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National Weather Service Topeka KS
1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

KSZ039-142100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      92          72          84          65          89
Temp                   89 92 87 81 79 76 72 78 83 81 73 69 68 67 67 73 84 89 84
Dewpt                  75 75 73 71 69 68 68 72 72 73 72 69 68 67 67 73 75 75 76
RH                     64 58 63 72 72 76 87 82 70 77 97100100100100100 74 64 77
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE  S  S  S
Wind spd               18 21 16 12 10  9  1  5  6 13 11  9  5  4  3  5  8 10  6
Clouds                 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          70          90          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.21        1.19        0.04
Rain shwrs                                S  C  C  L  L  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C  L  L  D  C  S  S
Heat index             98102 95                88 86                   92 99 93
Max heat               99   104    92    82    90    90                93   100


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          70    88      69    88      68    82      64    77
Temp          74 70 85 83   73 69 85 83   73 68 79 76   67 64 74 72
Dewpt         72 70 74 75   71 69 73 73   69 66 71 71   67 64 69 69
PWind dir         S     S      SE     S       S    SW      NE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20    20      10    10      50    50      40    30
Rain shwrs        S  S                     S  C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms             S  S                     S  S     S    C  S  S  S

$$
KSZ040-142100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      91          72          86          66          89
Temp                   87 91 86 80 78 75 73 78 84 83 74 70 68 68 68 74 84 89 84
Dewpt                  75 74 74 72 69 68 69 72 73 74 73 70 68 68 68 73 75 75 76
RH                     68 58 68 77 74 79 87 82 70 74 97100100100100 97 74 64 77
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE  S  S  S
Wind spd               17 20 13 11  8 10  2  3  4 11 11  8  5  4  4  4  6  8  5
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          70          90          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.13        1.04        0.03
Rain shwrs                                   S  C  L  L  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                        S  C  L  L  D  S  S  S
Heat index             96101 94                90 89                   92 99 93
Max heat               99   102    92    82    92    94                94   101
Flood                                           A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          70    88      69    88      68    82      64    77
Temp          74 70 85 83   73 69 85 82   72 68 79 76   67 64 74 72
Dewpt         71 70 74 76   71 69 73 74   68 66 71 71   67 64 69 70
PWind dir         S     S      SE     S       S    SW       E     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   SC FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20    20       5    10      40    50      40    30
Rain shwrs        S  S                     S  C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms             S  S                     S  S     S    S  S  S  S

$$
KSZ054-142100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      93          73          90          67          91
Temp                   90 92 88 81 79 76 74 81 88 88 77 71 70 68 68 77 87 91 86
Dewpt                  73 71 72 69 67 66 66 70 70 72 73 71 70 68 68 72 73 72 73
RH                     58 51 59 67 67 71 76 69 55 59 87100100100100 85 63 54 65
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W NE  N NE  E  E  E SE  S  S  S
Wind spd               21 24 17 17 14 14 11  8  2 10 12 11  6  5  4  8 11 12  8
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          60          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.21        0.21           0
Rain shwrs                                   S  C  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                        S  C  L  L  L  S
Heat index             98 99 94                93 94                   94 98 93
Max heat               99   101    92          94    97                95    99


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          71    91      70    90      69    84      64    79
Temp          75 71 88 85   74 70 86 84   73 69 81 78   68 64 75 74
Dewpt         70 68 72 73   70 67 70 71   67 64 68 69   66 63 67 68
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5    20       5    10      40    50      40    30
Rain shwrs           S                        C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                S                        S     S    S  S  S  S

$$
KSZ022-142100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      92          71          78          64          87
Temp                   90 92 89 82 79 76 72 74 77 76 70 68 67 66 66 72 83 87 83
Dewpt                  73 73 72 70 68 67 68 70 70 70 70 68 67 66 66 71 74 74 76
RH                     58 54 57 67 69 74 87 87 79 82100100100100100 97 74 65 80
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  S  S SE
Wind spd               21 23 16 10 10  5  1  9 12 14 11  9  5  4  3  4  6  5  4
Wind gust                 33 26
Clouds                 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40          70         100          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.18        1.13        0.03
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  L  L  L  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                  S  C  C  L  L  L  D  C  S  S
Heat index             99101 95                                        89 95 91
Max heat               99   102    93    81                            91    96
Flood                                           A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          70    88      70    88      69    81      63    75
Temp          75 70 85 84   75 70 85 83   74 69 79 76   67 63 73 73
Dewpt         70 68 73 75   70 68 72 72   68 66 70 70   66 63 67 69
PWind dir         S    SE      SE     S       S    SW      NE    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20    20      10    20      50    40      40    30
Rain shwrs        S  S                S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S                S    S  S     C    C  S  S  S

$$
KSZ020-142100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      95          66          72          61          81
Temp                   92 95 88 78 75 72 68 66 69 69 66 64 64 64 64 68 77 81 79
Dewpt                  69 67 69 70 69 69 67 65 64 63 65 64 64 64 64 68 71 73 75
RH                     47 40 54 76 82 90 97 97 84 81 97100100100100100 82 77 88
Wind dir                S  S  S SE  S  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE  S  E
Wind spd               21 27 18  5  9  3  8 16 16 14 12  9  6  5  5  5  5  4  3
Wind gust                 37
Clouds                 OV SC B1 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          60          60         100          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13        0.25        1.06        0.02
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  L  C  C  L  L  C  L  D  D  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  L  C  C  L  L  C  L  C  S  S  S     S  S
Heat index             97100
Max heat               98   100    87                                        86


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          68    86      70    87      67    79      61    74
Temp          71 68 83 81   73 70 84 81   72 67 76 74   65 61 71 70
Dewpt         71 67 71 73   69 67 70 71   68 65 68 69   65 61 66 68
PWind dir         E    SE      SE     S       S    NW      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      20    20      50    40      50    30
Rain shwrs     S  C  S          S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  S          S  S  S    S  S     C    C  S  S  S

$$
KSZ059-142100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      92          74          92          68          92
Temp                   90 92 86 81 79 76 74 82 89 90 80 73 70 69 69 78 88 91 86
Dewpt                  72 71 71 68 68 66 66 70 71 72 74 72 70 69 68 71 72 71 72
RH                     56 51 61 65 69 71 76 67 56 56 82 97100100 97 79 59 52 63
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  N NE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd               19 20 13 16 14 13 12 13 10  4 12 10  4  3  3  6  9 10  4
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5          50          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.06           0
Rain shwrs                                      S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           S  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index             98 98 92                95 97                   95 98 92
Max heat               99   100    90          97    99                96    99


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          71    90      70    89      68    85      64    80
Temp          75 71 87 84   74 70 86 83   73 68 81 78   68 64 76 74
Dewpt         69 68 71 73   70 67 70 70   65 63 67 68   65 63 65 66
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S    SW       S     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    10       5    10      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs                                    C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                    S  S  S  S

$$
KSZ012-142100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
1252 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

Date             Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      88          68          73          62          83
Temp                   84 88 85 78 76 72 69 70 71 70 65 63 63 63 64 69 78 83 79
Dewpt                  72 73 71 68 66 66 66 67 66 65 63 63 63 63 63 68 72 74 75
RH                     67 61 63 71 71 81 90 90 84 84 93100100100 97 97 82 74 88
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE  S  E
Wind spd               19 23 18 11 10 10  3 10 12 11  9  6  4  4  4  4  5  5  3
Clouds                 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          40          80         100          80
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05        0.37        1.68        0.34
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  C  L  D  L  D  D  D  D  D  S  S  C
Tstms                               S  C  C  C  L  D  L  D  C  C  C  S     S  C
Heat index             90 96 90                                           89
Max heat               91    98    87                                        90
Flood                                           A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date          Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          67    83      67    84      66    78      62    73
Temp          70 67 80 79   70 67 81 80   70 66 76 73   65 62 70 69
Dewpt         69 66 72 73   68 65 71 71   66 63 68 68   62 60 64 65
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S       S     W      NE     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW   FW SC B1 B1   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50    20      20    20      60    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  S          S  S  S    C  L  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms          C  C  S          S     S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$