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National Weather Service Topeka KS
426 PM CDT Sun Sep 13 2026

KSZ039-140900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
426 PM CDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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          92          72          85          65
Temp             72 66 65 64 64 72 86 92 87 82 80 76 72 77 82 83 74 70 69 67 66
Dewpt            70 66 64 64 64 69 73 73 72 71 69 68 68 72 73 73 73 70 69 67 66
RH               93100 97100100 90 65 54 61 69 69 76 87 85 74 72 97100100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd          8  6  8  9 10 12 16 18 14 12 11 10  3  3  6  9 10  8  5  4  4
Wind gust           17          23 27 33 28    21
Clouds           B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          10          20          90          90
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.01        0.01        0.23        1.07
Rain shwrs              S  C                          S  S  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                   S  C                          S  S  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Heat index                         94101 94                88 89
Max heat                           94   102    91          90    91


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      69    86      68    85      66    80      61    75
Temp          82 80   72 70 82 81   72 68 82 79   70 66 77 74   66 62 72 71
Dewpt         75 77   72 70 75 76   72 68 73 73   69 66 71 70   66 62 69 69
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      40    30      20    30      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     L  S    C  C  C          S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
Tstms          L  S    C  C  C          S     S    C  C     S    S

$$
KSZ040-140900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
426 PM CDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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          91          73          86          65
Temp             72 67 66 64 64 71 85 91 86 81 79 75 73 79 83 84 76 70 69 68 66
Dewpt            70 66 63 63 63 68 74 74 73 71 69 69 68 72 74 75 74 70 69 68 66
RH               93 97 90 97 97 90 70 58 65 72 72 82 84 79 74 74 94100100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  N NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd          6  6  8  9  9 11 14 17 12 11 11 10  4  3  5  6  8  6  5  4  4
Wind gust           17          21 27 31 24
Clouds           B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20          10          80          80
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0        0.19        0.99
Rain shwrs              S  C  S                             D  D  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                   S  C  S                             D  D  D  D  D  D  C
Heat index                         93100 93                90 92
Max heat                           95   101    90          91    95


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      69    86      68    85      66    80      61    75
Temp          82 80   72 70 82 81   72 68 82 79   70 67 77 74   66 62 72 71
Dewpt         75 77   72 70 75 76   71 68 73 73   69 66 71 71   66 62 68 69
PWind dir        SE       S    SE       E     S       S    SW       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      40    30      20    30      50    40      40    20
Rain shwrs     C       S  C  C          S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C       S  C  C          S     S    C  C     S    S

$$
KSZ054-140900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
426 PM CDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      67          94          73          89          67
Temp             74 68 67 68 68 77 91 94 88 82 79 77 73 80 87 88 79 72 70 69 67
Dewpt            73 68 67 67 67 70 72 70 70 69 67 67 66 70 72 73 75 72 70 69 67
RH               97100100 97 97 79 54 46 55 65 67 71 79 72 61 61 88100100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd         10 10 10  9 10 14 19 21 14 16 14 13 12  8  8  9  9  9  6  5  5
Wind gust                          29 33 25       24 23
Clouds           B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           5          10          70          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.09        0.34
Rain shwrs                                                  L  L  L  L  L  L  S
Tstms                                                       L  L  L  L  L  L  S
Heat index                         98100 93                93 96
Max heat         83                99   103    92          96    97


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      70    89      69    86      66    81      61    76
Temp          85 84   74 71 86 83   72 69 84 80   70 67 78 76   66 62 73 71
Dewpt         73 75   70 68 72 74   70 68 71 72   67 64 68 69   65 62 66 67
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE     S       S    SW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      10    20      40    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     S          S  C                S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms          S          S  C                S    S  S     S    S

$$
KSZ022-140900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
426 PM CDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      66          94          72          79          63
Temp             73 67 66 66 67 78 90 94 89 82 80 76 72 75 79 77 70 68 68 66 64
Dewpt            70 67 64 65 65 69 70 69 68 68 67 67 68 71 71 71 70 68 68 66 64
RH               90100 93 97 93 74 52 44 50 63 65 74 87 87 77 82100100100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd         11 10  9  9 10 12 18 20 14 11 12  5  3  4  9 11 10  8  4  3  3
Wind gust           20 19    20 24 29 34 26
Clouds           B1 B1 SC B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20           5          60          90          90
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.03        0.02        0.32        1.39
Rain shwrs                 S                    S  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                      S                    S  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Heat index                         96100
Max heat                           97   101    92


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      70    85      68    84      66    79      61    73
Temp          81 80   73 70 83 81   73 69 82 80   71 67 77 74   66 62 71 70
Dewpt         74 77   71 69 74 75   70 68 72 72   67 65 69 70   65 62 67 68
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     W       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      40    30      30    30      50    50      30    30
Rain shwrs     L  S    S  C  C          C  C  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms          L  S    S  C  S          S  S  S    C  C     S    S

$$
KSZ020-140900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
426 PM CDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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          97          69          73          60
Temp             73 68 67 65 66 77 91 97 92 82 77 71 69 69 70 71 67 65 64 63 61
Dewpt            68 67 63 64 65 68 68 66 67 67 67 67 68 67 66 66 66 65 64 63 61
RH               84 97 87 97 97 74 47 36 44 61 71 87 97 93 87 84 97100100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S SW  S SE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd         13 13 12 13 16 18 21 25 17 10  8  9  9 13 16 14 12 10  6  5  5
Wind gust           25 25    26 33 36 37 29             24 26    23
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          40          90          90         100
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.23        0.41        1.36
Rain shwrs              S  S           S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                   S  S           S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          80      67    83      68    83      65    77      59    73
Temp          75 75   70 68 80 79   71 68 80 78   68 66 75 72   64 60 70 69
Dewpt         72 75   70 68 72 73   70 66 69 70   67 64 67 68   64 60 66 67
PWind dir        SE       E     E      SE     S       S    NW       N    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      60    40      40    30      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     L  S    C  L  C       S  C  C  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms          L  S    C  C  C       S  S  S  S    S  S

$$
KSZ059-140900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
426 PM CDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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          93          74          90          68
Temp             72 66 66 66 66 77 89 93 87 82 79 77 74 81 88 89 81 73 70 69 68
Dewpt            71 66 65 65 65 70 72 71 70 68 68 67 66 70 72 73 74 72 70 69 68
RH               97100 97 97 97 79 57 49 57 63 69 71 76 69 59 59 79 97100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  E NE  E  E  E
Wind spd          6  8  9  9  9 12 16 18 12 13 13 12 12 10  8  6  5  6  4  4  4
Wind gust              19                   24    23 24 20
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5          50          50
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0        0.06        0.14
Rain shwrs                 S                                C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                      S                                C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                         96100 92                95 98 86
Max heat                           97   101    90          96   101


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          91      71    89      69    87      67    82      62    77
Temp          86 85   74 71 86 83   72 69 84 80   70 67 79 76   65 62 74 71
Dewpt         73 73   70 68 72 73   70 67 70 70   66 64 67 67   65 62 65 65
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE     S       S    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      30    20      10    10      30    30      40    20
Rain shwrs     S          C  S                     C  C  C  C    C  C  S
Tstms          S          C  S                     S  S     S    S

$$
KSZ012-140900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
426 PM CDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            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                      59          90          68          75          61
Temp             73 66 63 60 59 66 83 90 87 82 77 72 68 72 74 71 66 64 63 62 63
Dewpt            57 57 57 57 58 62 70 71 70 68 67 66 66 68 68 67 66 64 63 62 63
RH               57 73 81 90 96 87 65 54 57 63 71 81 93 87 82 87100100100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd          8  8  9 10 13 16 18 20 16 13 10  5  3  5  6  9  8  5  4  4  4
Wind gust           18    21 24 27 31 34 26
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50          30          70         100         100
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.02        0.07        0.49        1.72
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  C           S     C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                S  C  C  C           S     C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Heat index                            96 92
Max heat                           87    97    91


Date           09/16  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          80      66    80      65    81      64    76      59    71
Temp          75 75   69 67 77 76   68 66 79 76   68 64 74 71   63 60 69 68
Dewpt         72 73   69 66 72 72   68 65 70 70   65 62 67 68   63 60 65 66
PWind dir        SE       E     E      SE     S       S    NW      NE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 B1   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80      70    50      30    40      60    50      40    20
Rain shwrs     D  C    C  L  C  S    C  C  C  C    C  L  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          D  C    C  S  S       C  S  S  S    C  S  S  S    S

$$