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National Weather Service Topeka KS
231 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

KSZ039-220900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
231 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          67          84          67
Temp          91 87 78 74 70 69 76 83 87 84 75 71 68 67 74 80 83 80 73 70 68 67
Dewpt         70 72 71 70 70 68 70 69 69 71 70 67 65 64 65 66 68 69 68 66 64 64
RH            50 61 79 87100 97 82 63 55 65 84 87 90 90 74 62 61 69 84 87 87 90
Wind dir      NE NE NE  N  N NW  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE  E
Wind spd       3  3  1  1  2  3  4  5  6  4  2  2  3  3  4  6  6  8  6  5  5  5
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30          10          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0        0.01        0.01
Rain shwrs        S        S  C  S                    S  S  S  S        C  C
Tstms             S        S  S                                            S
Heat index    97 93                      89
Max heat         98    88          87    92    86          82    87


Date           08/24  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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          89      69    88      69    88      68    89      69    90
Temp          83 85   73 69 84 85   72 69 83 85   72 68 84 85   72 69 83 86
Dewpt         71 74   70 68 73 75   72 69 71 72   69 67 69 71   68 67 71 73
PWind dir        SE       E     E      NE     N      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     5      30    20      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                           C  C  S  S       S          S  S  S
Tstms                                C  S  S  S       S          S  S  S

$$
KSZ040-220900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
231 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          66          83          67
Temp          90 86 77 73 70 69 76 82 86 84 75 70 67 66 73 78 82 79 72 69 68 67
Dewpt         70 73 72 70 69 68 70 69 69 72 70 67 64 63 66 66 68 70 68 64 63 63
RH            52 65 85 90 97 97 82 65 57 67 84 90 90 90 79 67 63 74 87 84 84 87
Wind dir      NE NE NE  N  N  N  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E SE SE  E
Wind spd       3  2  1  2  3  3  3  4  4  3  2  2  3  3  4  5  4  4  4  4  4  5
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.01           0        0.02           0
Rain shwrs        S        S  S  S                    S  S  S  S        C  C  S
Tstms             S        S                                            S  S  S
Heat index    96 93                      90
Max heat         97    88          86    92    86                87


Date           08/24  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      68    87      69    87      67    88      69    89
Temp          81 84   71 68 82 84   72 69 82 84   70 67 83 84   72 69 82 85
Dewpt         71 75   70 68 74 76   72 69 72 73   69 67 70 72   68 66 71 74
PWind dir         E       E     E      NE     N      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5      20    20      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                     S  S  S  S       S          S  S  S
Tstms          S                     S  S  S  S       S          S  S  S

$$
KSZ054-220900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
231 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          90          68          86          68
Temp          96 92 80 75 71 69 77 85 89 87 77 72 69 68 75 82 85 83 74 72 69 68
Dewpt         66 67 68 67 68 68 70 69 68 68 68 67 65 64 66 66 68 69 68 66 65 66
RH            38 44 67 76 90 97 79 59 50 53 74 84 87 87 74 58 57 63 82 81 87 93
Wind dir       E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd       6  5  5  4  4  6  8  9  9  8  6  5  6  5  8 10  9  8  9  8  9  9
Clouds        FW B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 OV B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30          10          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.02
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S                    S  S  C  C        C  C
Tstms                      S  S  S                             S        S  S


Date           08/24  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      68    91      69    90      67    90      69    92
Temp          86 89   74 68 86 88   73 69 85 87   72 67 85 88   74 69 85 89
Dewpt         71 71   70 68 72 72   71 69 70 69   68 67 69 68   67 66 69 69
PWind dir        SE       E     E      NE     N      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   CL FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      20    20      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                           S  S  S  S       S          S  S  S
Tstms                                S  S  S  S       S          S  S  S

$$
KSZ022-220900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
231 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          87          68          83          68
Temp          91 88 78 75 71 69 74 83 86 85 76 72 70 68 72 80 83 81 74 71 69 68
Dewpt         70 71 70 68 69 68 69 69 68 68 68 66 65 64 65 66 68 68 68 66 65 64
RH            50 57 76 79 93 97 84 63 55 57 76 81 84 87 79 62 61 65 82 84 87 87
Wind dir      NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE SE  E
Wind spd       4  5  3  2  2  4  5  6  6  5  3  3  4  3  6  8  8  8  8  5  5  5
Clouds        SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30          10          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0        0.04
Rain shwrs        S        C  C  S                    C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C
Tstms                      S  S                                   S  S     S
Heat index    97 93
Max heat         98    88          88    92    86          83    87


Date           08/24  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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          89      69    88      69    87      68    88      69    89
Temp          85 87   74 69 84 86   73 69 84 85   73 68 85 86   74 69 84 87
Dewpt         71 73   70 68 73 73   71 68 70 70   68 66 69 70   67 66 69 71
PWind dir        SE       E     E      NE     N      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr          5      10     5      40    20      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                S          C  C  S  S       S  S       S  S  S
Tstms                     S          C  C  S  S       S          S  S  S

$$
KSZ020-220900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
231 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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                      68          87          68          82          67
Temp          91 85 75 72 69 68 74 83 86 85 76 72 69 68 71 77 80 81 73 71 69 67
Dewpt         68 68 69 68 67 66 68 67 67 67 67 66 64 63 65 65 67 67 67 66 64 64
RH            47 57 82 87 93 93 82 59 53 55 74 81 84 84 81 67 65 63 81 84 84 90
Wind dir       N  E  E  E  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd       9  9  5  4  4  6  8  9  9  9  5  6  6  6 10 11 12 12 11 10  9  9
Wind gust                                                                 19
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          20          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03           0
Rain shwrs     C  S        C  C                       C  C  S  S        S  S
Tstms          S  S        S  C                       S     S  S        S  S


Date           08/24  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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          89      69    88      68    87      67    87      68    89
Temp          85 87   73 69 85 84   72 68 84 85   71 67 84 85   72 68 84 86
Dewpt         68 71   70 68 70 71   70 67 67 68   67 65 67 68   67 65 67 69
PWind dir        SE       E     E       E    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 FW
PoP 12hr          5      20    10      40    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                S          C  C  S          S  S       S  S  S
Tstms                     S          C  C  S             S       S  S  S

$$
KSZ059-220900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
231 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          90          67          88          68
Temp          95 91 79 75 71 70 78 85 88 86 74 72 68 67 76 83 87 83 74 72 69 68
Dewpt         66 65 67 66 67 67 68 66 65 66 67 65 64 63 64 64 64 65 65 63 63 63
RH            39 42 67 74 87 90 71 53 47 51 79 79 87 87 66 53 46 55 74 73 81 84
Wind dir      NE  N NE NE  N  N  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E SE
Wind spd       3  3  3  2  2  3  5  6  6  6  4  3  4  4  5  6  5  6  8  6  6  8
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30           5          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0        0.08
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S                                S  S  C  C
Tstms                         S  S                                   S  S  S


Date           08/24  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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    92      69    91      67    91      69    92
Temp          86 89   74 69 87 88   73 69 86 87   72 67 86 88   74 69 86 89
Dewpt         69 70   69 68 71 71   71 69 69 68   67 66 67 66   66 66 67 67
PWind dir        SE       E     E      NE     N      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 FW   CL FW SC SC   FW SC B1 B1   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5      20    20       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                           S     S                        S  S
Tstms                                S     S                        S  S

$$
KSZ012-220900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
231 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          86          64          79          65
Temp          87 82 74 71 68 66 74 81 85 82 73 69 66 64 71 76 79 76 70 68 67 65
Dewpt         71 70 68 67 66 64 67 65 65 66 64 63 61 59 61 63 64 64 63 61 60 60
RH            59 67 82 87 93 93 79 58 51 58 73 81 84 84 71 64 60 66 78 78 78 84
Wind dir      NW  W  N  N  N  N  E NE  N NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd       2  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  3  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  4  5  4  4  5  5
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs     S  S        S                                S  S        S  S  S
Tstms          S           S                                            S  S  S
Heat index    92
Max heat         93                84    87


Date           08/24  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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          83      67    85      68    85      66    85      67    85
Temp          79 80   70 67 81 82   71 68 82 82   70 66 81 81   71 67 80 82
Dewpt         67 69   66 64 70 71   69 66 67 67   65 63 66 67   65 63 68 69
PWind dir        SE      SE     E      SE    NW       N    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5      30    20      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S          S          C  S  S  S       S          S  S  S
Tstms          S          S          C  S  S  S                  S  S  S

$$