797 CDUS43 KTOP 170640 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 140 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 357 PM 95 1931 75 4 75 MINIMUM 51 320 AM 34 1890 53 -2 49 AVERAGE 65 64 1 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.99 1995 0.16 -0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 1.86 2.35 -0.49 8.67 SINCE MAR 1 7.39 8.05 -0.66 15.52 SINCE JAN 1 11.36 10.18 1.18 17.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 15.3 9.1 SINCE JUL 1 32.6 9.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 3 MONTH TO DATE 92 77 15 10 SINCE MAR 1 1187 1060 127 762 SINCE JUL 1 5232 5189 43 4600 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 25 -15 78 SINCE MAR 1 17 50 -33 124 SINCE JAN 1 17 50 -33 124 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 95 PERCENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 500 AM LOWEST 22 500 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 92 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 39 1973 1945 1895 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 607 AM CDT SUNSET 832 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 505 PM 92 2001 74 2 72 MINIMUM 47 529 AM 36 1923 52 -5 45 AVERAGE 62 63 -1 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.49 1958 0.14 -0.14 T MONTH TO DATE 0.65 2.05 -1.40 5.07 SINCE MAR 1 4.97 6.85 -1.88 9.06 SINCE JAN 1 5.65 8.24 -2.59 10.67 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 9.8 15.9 SINCE JUL 1 23.7 19.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 4 -1 6 MONTH TO DATE 127 93 34 34 SINCE MAR 1 1348 1175 173 899 SINCE JUL 1 5684 5473 211 5137 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 17 -17 34 SINCE MAR 1 0 34 -34 58 SINCE JAN 1 0 34 -34 58 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 23 500 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE CONCORDIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 96 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 37 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 840 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 841 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$