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Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
000 CXUS53 KTOP 011918 CCA CLATOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 117 PM CST SUN JAN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 114 07/24/1936 LOW -26 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 103 07/23 MM MM 101 06/17 LOWEST -4 12/22 MM MM -21 02/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 68.7 66.7 2.0 68.2 AVG. MINIMUM 44.0 44.9 -0.9 45.9 MEAN 56.3 55.8 0.5 57.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 73 49.6 23.4 50 DAYS MAX <= 32 22 21.8 0.2 15 DAYS MIN <= 32 124 113.9 10.1 100 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 2.7 1.3 6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 60.89 1973 MINIMUM 19.07 1963 TOTALS 32.23 36.53 -4.30 36.64 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.10 -0.01 0.10 DAYS >= .01 94 98.1 -4.1 95 DAYS >= .10 58 59.7 -1.7 56 DAYS >= .50 23 23.4 -0.4 28 DAYS >= 1.00 6 10.5 -4.5 13 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.54 05/31 TO 05/31 2.34 08/13 TO 08/13 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 48.6 1960 24 HR TOTAL 17.3 02/26/1900 TO 02/27/1900 SNOW DEPTH 18 03/16/1960 TOTALS 23.2 17.1 6.1 14.9 SINCE 7/1 2.1 5.5 -3.4 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 32 12.0 20.0 23 DAYS >= 1.0 7 5.0 2.0 4 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 02/04 4 01/02 02/18 03/11 24 HR TOTAL 4.5 0MM17 TO 02/17 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4577 4860 -283 4397 SINCE 7/1 1898 1925 -27 MM COOLING TOTAL 1859 1534 325 1666 SINCE 1/1 1859 1534 325 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/190 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/130 DATE 06/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/130 DATE 05/15 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 52 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 28 RAIN 44 LIGHT RAIN 93 FREEZING RAIN 3 LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 9 LIGHT SNOW 25 SLEET 2 FOG 138 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 30 HAZE 38 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS... MANY CONDITIONS FOR 2022 AVERAGED TO BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO NORMAL. ALTHOUGH THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE THIRTEENTH- WARMEST FOR THE PERIOD OF RECORD...THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS CLOSE TO NORMAL. THESE CONDITIONS ARE OFTEN TYPICAL OF A DROUGHT...AND MINOR DROUGHT CONDITIONS DID DEVELOP...BUT THE YEAR/S TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS VERY CLOSE TO AVERAGE. JANUARY SAW TEMPERATURES VARY QUITE WIDELY...WITH THE AVERAGE DAY-TO- DAY HIGH TEMPERATURE CHANGE AROUND 13 DEGREES. 3.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FROM JANUARY 14 TO JANUARY 15. 4.6 INCHES FELL ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF FEBRUARY WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO NEGATIVE 12 THE NEXT DAY. A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES AFTER MIDNIGHT OF FEBRUARY 17 WAS FOLLOWED BY 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW LATER THAT DAY. WIND CHILLS RETURNED TO AROUND NEGATIVE 12 ON FEBRUARY 23. SPRING BEGAN ON THE WARM AND WINDY SIDE WITH A HIGH OF 80 DEGREES AND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ON MARCH 5...BUT A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW FOLLOWED THE NEXT DAY WITH 1.8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING. ANOTHER 4.5 INCHES FELL ON MARCH 9 AND 10. TWENTY- ONE DAYS OF APRIL HAD SOME TYPE OF PRECIPITATION HOWEVER THE MONTH/S TOTAL WAS THE TWELFTH-LOWEST TOTAL ON RECORD. FOLLOWING A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES ON APRIL 12...SNOW FLURRIES FELL ON APRIL 13 WITH WINDS GUSTING FROM 45 TO 55 MPH FOR NEARLY 30 HOURS ON THESE DAYS. MAY SAW THE MOST INTENSE RAIN OF THE YEAR...AND OVER ONE- THIRD OF THE YEAR/S TOTAL...WITH RECORD AMOUNTS ON MAY 13 AND MAY 25 AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ON MAY 17. THE MONTH/S PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS THE THIRD-HIGHEST ON RECORD. SEVERAL RECORD HIGHS OR RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET OR TIED FROM MAY 9 THROUGH MAY 12 INCLUDING THE HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY WITH 78 DEGREES ON MAY 10. WARMTH WAS THE MAIN THEME FOR THE SUMMER. THE WARMEST TWO-WEEK PERIOD IN JUNE IN TERMS OF AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES OCCURRED FROM JUNE 11 THROUGH JUNE 25...INCLUDING RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUMS BEING SET ON JUNE 13 AND 14. THE 82-DEGREE LOW ON JUNE 14 TIED THE RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE. HEAT INDICES PEAKED FROM 101 TO 112 FROM JUNE 11 THROUGH JUNE 21...AND AROUND 109 ON JUNE 24 AND 25. JULY SAW HEAT INDICES REACH OVER 100 DEGREES ON ELEVEN DAYS AND AIR TEMPERATURES REACH TRIPLE DIGITS ON FIVE DAYS. THE PERIODS FROM AUGUST 1 TO AUGUST 7 AND AUGUST 13 TO AUGUST 15 SAW HEAT INDICES PEAK AROUND 108. FALL SAW MORE HEAT AT TIMES. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 99 ON SEPTEMBER 18 AND SEPTEMBER 19 AND 100 ON SEPTEMBER 20...SETTING RECORD HIGHS FOR THE LATTER TWO DAYS. THE LAST 100-DEGREE DAY WAS THE SECOND-LATEST SUCH DAY ON RECORD. THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 16 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21 SAW THE HOTTEST TWO-...THREE-...FOUR-...FIVE- ...AND SIX-DAY STRETCHES ON RECORD OVER THE LAST HALF OF SEPTEMBER. RECORD HIGH VALUES RETURNED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER WITH A RECORD HIGH ON NOVEMBER 1 AND RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUMS ON OCTOBER 23...NOVEMBER 3...AND NOVEMBER 9...BUT A RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO SET ON OCTOBER 18. ONLY THREE DAYS IN OCTOBER HAD MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AND ONLY FIVE OTHER OCTOBERS ON RECORD HAD FEWER SUCH DAYS. BRIEF BUT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WERE THE HIGHLIGHT OF DECEMBER. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PASSING ON DECEMBER 21 BROUGHT TEMPERATURES OF 0 TO -5 FROM SUNRISE OF DECEMBER 22 THROUGH MIDDAY OF DECEMBER 23 WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FROM -20 TO -30. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW FELL AS THE FRONT MOVED THROUGH. BRIEF FREEZING RAIN FELL IN THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 25...BUT BY MIDDAY ON DECEMBER 29 TEMPERATURES RETURNED TO THE 60S...MAKING IT FEEL ALMOST 95 DEGREES WARMER THAN A WEEK EARLIER. -- SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- WINTER...12TH WARMEST /TIED -- DECEMBER 2021-FEBRUARY 2022/ SUMMER...18TH WARMEST /TIED/ -- SEASONAL TOTAL PRECIPITATION PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- WINTER....9TH DRIEST /DECEMBER 2021-FEBRUARY 2022/ SPRING....8TH WETTEST -- SEASONAL TOTAL SNOWFALL PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- NONE -- MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES PLACING IN THE TOP 20 RECORD -- JUNE.....17TH WARMEST -- MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- APRIL....12TH DRIEST MAY.......3RD WETTEST -- MONTHLY SNOWFALL PLACING IN THE TOP 20 ON RECORD -- NONE -- DAILY RECORDS -- HIGHEST MAXIMUM - MAR 2.....84 F APR 12....88 F MAY 10....95 F MAY 12....96 F JUN 21...100 F SEP 19....99 F SEP 20...100 F NOV 1.....82 F HIGHEST MINIMUM - MAY 9.....72 F /TIED/ MAY 10....78 F...ALSO THE RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM FOR MAY MAY 11....75 F JUN 13....80 F JUN 14....82 F...ALSO TIED THE RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM FOR JUNE JUL 5.....80 F /TIED/ OCT 23....72 F NOV 3.....62 F NOV 9.....60 F LOWEST MAXIMUM -- NONE LOWEST MINIMUM -- OCT 18....24 F /TIED/ PRECIPITATION --- MAY 13....1.25 INCHES MAY 25....1.69 INCHES SNOWFALL -------- FEB 2.....4.3 INCHES MAR 10....4.4 INCHES -- THUNDERSTORM-RELATED SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS -- WIND - 60 MPH WIND GUST MAY 17 - 65 MPH WIND GUSTS JUNE 8 WITH SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE $$
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