National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

• Home
• Site Map
• News
• Organization
• Search for: NWS All NOAA 

000
CXUS53 KTOP 011536 CCA
CLMTOP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
935 AM CST FRI MAR 01 2024

...................................

...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             84   02/29/1972
 LOW             -25   02/12/1899
HIGHEST           83   02/26         49      34       71
LOWEST            11   02/17         19      -8        8
AVG. MAXIMUM    60.3               45.7    14.6     53.2
AVG. MINIMUM    29.9               24.2     5.7     23.8
MEAN            45.1               34.9    10.2     38.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                5.2    -5.2        3
DAYS MIN <= 32    18               22.6    -4.6       25
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.6    -0.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        5.59   1911
 MINIMUM        0.00   1917
TOTALS          0.90               1.31   -0.41     2.86
DAILY AVG.      0.03                NAN     NAN     0.10
DAYS >= .01        4                6.0    -2.0        9
DAYS >= .10        2                3.2    -1.2        5
DAYS >= .50        0                0.9    -0.9        2
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.75   02/03 TO 02/04               1.02

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          27.1   1900
TOTALS           0.8                5.2    -4.4      0.6
SINCE 7/1       17.8               15.3     2.5       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     T                                  -1
DAYS >= 1.0        0                1.3    -1.3        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       T                                   MM  02/28


 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    570                841    -271      736
 SINCE 7/1      3313               3894    -581       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
................................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/340    DATE  02/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/310    DATE  02/27

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.17
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           24
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              2
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          3

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     60

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                2     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                2     SLEET                      0
FOG                      10     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      7

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

WARM CONDITIONS WERE THE MAIN THEME THIS MONTH. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS THE SECOND-WARMEST FOR ANY FEBRUARY ON
RECORD...TRAILING ONLY FEBRUARY OF 1930. THE AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURE WAS THE HIGHEST ON RECORD...AHEAD OF FEBRUARY 2017 BY
NEARLY THREE DEGREES. DAILY RECORD HIGHS WERE SET ON FEBURARY 1 AND
FEBRUARY 26...WITH RECORD HIGHEST MININUMS SET ON FEBRUARY
1...2...AND 7. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH DURING THE
AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 27 WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING FROM 75 DEGREES
TO 22 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 53 MPH
BEHIND THE FRONT AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATED THAT EVENING. THE MONTH
STARTED WET WITH OVER THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN FALLING ON
FEBRUARY 3 AND 4...BUT ONLY 0.07 INCHES FELL DURING THE REMAINDER OF
THE MONTH.

$$