527 CDUS43 KTOP 290621 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1221 AM CST THU FEB 29 2024 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 40 511 PM 81 2006 51 -11 67 MINIMUM 14 707 AM -5 1890 29 -15 32 AVERAGE 27 40 -13 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.65 1987 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.90 1.31 -0.41 2.86 SINCE DEC 1 6.07 3.69 2.38 5.00 SINCE JAN 1 3.15 2.20 0.95 4.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.7 1919 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.8 5.2 -4.4 0.6 SINCE JAN 1 9.3 9.8 -0.5 3.7 SINCE JUL 1 17.8 15.3 2.5 5.8 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 26 12 15 MONTH TO DATE 547 842 -295 736 SINCE DEC 1 2466 2884 -418 2672 SINCE JUL 1 3290 3844 -554 3578 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 800 AM LOWEST 26 500 PM AVERAGE 45 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 84 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 7 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2024......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST MARCH 1 2024.........SUNRISE 654 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$