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National Weather Service Topeka KS
1211 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

KSZ039-220900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
1211 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
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                      67          90          69          86          65
Temp                   70 68 67 77 85 88 87 76 73 70 69 75 82 86 83 73 70 67 65
Dewpt                  69 68 67 71 71 72 75 74 72 70 69 71 72 72 73 72 69 67 65
RH                     97100100 82 63 59 68 94 97100100 87 72 63 72 97 97100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SW  N  E SE  E  E  E NE  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                3  2  1  1  2  3  2  1  1  2  3  4  5  6  5  3  3  3  2
Clouds                 SC FW FW SC FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10          30          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Rain shwrs                                         C  S
Tstms                                              C  S
Obvis                  PF PF PF
Heat index                         90 96 95                   92 88
Max heat                           91    98    92          87    93    84


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          83      66    87      68    89      69    88      67    87
Temp          79 79   69 66 81 84   72 68 83 85   72 69 83 84   71 67 81 83
Dewpt         66 69   66 65 70 74   70 68 73 75   72 69 72 73   70 67 70 72
PWind dir         E       E    SE       E     E      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    20       5    20      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs             C  C  S                S    S  S  S          S  S
Tstms                  S  C  S                S    S  S  S          S  S

$$
KSZ040-220900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
1211 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
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                      67          89          69          85          65
Temp                   70 68 67 76 84 88 86 76 72 70 69 75 81 85 82 73 69 67 65
Dewpt                  68 68 67 72 72 73 76 74 72 70 69 72 72 72 74 72 68 66 65
RH                     93100100 87 67 61 72 94100100100 90 74 65 77 97 97 97100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SW  N  E NE  N NE  E NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                3  2  1  1  1  2  1  1  1  3  3  4  4  5  3  3  3  3  2
Clouds                 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Rain shwrs                                         S  S
Tstms                                              S  S
Obvis                  PF PF PF
Heat index                         90 95 95                   91 87
Max heat                           91    97    90          85    93


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          82      66    86      68    88      69    87      67    86
Temp          79 78   68 66 80 83   72 68 83 85   72 69 82 84   71 67 80 83
Dewpt         66 70   65 64 71 74   69 68 74 76   72 69 72 74   69 67 70 73
PWind dir         E       E    SE       E     E      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      40    20       5    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs             C  C  S                S    S  S  S          S  S
Tstms                  S  C  S                S    S  S  S          S  S

$$
KSZ054-220900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
1211 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
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                      67          92          68          88          66
Temp                   71 68 67 78 86 91 89 78 74 70 68 77 84 88 85 75 71 68 66
Dewpt                  68 68 67 70 70 69 71 70 69 68 68 71 71 71 71 70 69 68 66
RH                     90100100 76 59 49 56 76 84 93100 82 65 57 63 84 93100100
Wind dir               SE SE  S  S  E  E NE NE  E SE NE  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                5  4  3  3  3  4  4  5  3  4  5  6  8  8  9  6  5  6  5
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.10           0        0.02           0           0
Rain shwrs                                S        S                          S
Tstms                                              S
Heat index                         91 96 95                89 94 91
Max heat                           92    98    92          89    94    88


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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      67    90      68    91      68    89      66    89
Temp          81 83   70 67 84 88   73 68 86 88   72 68 84 86   71 66 82 86
Dewpt         67 68   65 66 71 72   70 68 72 72   71 68 71 71   69 66 70 70
PWind dir         E       E    SE       E     E      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      30    20       5    20      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     S       S  C  S                S    C  C  S             S
Tstms                  S  C  S                S    S  S  S             S

$$
KSZ022-220900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
1211 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
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                      67          90          69          86          66
Temp                   72 69 67 77 86 89 88 78 74 71 69 74 83 86 84 75 71 68 66
Dewpt                  68 69 67 70 71 71 73 72 70 70 68 70 71 71 71 70 69 67 65
RH                     87100100 79 61 56 61 82 87 97 97 87 67 61 65 84 93 97 97
Wind dir                E SE  S  S  E  E SE  E NE  N  E  E NE NE  E NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                2  2  1  1  2  3  4  2  1  2  3  5  6  6  6  3  3  4  4
Clouds                 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          30          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0        0.01           0           0
Rain shwrs                                S     S  C                          S
Tstms                                     S     S  C
Obvis                        PF
Heat index                         91 95 95                   91
Max heat                           93    97    92          88    92    85


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          82      67    87      69    88      69    87      67    86
Temp          79 80   70 67 83 86   74 69 85 86   73 69 84 85   72 67 81 84
Dewpt         66 67   65 64 70 72   70 68 72 73   71 68 70 71   68 67 69 71
PWind dir         E       E    SE       E     E      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      30    20       5    20      40    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S       C  C  S                S    C  C             S  S
Tstms                  S  C  S                S    S  C             S  S

$$
KSZ020-220900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
1211 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
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                      67          91          68          86          66
Temp                   72 69 67 76 87 90 87 77 73 70 68 74 83 86 83 74 70 68 66
Dewpt                  67 68 67 68 68 68 70 71 70 68 67 68 68 68 68 68 67 65 64
RH                     84 97100 76 53 49 57 82 90 93 97 82 61 55 61 82 90 90 93
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S  S NE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                4  4  3  2  3  6  9  5  4  5  6  9  9 10 10  6  6  6  5
Clouds                 SC CL SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06           0           0
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S  S  S  S                       C
Tstms                                  S  S  S  S  S  S                       S


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          81      65    88      68    89      67    86      66    86
Temp          77 80   70 65 83 86   73 68 85 85   72 67 83 83   70 66 80 83
Dewpt         65 66   64 63 67 70   70 67 69 71   70 67 67 68   68 65 67 69
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       E     E      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      30    20      10    30      40    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C       S  C  S                C    C  S             S  S
Tstms          S       S  C  S                C    C  S             S  S

$$
KSZ059-220900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
1211 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
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                      66          93          69          89          65
Temp                   70 68 66 79 87 91 89 77 73 71 69 77 84 88 85 74 70 67 65
Dewpt                  68 68 66 69 67 67 69 69 68 67 68 70 69 70 70 70 68 66 65
RH                     93100100 72 52 45 52 76 84 87 97 79 61 55 61 87 93 97100
Wind dir                E SE SE  S NE  N  N SE  E SE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                3  2  1  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  3  4  5  6  6  4  3  4  4
Clouds                 SC FW SC CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          20          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                         S
Tstms                                              S
Obvis                        PF
Heat index                               94                89    90
Max heat                           91    97    91          90    93    86


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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    90      69    92      68    90      66    90
Temp          82 82   69 65 83 88   73 69 87 88   73 68 85 86   71 66 83 86
Dewpt         64 65   64 64 68 70   68 67 70 71   71 68 69 70   69 66 68 68
PWind dir         E       E    SE       E     E      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   CL FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      30    20       5    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs             S  C  S                S    S  S  S             S
Tstms                     S  S                        S  S             S

$$
KSZ012-220900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
1211 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/20/26      Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun
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                      66          87          67          83          63
Temp                   69 68 66 75 82 85 85 74 72 69 67 72 79 82 80 71 67 65 63
Dewpt                  66 65 65 69 70 70 71 70 69 68 66 69 68 67 68 66 64 62 60
RH                     90 90 97 82 67 61 63 87 90 97 97 90 69 61 67 84 90 90 90
Wind dir                S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                3  4  3  4  3  3  2  1  1  2  2  3  4  4  4  3  2  2  1
Clouds                 FW CL FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.07        0.03           0
Rain shwrs                             S           S  S
Tstms                                              S  S
Heat index                            90 90
Max heat                           87    93    86                85


Date           08/23  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          80      64    83      66    86      67    85      65    84
Temp          76 76   67 64 77 81   70 66 80 83   71 67 80 82   69 65 77 81
Dewpt         61 63   61 60 67 69   66 64 70 71   69 65 68 68   65 63 66 67
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE     E      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 B1 B2 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    20       5    20      30    10      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  C  S                S    C  S             S  S
Tstms                  S  C  S                S    S  S             S  S

$$