584 CDUS43 KTOP 182136 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 436 PM CDT THU APR 18 2024 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 63 138 AM 92 1948 68 -5 85 MINIMUM 49 944 AM 30 1961 45 4 49 AVERAGE 56 56 0 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.75 2.10 1970 0.14 0.61 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.81 2.01 -0.20 0.98 SINCE MAR 1 2.86 4.26 -1.40 2.59 SINCE JAN 1 6.01 6.46 -0.45 6.60 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 1939 0.0 0.0 0.0 2013 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T SINCE JAN 1 9.3 11.6 -2.3 4.0 SINCE JUL 1 17.8 17.1 0.7 6.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 9 10 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 124 215 -91 136 SINCE MAR 1 585 821 -236 767 SINCE JUL 1 3898 4664 -766 4345 COOLING TODAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 33 11 22 17 SINCE MAR 1 38 16 22 17 SINCE JAN 1 38 16 22 17 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 AM LOWEST 77 300 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 91 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 27 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2024.........SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT APRIL 19 2024.........SUNRISE 639 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$