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National Weather Service Topeka KS
126 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2026

KSZ039-250900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
126 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 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          66          89          67
Temp                      64 64 71 80 85 83 74 71 68 66 76 84 87 85 75 72 69 68
Dewpt                     59 60 63 68 71 71 69 66 65 65 69 73 73 74 74 72 69 68
RH                        84 87 76 67 63 67 84 84 90 97 79 70 63 70 97100100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  E  E NW NW
Wind spd                   3  5  9  9  8  8  5  3  2  2  2  3  4  3  2  1  1  1
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30           5          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.03           0           0        0.06
Rain shwrs                    C                                   C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                         S                                   C  C  S  S
Heat index                            91 88                91 95 92
Max heat                           84    93    85          92    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          88      64    87      65    89      70    92      74    93
Temp          84 85   70 64 83 84   70 66 85 85   73 70 88 89   78 74 90 90
Dewpt         71 69   65 63 64 66   63 63 66 68   65 64 70 72   68 67 71 72
PWind dir         N       N     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 FW   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    10      20    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     S                                      S                   S
Tstms                                                 S                   S

$$
KSZ040-250900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
126 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 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          88          67
Temp                      64 64 72 80 85 82 73 70 68 66 76 84 87 84 75 72 70 68
Dewpt                     58 59 63 68 71 71 68 65 64 64 70 73 74 75 74 72 70 68
RH                        81 84 73 67 63 69 84 84 87 93 82 70 65 74 97100100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E NE NE  W  N NW
Wind spd                   4  3  9  8  8  6  5  3  2  3  2  3  3  2  2  1  1  1
Clouds                    SC B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.05           0           0        0.05
Rain shwrs                    S                                   C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                         S                                   C  C  S
Heat index                                                 90 95 92
Max heat                           84    91                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          88      64    86      64    88      69    91      73    92
Temp          84 84   69 64 83 83   69 65 84 85   73 70 87 88   77 74 89 89
Dewpt         71 70   64 62 64 66   62 62 65 69   64 64 71 72   68 66 72 73
PWind dir        NW       N     N       E     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW B1 SC   FW SC B2 SC   SC SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    10      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S                                      S             S     S
Tstms                                                 S             S     S

$$
KSZ054-250900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
126 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 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          67          90          67
Temp                      65 65 71 81 87 86 76 72 69 67 78 86 89 86 76 72 69 68
Dewpt                     59 62 67 71 72 73 72 70 68 67 71 73 72 73 72 72 69 68
RH                        81 90 87 72 61 65 87 93 97100 79 65 57 65 87100100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd                   6  8 11 11 10  8  5  4  4  3  4  5  5  4  4  3  3  3
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          50           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.40        0.04           0           0        0.05
Rain shwrs                 C  C                             S  S  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                      C  C                                S  S  S  S  S
Heat index                         86 94 93                93 96 93
Max heat                           87    96    90          94    98    91


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    87      65    89      69    93      73    95
Temp          84 85   70 65 83 85   70 66 85 87   74 70 89 91   78 73 91 91
Dewpt         71 70   66 63 65 66   63 63 66 68   65 64 70 69   67 66 70 70
PWind dir         N       N    NE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S                                                 S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
KSZ022-250900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
126 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 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          67          87          67
Temp                      65 65 70 81 86 84 77 73 69 67 75 84 86 83 75 72 69 67
Dewpt                     59 59 64 69 72 72 71 69 67 66 69 72 73 73 73 71 69 67
RH                        81 81 81 67 63 67 82 87 93 97 82 67 65 72 94 97100100
Wind dir                   E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                   4  5  9  9  8  8  4  3  2  2  2  3  4  3  1  0  1  1
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 FW SC FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          50           0          30          50
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.04           0        0.05        0.12
Rain shwrs                    C                             C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                         C                             S  S  C  S  S  S
Heat index                            92 90                90 93 89
Max heat                           86    94    89          92    95    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          86      65    85      66    88      71    92      74    93
Temp          83 84   71 65 82 83   71 67 85 86   75 71 89 90   79 74 90 90
Dewpt         70 69   66 62 64 66   63 62 66 68   65 64 69 70   67 66 70 71
PWind dir         N       N    NE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         20       0     5      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S

$$
KSZ020-250900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
126 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 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          66
Temp                      65 65 69 80 84 84 76 72 69 68 75 84 84 79 73 70 68 66
Dewpt                     59 58 62 67 70 71 71 69 67 67 69 71 72 72 72 70 68 66
RH                        81 78 78 65 63 65 85 90 93 97 82 65 67 79 97100100100
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E  E SE  E NE NE NE NW NW NW
Wind spd                   6  6  9  9  5  8  5  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  3  2  3  3
Clouds                    B1 B2 SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          40          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.10        0.10
Rain shwrs                    S                             C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       C  C  S  S  S  S
Heat index                            89                   89 89
Max heat                           83    92    87          90    91


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          85      64    84      66    88      70    93      73    93
Temp          82 83   69 64 81 82   70 67 84 86   74 71 89 90   78 74 90 90
Dewpt         67 67   64 61 63 66   63 62 65 67   65 63 67 69   66 64 67 69
PWind dir         N      NE     E      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10       0     5      20    20      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                              S  S                              S
Tstms                                   S                                 S

$$
KSZ059-250900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
126 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 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          89          67          91          68
Temp                      64 63 71 82 87 86 76 72 69 67 79 87 90 87 76 73 70 68
Dewpt                     57 59 64 69 70 70 69 67 66 66 70 71 70 71 71 71 70 68
RH                        78 87 79 65 57 59 79 84 90 97 74 59 52 59 85 93100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N
Wind spd                   6  8 10  9  8  8  5  4  4  4  3  4  4  3  3  2  2  2
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          50           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.33        0.14           0           0        0.02
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S                                C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                      C  C  S                                S  C  S  S
Heat index                            93 91                93 96 93
Max heat                           86    95    88          94    98    91


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          90      64    88      64    90      69    93      74    95
Temp          86 86   70 64 85 85   69 65 86 87   73 69 89 91   78 74 91 91
Dewpt         69 67   65 63 61 61   62 61 63 64   63 63 68 68   67 65 69 69
PWind dir         N       N     N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S                                                 S
Tstms                                                            S

$$
KSZ012-250900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
126 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 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          64          84          66
Temp                      63 63 69 77 81 78 71 68 66 64 73 81 84 81 72 70 68 66
Dewpt                     58 57 60 63 66 65 62 60 59 59 65 70 71 71 69 68 67 65
RH                        84 81 73 62 60 64 73 76 78 84 76 69 65 72 90 93 97 97
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE  N  E  W NW NW
Wind spd                   4  6 10  9  8  6  5  4  3  3  3  3  2  2  2  1  2  2
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0           0        0.04
Rain shwrs                    S                             S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S
Heat index                                                    89
Max heat                                 83                85    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          85      63    84      64    85      68    89      72    90
Temp          82 81   68 63 81 81   68 65 82 82   72 69 85 87   77 73 87 87
Dewpt         67 63   59 58 61 61   59 58 63 64   61 61 68 68   66 64 70 70
PWind dir        NW      NW     N       E     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5    10      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                            S  S          S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S          S  S

$$