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National Weather Service Topeka KS
127 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

KSZ039-292100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
127 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      80          66          77          66          72
Temp                      78 70 70 69 68 67 70 73 75 73 70 70 69 68 69 70 70 66
Dewpt                     68 70 70 69 68 67 69 71 71 71 70 70 69 68 69 70 70 66
RH                        71100100100100100 97 93 87 93100100100100100100100100
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S NE  N
Wind spd                  11  9  6  3  2  3  4  6  6  5  6  5  5  4  5  8  8  9
Wind gust                 21
Clouds                    B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     60          70          70          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.40        0.18        0.58        1.05
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  L  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                      S  C  C  S              C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          57    67      52    69      53    71      51    70
Temp          61 57 64 61   54 52 66 64   56 53 68 65   54 51 67 64
Dewpt         61 55 57 57   54 51 59 60   56 53 59 58   54 51 55 56
PWind dir         N    NE      NE     E      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW CL   CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr         70     5       0     5       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     L
Tstms          C

$$
KSZ040-292100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
127 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      80          66          77          66          71
Temp                      78 70 69 69 68 66 70 74 76 74 70 69 69 68 70 70 70 67
Dewpt                     68 70 69 69 68 66 69 71 71 70 70 69 69 68 70 70 70 67
RH                        71100100100100100 97 90 85 87100100100100100100100100
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N
Wind spd                  10  8  6  4  3  3  4  5  4  4  5  5  5  4  5  6  6  8
Wind gust                 21
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     50          70          50          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.32        0.10        0.63        1.11
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                      S  C  C  S              S  C  C  C  S  S  S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          58    66      52    68      53    70      50    69
Temp          62 58 64 62   55 53 65 63   56 53 67 64   54 51 67 64
Dewpt         62 56 58 57   54 52 59 60   56 53 59 58   54 50 55 56
PWind dir         N    NE      NE     E       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr         70     5       0     5       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     L  S
Tstms          C

$$
KSZ054-292100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
127 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      79          66          78          66          73
Temp                      74 70 69 68 68 67 70 74 76 75 70 69 68 68 69 70 71 67
Dewpt                     69 70 69 68 67 66 68 69 70 70 70 69 68 68 69 69 69 67
RH                        84100100100 97 97 93 84 82 84100100100100100 97 93100
Wind dir                   S  S SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N
Wind spd                  12  9  8  5  5  5  6 10 11  8 10  9 10  8  8  8  8  6
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          60          40          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.43        0.12        0.12        0.80        0.71
Rain shwrs                 D  L  C  C  S  C  C  S  S  C  S  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                      C  C  S  S              S  C  S  S  S  S     S  C  S


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          58    67      52    70      53    72      51    72
Temp          62 58 64 62   54 53 66 65   57 54 68 67   54 51 68 67
Dewpt         62 57 57 57   54 53 59 60   57 53 59 58   54 51 55 55
PWind dir         N    NE      NE    NE       N    NE      NE     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr         70    10       5     5       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     L
Tstms          S

$$
KSZ022-292100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
127 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      80          66          75          66          72
Temp                      76 70 70 69 68 67 69 72 73 72 70 70 68 67 68 70 69 64
Dewpt                     69 70 70 69 68 67 69 71 71 70 70 69 68 67 68 69 67 64
RH                        79100100100100100100 97 93 93100 97100100100 97 93100
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S SE SE NE NE NE
Wind spd                  10  6  5  4  3  3  4  5  5  6  5  4  3  3  4  6  9 11
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     90          90          90          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.22        0.54        0.55        0.52        0.82
Rain shwrs                 D  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  L  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                      C  C  C  C  S  S     S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  C  S
Flood                         A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          56    68      51    70      53    72      52    71
Temp          59 56 65 61   53 52 68 65   57 54 70 66   55 52 69 66
Dewpt         59 52 54 55   52 50 58 59   56 53 59 58   54 51 55 56
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE     E      NE    NE      NE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   CL FW SC FW   FW FW FW CL   CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr         60     0       0     5       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     L
Tstms          S

$$
KSZ020-292100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
127 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      78          66          72          64          69
Temp                      74 70 69 68 67 66 67 68 70 70 69 68 66 65 65 67 66 61
Dewpt                     68 69 69 68 67 66 67 68 69 69 69 68 66 65 65 65 63 60
RH                        82 97100100100100100100 97 97100100100100100 93 90 97
Wind dir                   S SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   9  8  6  5  5  4  4  8  9 10  8  6  6  6 11 13 17 16
Wind gust                                                              24 29 28
Clouds                    B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     90         100         100          70          90
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.67        0.93        0.53        0.92
Rain shwrs                 D  L  L  L  D  D  C  L  D  L  S  L  L  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                      C  S  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S           C  C
Flood                         A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          53    67      49    69      52    72      51    71
Temp          57 53 63 60   51 50 65 65   55 52 67 65   55 51 66 65
Dewpt         54 48 50 53   50 48 55 58   55 51 56 57   53 50 54 56
PWind dir         N    NE       E    SE      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW CL   CL FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         40     0       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C

$$
KSZ059-292100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
127 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      80          67          80          67          72
Temp                      78 70 68 69 69 68 72 76 78 76 72 70 68 68 69 70 70 68
Dewpt                     66 68 68 66 64 63 66 67 68 68 67 68 68 68 69 69 70 68
RH                        67 93100 90 84 84 81 74 71 76 84 93100100100 97100100
Wind dir                  SW  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                  12  8  4  4  5  6  8 10 10  6  8  8  8  8  8  9  8  5
Wind gust                             16 17                18 18 18
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     50          50          20          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.02           0        0.58        0.98
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S        S  S        S  S  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Tstms                      S  S  S                    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          59    68      53    69      53    71      50    70
Temp          64 59 64 63   56 54 65 64   56 53 68 65   54 50 66 64
Dewpt         64 59 58 57   55 53 58 59   56 53 57 57   54 50 53 54
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE       N    NE      NE     E
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW   CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr         80    10       5     5       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     D  C
Tstms          C

$$
KSZ012-292100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
127 PM CDT Tue Sep 29 2026

Date             Tue 09/29/26            Wed 09/30/26            Thu 10/01/26
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                      79          65          73          64          70
Temp                      78 72 68 68 67 66 68 71 72 71 68 67 67 66 67 68 68 63
Dewpt                     64 65 67 66 66 65 66 67 68 67 67 66 66 64 65 65 64 60
RH                        62 79 97 93 97 97 93 87 87 87 97 97 97 93 93 90 87 90
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SE NE NE  N
Wind spd                  10  8  8  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  4  5  8 10 11
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     60          90          90          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.79        0.54        0.75        1.08
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  C  L  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  S  S  S     C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  S
Flood                         A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date          Fri 10/02/26  Sat 10/03/26  Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26
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          55    67      49    68      51    70      49    69
Temp          58 55 64 60   52 49 66 63   55 52 67 64   53 50 65 63
Dewpt         54 48 50 50   47 45 52 53   51 49 54 52   49 46 50 51
PWind dir         N    NE      NE     E      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   CL FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         60     0       0     0       0     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     L
Tstms          S

$$