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National Weather Service Topeka KS
757 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

KSZ039-140900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
757 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      78          99          75          96          74
Temp                89 85 81 78 87 95 97 95 84 82 78 76 84 93 96 93 83 81 78 75
Dewpt               70 69 67 66 69 71 72 73 72 71 69 68 70 71 71 72 71 70 70 70
RH                  54 59 63 67 55 46 45 49 67 69 74 76 63 49 45 51 67 69 76 84
Wind dir            SW  W  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SE SE  S  N
Wind spd            11  9  8  6  8 10 10  8  6  5  6  5  5  8  9  5  4  3  4  3
Clouds              SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 FW B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S     S           S  S  S  S  S  S              S  S  S
Tstms                   S     S           S  S  S  S  S                 S  S  S
Heat index          94            102106104 90            100104101 88
Max heat        113   106    88   103   109   101    86   100   105    98    85


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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      68    86      67    91      72    92      70    89
Temp          87 85   74 70 83 83   73 68 88 88   77 74 89 87   75 71 85 85
Dewpt         74 74   73 70 71 71   71 68 71 71   69 68 70 71   70 68 70 71
PWind dir         N       N    NE      SE     S      SE     S      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW SC B1 FW   FW SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       5    10      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  S    S  S                           S             S
Tstms          S  S    S  S                           S             S

$$
KSZ040-140900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
757 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      78          98          76          96          75
Temp                89 85 81 78 86 94 97 95 85 82 79 77 84 92 96 93 84 81 78 76
Dewpt               71 69 67 66 69 71 72 73 72 70 68 68 70 70 71 72 70 70 69 70
RH                  56 59 63 67 57 47 45 49 65 67 69 74 63 49 45 51 63 69 74 82
Wind dir             S SW  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SE  S  S NW
Wind spd            10  9  8  6  8  9 10  6  6  6  6  5  6  6  8  5  5  5  5  3
Clouds              FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                    S           S  S  S     S  S              S  S  S
Tstms                         S           S  S  S     S                 S  S  S
Heat index          95            100106104 91             99104101
Max heat        115   107    87   101   109   101    86   100   105    99    83


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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      69    85      68    90      72    92      70    88
Temp          87 85   75 71 83 83   72 68 87 88   77 74 89 87   76 71 85 85
Dewpt         74 75   73 71 71 71   70 68 71 71   68 68 70 71   69 67 70 71
PWind dir         N       N    NE       E     S      SE    SW      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW SC B1 FW   SC SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       5    10      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  S    S  S                           S             S
Tstms          S  S    S  S                           S             S

$$
KSZ054-140900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
757 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      79         100          76          98          75
Temp                90 87 82 79 88 96 99 96 85 82 79 76 86 95 98 95 85 82 78 76
Dewpt               67 66 63 63 66 68 68 69 69 68 65 64 67 68 67 66 66 66 66 67
RH                  47 50 53 58 48 40 37 42 59 63 62 66 53 42 37 39 53 58 67 74
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd            16 14 12 11 14 14 14 12 11 11 11 10 12 12 12  9 10  9  8  6
Wind gust                       25                21
Clouds              FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index                        101105101
Max heat        109   104    88   102   107    99    85   101   104    96    84


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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      69    87      68    93      73    94      71    91
Temp          89 88   75 71 84 85   74 69 89 91   79 74 92 90   77 72 87 88
Dewpt         71 73   73 71 71 70   70 69 70 69   67 66 68 68   68 66 68 68
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       E     S       S    SW      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW SC B1 FW   FW SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         20      20    10      10    10      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs        S    S  S                           S             S
Tstms             S    S  S                           S             S

$$
KSZ022-140900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
757 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      76          97          73          95          72
Temp                89 85 80 77 85 93 96 93 84 80 77 74 83 92 95 93 83 80 76 73
Dewpt               68 68 67 66 69 70 71 72 72 72 70 68 70 70 71 71 71 71 71 72
RH                  50 57 65 69 59 47 45 51 67 77 79 82 65 49 46 49 67 74 85 97
Wind dir            NE  S  W SE  S SW SW NW  S SW  S  S  S SW SW  E  E NE NE  N
Wind spd             8  6  6  5  6  9  8  6  3  2  3  4  5  6  6  4  3  2  3  3
Clouds              B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          20          20          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0        0.01           0           0
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  S           S  S  S  S  S  S        S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                C  C  C  S           S  S  S  S  S           S  S  S  C  S
Heat index                         99104101 89             98102100 88
Max heat        105   100    88   100   106    99    83    98   103    97


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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      67    85      67    90      72    91      69    88
Temp          84 84   75 69 82 83   73 68 88 88   78 73 88 88   75 71 85 86
Dewpt         74 73   72 69 70 70   70 68 71 71   68 66 69 70   69 67 69 69
PWind dir         N      NE    NE      SE     S       S    SE      NE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   SC FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10     5      10    10      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  S                                   S             S  S
Tstms          S  S                                   S             S  S

$$
KSZ020-140900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
757 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      73          94          71          94          69
Temp                81 78 76 74 81 90 94 90 80 77 75 73 81 90 94 90 80 76 73 70
Dewpt               71 71 70 69 70 71 71 73 75 74 72 70 70 69 70 72 74 74 73 70
RH                  72 79 82 84 69 54 47 58 85 90 90 90 69 50 46 56 82 94100100
Wind dir             E  S  S NE  E SW  W NE  E NE  E NE  E SE SE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd            10  9  6  5  5  6  6  6  4  3  3  5  5  6  6  8  8  6  6  9
Clouds              B1 B2 OV OV B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30          10          20          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0        0.03           0        0.04
Rain shwrs           C  S  C                    S  S  S  S        C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                C  S  C                    S  S  S           C  C  C  S  S
Heat index                         96101 98 85             95100 97
Max heat        101    96          97   104    98          96   102    95


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          84      66    83      66    90      70    89      67    87
Temp          81 81   72 67 80 81   71 67 86 88   75 72 86 85   72 68 83 84
Dewpt         72 72   71 67 69 69   69 67 70 71   69 66 68 70   69 66 67 69
PWind dir         N      NE     E      SE     S      SE     E      NE     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B2 B1   FW SC B1 FW   SC SC B1 SC   FW B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10     5      10    10      20     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     S                                      S
Tstms          S                                      S

$$
KSZ059-140900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
757 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      79         101          77         100          77
Temp                88 87 82 79 88 97100 97 87 84 80 78 86 97100 96 86 84 80 78
Dewpt               68 67 64 63 66 68 68 68 68 67 64 64 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 65
RH                  52 52 55 58 48 39 36 39 53 57 58 62 51 36 33 38 51 55 62 64
Wind dir             S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd            16 13 12 11 14 14 13 11 11 12 11 10 12 12 11  9  9 10  9  6
Wind gust                       25          23 23 23 20 23          19 20 20
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index                        102107102
Max heat        110   103    87   104   108    99    85   101   105    96    85


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          96      70    89      69    94      74    96      72    93
Temp          94 90   77 72 85 86   74 70 90 91   79 75 93 91   78 73 89 88
Dewpt         68 71   73 72 69 68   70 68 68 67   67 65 66 67   68 66 66 66
PWind dir         W       N    NE       E     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    20      10     5      10     5      20    10
Rain shwrs             S  C  S                                      S
Tstms                  S  C  S                                      S

$$
KSZ012-140900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
757 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            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                      75          95          72          92          70
Temp                84 82 78 76 83 90 94 91 81 78 76 73 80 88 92 90 80 77 74 71
Dewpt               69 67 66 66 69 70 71 71 71 71 69 68 71 70 71 71 71 71 70 71
RH                  61 61 67 71 63 52 47 52 72 79 79 84 74 55 51 54 74 82 87100
Wind dir            NE NE  W NE SE  S SW  N  S SW SW  W  W SW  W  N NE  E NE  N
Wind spd             9  8  5  5  6  9  8  6  4  3  4  3  5  5  4  3  3  3  4  4
Clouds              SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Rain shwrs              S  S  C        S        S     S  S              C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S  C        S        S     S                 C  C  C
Heat index                         96101 98                93 99 96
Max heat        111   101    83    96   103    96          94   100    94


Date           08/16  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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      65    82      65    88      70    88      66    85
Temp          82 80   72 67 79 80   70 66 85 86   75 71 85 83   72 68 81 82
Dewpt         72 70   69 67 67 65   66 65 68 68   67 65 68 68   67 64 67 67
PWind dir         N       N    NE      SE     S      SE     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW B1 B2 SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      20     5       5     5      30    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  S    S                           C  C  S          S
Tstms          C  S    S                              S  S          S

$$