6  5  3  3  3  3  4  3  2  2  1  1  1
Clouds           OV SC SC B2 OV B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          40           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.11           0           0        0.04
Rain shwrs                 L  C                                   S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                      S  S                                         S  S  S
Heat index                            90 88                89 94 91
Max heat                           83    92    84          89    95    87


Date           08/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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      65    86      65    87      69    90      73    91
Temp          84 83   70 66 83 83   69 66 83 84   72 70 86 86   77 74 87 87
Dewpt         71 70   64 62 64 66   62 61 64 66   63 62 70 71   67 67 72 71
PWind dir         N       N     N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5       5    20      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                           S          C  C  S    S  C  S
Tstms          S                                      S  S  S    S  C  S

$$
KSZ054-240900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
541 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          88          68          90          69
Temp             81 72 69 66 65 73 82 87 86 76 72 69 68 77 85 89 86 75 72 70 69
Dewpt            64 64 62 63 64 69 72 73 74 72 71 69 68 71 73 72 73 72 72 70 69
RH               56 76 78 90 97 87 72 63 68 87 97100100 82 67 57 65 90100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N  N
Wind spd          9  6  6  8 10 10 10  9  8  6  5  4  4  4  6  6  4  4  3  3  3
Clouds           SC FW B1 OV OV B2 SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     60          50           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              C  L  C  S                                      S  S  S
Tstms                   C  C  C                                         S  S  S
Heat index                            94 94                92 96 93
Max heat         83                87    97    90          92    97    89


Date           08/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          89      66    88      66    90      69    93      73    94
Temp          85 87   71 66 84 85   71 67 85 87   74 70 89 90   78 74 90 90
Dewpt         72 69   66 63 64 65   63 61 65 66   64 63 69 68   67 65 70 69
PWind dir         N       N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       5    10      10    10      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                                      S  S          S  S
Tstms          S                                      S  S          S  S

$$
KSZ022-240900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
541 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          86          68          87          68
Temp             78 72 69 66 65 71 81 85 84 76 73 70 68 75 84 87 84 75 72 70 68
Dewpt            65 65 62 62 63 66 70 73 73 72 70 69 67 70 72 72 73 73 72 70 68
RH               64 79 78 87 93 84 69 67 70 87 90 97 97 84 67 61 70 94100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E NE  N NE  N
Wind spd          9  5  5  5  5  6  9  8  9  5  3  2  2  2  4  4  3  1  0  0  1
Clouds           FW FW SC B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B2 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          30           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  L  C                                   S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                   S  C  C                                         C  C  S
Heat index                            92 90                89 93 90
Max heat         83                86    93    89          90    94    86


Date           08/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          87      65    86      67    88      70    91      73    92
Temp          84 84   71 66 83 84   71 67 84 86   75 71 88 89   78 74 89 88
Dewpt         70 69   66 62 65 67   63 61 67 68   65 63 70 71   68 66 71 72
PWind dir         N       N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      20    20      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                        S  S       S  C  S       C  C  S  S
Tstms          S                        S  S       S  C  S       C  C  S  S

$$
KSZ020-240900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
541 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          86          68          86          67
Temp             78 71 69 66 65 70 80 84 84 75 72 69 68 74 83 85 81 73 70 69 67
Dewpt            65 64 63 61 62 65 68 70 71 71 70 68 68 69 70 70 72 72 70 69 67
RH               64 79 81 84 90 84 67 63 65 87 93 97100 84 65 61 74 97100100100
Wind dir         SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E SE  E  E  E NE NE NW NW
Wind spd         10  9  9  9  6  8  8  8  9  6  4  3  2  2  4  5  5  3  1  2  2
Clouds           FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.03        0.01
Rain shwrs                 C  S                       S  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                      S                                      S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                            89 89                   90
Max heat         81                84    91    87          88    90


Date           08/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          86      64    85      67    88      70    92      72    92
Temp          83 83   70 65 83 83   70 67 84 85   74 70 87 88   76 73 89 88
Dewpt         67 67   65 62 64 66   65 63 67 69   66 64 68 70   68 65 68 70
PWind dir         N      NE     E      SE     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20       5    10      20    30      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S                        S  C       S  S          S  S
Tstms          S                        S  S       S  S          S  S

$$
KSZ059-240900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
541 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          88          67          91          69
Temp             79 70 68 65 63 72 82 87 85 75 72 69 67 78 86 90 86 76 73 70 69
Dewpt            60 61 60 62 63 67 70 71 72 71 69 68 67 70 71 71 72 72 71 70 69
RH               52 73 76 90100 84 67 59 65 87 90 97100 76 61 54 63 87 93100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N  N
Wind spd          8  6  6  6  5  9  9  8  8  6  5  4  4  4  5  5  3  3  2  2  1
Clouds           OV B1 SC B2 OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          60           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.38        0.15           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  L  L  C                                            S
Tstms                   S  C  C  S                                            S
Heat index                            93 91                92 96 92
Max heat         83                86    96    88          94    97    90


Date           08/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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      64    89      65    90      69    93      74    94
Temp          86 87   71 65 85 85   70 66 86 87   73 70 89 89   78 74 90 90
Dewpt         70 67   65 62 62 62   61 60 62 63   61 61 67 66   66 64 69 67
PWind dir         N       N     N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5       5    10      10    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                                         S  S    S  C  S
Tstms          S                                         S  S    S  C  S

$$
KSZ012-240900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
541 PM CDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          81          65          84          68
Temp             69 66 65 65 63 68 77 81 78 71 69 67 65 73 80 83 80 72 70 69 68
Dewpt            64 61 59 59 59 62 66 69 68 65 63 62 62 66 70 70 70 70 69 67 66
RH               84 84 81 81 87 81 69 67 71 81 81 84 90 79 72 65 72 93 97 93 93
Wind dir         NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E NE  E SW NW NW
Wind spd          3  5  3  5  5  9  9  8  6  5  4  3  2  2  3  2  2  1  1  2  2
Clouds           OV B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          40           5          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.43        0.05           0           0        0.08
Rain shwrs        S        C  C  S                                C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                      S                                            C  C  S


Date           08/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          86      63    84      65    85      68    87      71    88
Temp          83 81   68 64 81 81   68 65 81 81   71 68 83 84   75 72 85 85
Dewpt         67 63   59 58 60 60   58 58 62 63   61 61 68 69   66 64 71 71
PWind dir        NW      NW     N       E     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     0      10    20      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                           S  S    S  C  C  S    C  C  S
Tstms          S                           S  S    S  S  S  S    C  S  S

$$