913 CDUS43 KTOP 142131 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 431 PM CDT THU MAR 14 2024 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 2024... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 69 1249 AM 84 2012 56 13 53 MINIMUM 51 723 AM 4 1897 34 17 19 AVERAGE 60 45 15 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.10 1.75 1944 0.07 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.55 0.90 -0.35 0.63 SINCE MAR 1 0.55 0.90 -0.35 0.63 SINCE JAN 1 3.70 3.10 0.60 4.64 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 8.4 1960 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 9.3 10.9 -1.6 3.7 SINCE JUL 1 17.8 16.4 1.4 5.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 5 20 -15 29 MONTH TO DATE 181 316 -135 297 SINCE MAR 1 181 316 -135 297 SINCE JUL 1 3494 4159 -665 3875 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 700 AM LOWEST 65 200 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 87 2013 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 5 1949 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 14 2024.........SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT MARCH 15 2024.........SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 730 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$