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National Weather Service Topeka KS
616 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

KSZ039-290900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
616 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date           09/28/26      Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu
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          80          68          80          66
Temp             74 66 64 63 63 69 77 80 75 70 70 70 69 71 77 79 75 71 70 68 67
Dewpt            63 63 61 59 58 61 64 66 67 68 67 65 64 66 70 71 71 71 70 68 67
RH               69 90 90 87 84 76 64 62 76 93 90 84 84 84 79 77 87100100100100
Wind dir          E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  4  4  4  5 10 13 12  8  6  5  8 10 10 12 12  8  6  5  4  3
Wind gust                                               20 24
Clouds           SC FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          40          60          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.13        0.29        0.87
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                     S  S              S  S  C  C  C  C  C


Date           10/01  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          71      55    67      54    70      54    69      50    68
Temp          69 67   58 55 63 62   56 54 66 66   58 55 66 63   53 50 64 62
Dewpt         69 64   58 55 60 60   56 54 63 63   58 55 59 57   53 50 55 56
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      NE    SE      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      50    20      10    10       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     D  D    C  C  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S

$$
KSZ040-290900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
616 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date           09/28/26      Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu
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                      62          81          68          80          66
Temp             73 66 63 62 62 69 78 80 76 71 70 70 69 72 77 79 76 71 70 68 67
Dewpt            62 62 60 58 57 60 63 66 66 67 66 64 63 66 69 71 71 71 70 68 67
RH               68 87 90 87 84 73 60 62 71 87 87 81 81 81 76 77 85100100100100
Wind dir          E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  4  4  4  4  8 11 11  6  5  5  6  8  9 11 10  6  6  5  4  3
Wind gust                                               19 23 21
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          10          40          50          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.22        0.93
Rain shwrs                                   S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                        S              S  S  S  C  C  C  C


Date           10/01  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          71      55    66      54    70      54    68      50    67
Temp          70 69   59 56 63 62   56 54 65 66   58 55 65 62   53 50 64 61
Dewpt         70 66   59 56 61 61   56 54 63 64   58 55 59 58   53 49 54 56
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      NE     E      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      60    30      10    20       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  C  C             S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S

$$
KSZ054-290900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
616 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date           09/28/26      Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu
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          80          68          79          66
Temp             74 68 66 64 64 70 77 78 75 70 70 71 69 72 76 78 75 70 69 68 67
Dewpt            63 63 62 60 60 60 63 65 66 67 65 64 63 66 68 70 70 70 69 68 67
RH               69 84 87 87 87 71 62 64 74 90 84 79 81 81 76 76 84100100100100
Wind dir          E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  6  6  6  9 13 16 14  9  9 10 12 13 14 19 17 11 10  9  9  8
Wind gust                          26                24 25 31 27
Clouds           FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0          30          40          60          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.07        0.23        0.81
Rain shwrs                                C           C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                     C                 S  S  C  C  C  S  S


Date           10/01  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          71      55    67      54    71      55    69      50    68
Temp          69 68   59 55 62 63   56 54 66 67   58 55 66 64   54 51 65 64
Dewpt         69 65   59 55 60 60   56 54 63 63   58 55 59 57   53 50 54 55
PWind dir         S       N    NE      NE     E      NE    NE      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      50    20      10    20       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     D  D    C  S  S  S          S
Tstms          S  C    S

$$
KSZ022-290900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
616 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date           09/28/26      Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu
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          80          67          78          65
Temp             74 69 66 66 64 71 79 79 72 70 70 70 69 71 76 77 73 71 69 67 66
Dewpt            64 64 62 60 60 62 65 67 68 69 67 66 65 67 70 70 71 71 69 67 66
RH               71 84 87 81 87 73 62 67 87 97 90 87 87 87 82 79 93100100100100
Wind dir         SE  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
Wind spd          9  5  5  5  6 10 12 11  6  5  5  6  6  8 12 10  8  5  3  3  2
Wind gust                                                  23
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          50          70          80          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.24        0.41        0.71
Rain shwrs                          S  S  L  S  C  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                  S  C  S  S           S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Flood                                     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           10/01  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          71      54    67      53    71      55    70      51    68
Temp          69 64   57 54 63 62   55 54 68 66   58 55 67 63   54 51 66 63
Dewpt         67 62   56 53 57 59   55 54 61 61   58 55 57 56   52 49 54 55
PWind dir        NE       N    NE       E    SE      NE    NE      NE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 SC SC   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         90      50    10       5    10       5    10       0     5
Rain shwrs     D  D    C  S
Tstms          C  C    S

$$
KSZ020-290900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
616 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date           09/28/26      Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu
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          79          66          75          64
Temp             74 70 68 66 65 69 76 77 71 69 68 68 67 68 72 74 71 69 68 66 64
Dewpt            64 63 62 61 60 62 65 67 68 69 68 66 66 67 69 69 70 69 68 66 64
RH               71 78 81 84 84 78 69 71 90100100 93 97 97 90 84 97100100100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SE NE NE
Wind spd         11 10 10 11 11 13 13 11  8  9  9  9  9 10 13 12  9  6  5  6 10
Wind gust              20 23 21 24
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          40          90         100          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.19        0.75        0.55        0.67
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  D  C  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                                  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  S  C  C  C
Flood                                     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           10/01  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          68      51    66      52    71      54    69      50    67
Temp          65 59   54 51 62 62   54 53 66 65   57 54 65 63   53 50 63 62
Dewpt         61 57   52 49 52 56   54 52 58 59   56 53 54 54   51 48 52 55
PWind dir         N       N    NE       E     S      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      30    10       5     5       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     D  L    C
Tstms          C  S

$$
KSZ059-290900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
616 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date           09/28/26      Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu
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          80          69          82          67
Temp             74 66 64 63 63 70 76 79 75 71 70 71 70 73 78 81 76 72 70 68 67
Dewpt            61 60 59 57 57 58 60 63 64 64 63 61 61 64 66 68 68 68 68 68 67
RH               64 81 84 81 81 66 58 58 69 79 78 71 73 73 67 65 76 87 93100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  4  5  5  5 11 13 12  8  6  9 10 12 12 14 13  9  9  8  6  6
Wind gust                                      19 21 24 24 25       19 18 17
Clouds           FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.14        0.86
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                                             S  S  C  C  C


Date           10/01  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          72      56    68      54    71      55    70      50    69
Temp          69 69   60 57 62 63   57 55 65 66   59 55 65 63   54 50 64 63
Dewpt         68 66   60 57 60 61   57 55 62 63   59 55 58 57   53 49 53 54
PWind dir        SW       N    NE      NE     E      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      60    30      10    20       5    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  C  C  S          S
Tstms          C  C    C  S

$$
KSZ012-290900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
616 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Date           09/28/26      Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu
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                      61          80          66          77          64
Temp             71 64 63 62 61 69 76 79 75 69 68 68 68 69 74 76 73 69 68 66 65
Dewpt            61 59 58 56 55 58 61 63 64 64 64 63 61 63 65 67 67 67 67 66 64
RH               71 84 84 81 81 68 60 58 69 84 87 84 78 81 74 74 81 93 97100 97
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd          4  5  5  5  6 10 12 12  8  8  5  8  9  9 11  9  6  5  4  3  4
Wind gust                          23                   19 21
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          70          70          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.31        0.33        1.10
Rain shwrs                             S  S  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                     S  C  S           S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Flood                                     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           10/01  Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          70      53    66      51    69      53    68      49    66
Temp          67 65   57 53 62 62   55 52 65 64   57 53 64 61   52 49 63 60
Dewpt         63 57   52 49 53 54   52 51 57 57   54 51 52 50   47 44 49 50
PWind dir         N       N    NE       E    SE      NW     N      NE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      40    20       5    20       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     D  L    C  S  S                S
Tstms          C  S                           S

$$