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National Weather Service Topeka KS
331 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

KSZ039-160900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
331 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      69          88          71          91          71
Temp          87 75 72 72 71 70 73 80 87 82 75 74 73 71 79 87 90 84 76 74 73 71
Dewpt         71 69 68 68 68 68 70 73 74 75 73 71 69 69 73 74 74 75 74 72 70 69
RH            59 82 87 87 90 93 90 79 65 79 94 90 87 93 82 65 60 74 94 93 90 93
Wind dir      NW  N NE  E  E  E  E SE SE NE  E SE SE  S SW SW  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd       5 10  9  5  6  8  6  6  5  3  3  2  1  1  3  4  5  4  4  4  4  5
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW B1 B1 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          40           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                   1.33        0.08           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     L  D  D  D  L  C  S
Tstms          L  D  D  D  L  S
Heat index    92                      95 89                95 99 92
Max heat         94                85    97    86          96   101    88


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          93      72    90      67    76      61    72      58    72
Temp          89 85   77 72 85 81   69 67 72 70   65 62 68 67   62 60 69 67
Dewpt         72 71   68 67 72 73   69 67 70 69   65 62 67 66   62 60 67 66
PWind dir         S       S    SW      NE     N       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0      30    40      80    50      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                C  C  C    L  D  C  C    S  S  S             S
Tstms                     C     C    C  C  S

$$
KSZ040-160900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
331 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      69          89          71          91          71
Temp          90 76 73 72 71 70 74 81 87 83 76 74 73 71 79 87 90 84 76 74 72 71
Dewpt         71 71 69 68 68 68 71 74 75 76 73 71 70 70 73 74 74 76 74 71 70 69
RH            54 85 87 87 90 93 90 79 68 80 90 90 90 97 82 65 60 77 94 90 93 93
Wind dir      SE NE NE NE  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE  S  S SW SW  S SE SE  S SE  S
Wind spd       8 11  6  6  6  8  6  6  5  3  3  3  2  2  3  3  3  3  4  3  4  4
Clouds        B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          40           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                   1.46        0.06           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     L  D  D  D  L  C  C
Tstms          L  D  D  D  L  S
Heat index    96                   87 96 90                95 99 93
Max heat         97                89    98    87          96   101    87
Flood          A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          93      72    90      67    77      61    72      58    72
Temp          88 84   76 72 85 81   70 67 74 71   65 63 69 67   62 60 69 67
Dewpt         72 73   68 67 72 73   69 67 70 69   65 63 67 66   62 60 67 66
PWind dir         S       S    SW       N     N       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    40      70    60      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  C  C    L  L  L  C    C  C  S          S  S
Tstms                     S     C    C  C  S

$$
KSZ054-160900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
331 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      70          93          72          94          72
Temp          91 78 73 72 71 71 77 86 90 87 78 75 74 72 82 91 93 88 78 75 73 72
Dewpt         69 71 69 70 69 68 71 72 71 72 70 69 68 67 70 70 70 71 70 69 67 66
RH            49 79 87 93 93 90 82 63 54 61 76 82 82 84 67 50 47 57 76 82 81 81
Wind dir      SE  N NE NE  E  E  E SE  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       9 11  6  8  6  6  5  5  8  3  4  5  8  6  6  6  6  5  6  6  8  8
Clouds        SC OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          20           0          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.61        0.02           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     L  D  L  C  C  S
Tstms          L  D  L  C  C  S
Heat index    96                   92 97 94                96 98 94
Max heat         99                93   100    90          97    99    90


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          95      73    94      67    80      61    75      58    75
Temp          91 87   77 73 89 85   71 67 76 74   65 62 71 70   62 59 71 70
Dewpt         69 68   66 65 68 70   68 66 67 68   65 62 65 65   62 59 64 64
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SW     N       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC FW B1 SC   SC B1 OV B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0      10    50      70    50      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                   C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  S  S       S  S
Tstms                           C    C  C  S  S

$$
KSZ022-160900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
331 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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          84          70          89          71
Temp          79 71 69 69 69 68 71 78 83 80 74 73 72 70 77 85 89 82 77 74 73 71
Dewpt         67 66 65 66 66 67 69 72 74 75 72 70 69 68 72 73 73 75 72 70 68 67
RH            67 84 87 90 90 97 93 82 74 85 93 90 90 93 85 67 59 79 85 87 84 87
Wind dir       N NE NE NE  E NE  E SE  S  E  E SE SE SE SW  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 11 10  8  5  4  5  5  5  2  3  1  2  1  3  5  5  5  5  5  5  6
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 SC CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          50           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                   1.21        0.11           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     L  L  D  D  D  C
Tstms          L  L  D  D  D  S
Heat index                            89                   92 97 89
Max heat         83                      91                93    97    86
Flood          A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      72    87      66    74      60    71      58    72
Temp          88 85   78 73 84 79   69 66 72 69   64 62 69 67   62 60 69 67
Dewpt         71 71   67 67 71 73   69 66 68 68   64 62 66 66   62 60 66 66
PWind dir         S       S    SW      NE     N       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      30    40      70    40      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                C  C  C    L  L  C  C    S  S  S             S
Tstms                     C  S  C    C  C

$$
KSZ020-160900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
331 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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          79          69          88          72
Temp          66 63 62 63 62 63 65 70 75 75 72 71 70 69 75 83 87 81 75 74 73 72
Dewpt         61 60 59 60 62 63 65 69 72 72 71 70 69 67 71 72 72 74 72 69 67 66
RH            84 90 90 90100100100 97 90 90 97 97 97 93 87 70 61 79 90 84 81 81
Wind dir      NE NE NE NE NE NE  E SE  S  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd      16 12 10  8  5  3  3  4  3  3  3  4  4  3  5  9 10  9 11 11 12 12
Wind gust                                                              21 24 25
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     80          50           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.85        0.07           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     L  C  L  D  D  C
Tstms          L  C  L  D  D  S
Heat index                                                 88 93 86
Max heat                                                   88    94


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          93      71    84      64    73      59    71      57    72
Temp          87 83   74 71 80 76   67 65 69 67   62 60 68 66   61 59 69 66
Dewpt         71 71   68 66 70 71   67 64 65 66   62 60 63 65   61 59 63 65
PWind dir         S       S     W      NE     N       N     N       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      30    40      60    30      10    20      10    10
Rain shwrs             S  C  C  C    L  L  C  S          S
Tstms                  S  C  S  C    C  S

$$
KSZ059-160900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
331 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      71          94          73          94          72
Temp          93 80 74 72 71 71 79 88 93 88 78 76 74 73 82 91 93 87 78 75 73 72
Dewpt         69 71 71 71 69 68 71 72 70 71 70 68 68 67 70 70 69 70 69 68 67 66
RH            46 74 90 97 93 90 77 59 47 57 76 76 82 81 67 50 46 57 74 79 81 81
Wind dir       S NE  N NE NE  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       6  1 10  9  8  6  5  6 10  5  4  5  8  8  5  5  4  3  3  3  4  4
Clouds        SC B1 OV OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                     60          20           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.23           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C  S  S
Tstms          C  L  L  C  S
Heat index    98                   95 99 94             87 96 98 92
Max heat        102                96   101    90          97    99    89


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          94      73    94      68    82      62    76      58    76
Temp          91 86   77 73 89 84   71 68 76 74   65 63 70 70   61 60 70 69
Dewpt         68 67   65 64 67 68   67 65 66 67   65 63 64 64   61 60 63 62
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SW     W       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      60    50      40    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                   C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  S  S       S  S  S
Tstms                           S    C  C  S  S

$$
KSZ012-160900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
331 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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          78          68          83          69
Temp          72 66 66 66 65 65 68 72 78 75 71 70 69 69 75 81 83 79 72 72 70 69
Dewpt         65 64 63 64 64 65 67 71 73 74 71 70 68 66 71 73 74 75 72 69 67 66
RH            79 93 90 93 97100 97 97 85 97100100 97 90 87 77 74 88100 90 90 90
Wind dir       N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  E  E SE  S NE  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      12 11  6  6  4  4  5  5  4  3  4  2  2  2  2  3  4  3  5  5  5  6
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC B2 B2 OV SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     90          70          20          20           0
QPF 12hr                   2.23        0.33           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     L  D  D  D  D  L  C                    S  S
Tstms          L  D  D  D  D  C  S                    S  S
Heat index                                                 86 90
Max heat                                                   86    92
Flood          A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          88      70    82      64    71      59    68      56    68
Temp          85 81   73 70 79 76   66 64 69 67   61 59 65 64   59 57 66 64
Dewpt         73 72   66 65 71 72   66 63 66 65   61 59 62 63   59 57 62 62
PWind dir         S       S    SW       N     N       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC B2 SC   B1 B2 OV B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      50    40      70    40      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                C  C  C    L  L  C  C    S  S  S          S  S
Tstms                     C  S  C    C  S

$$