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CXUS53 KTOP 011518
CLMTOP

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
918 AM CST SAT FEB 01 2025

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...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2025

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             78   01/28/2015
 LOW             -23   01/19/1892
HIGHEST           54   01/29         39      15       66
LOWEST           -12   01/21         16     -28       -8
AVG. MAXIMUM    33.5               40.4    -6.9     35.2
AVG. MINIMUM    11.7               20.0    -8.3     18.0
MEAN            22.6               30.2    -7.6     26.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    15                8.8     6.2        8
DAYS MIN <= 32    31               28.3     2.7       26
DAYS MIN <= 0      4                1.5     2.5        5

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        5.24   1949
 MINIMUM           T   1986
TOTALS          2.15               0.89    1.26     2.25
DAILY AVG.      0.07               0.03    0.04     0.07
DAYS >= .01        7                5.9     1.1       11
DAYS >= .10        5                2.4     2.6        6
DAYS >= .50        2                0.5     1.5        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.92   01/30 TO 01/31               0.96

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          23.0   1993
TOTALS          16.8                4.6    12.2      8.5
SINCE 7/1       20.1               10.1    10.0       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     5                                   1
DAYS >= 1.0        2                1.5     0.5        3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       13   01/06                           3  01/16
                                                          01/17
                                                          01/18
 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                  MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1307               1078     229     1181
 SINCE 7/1      2806               3001    -195       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    28/350    DATE  01/05
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    41/340    DATE  01/05

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.33
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           18
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          4

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                3     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                3     SLEET                      3
FOG                      13     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      2

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

REMARKS...

JANUARY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR BEING SNOWY...WET...AND COLD. A MAJOR
WINTER STORM IMPACTED TOPEKA EARLY IN THE MONTH. FREEZING DRIZZLE
AND FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPED DURING THE DAY JANUARY 4 THEN
TRANSITIONED TO SLEET SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT JANUARY 5 WITH SNOW
FALLING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAYTIME AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
A FEW ROUNDS OF THUNDERSNOW WERE ALSO OBSERVED. A RECORD 14.1 INCHES
OF SNOW FELL JANUARY 5 INCLUDING A RECORD 0.81 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION. THIS SNOW WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST ONE-DAY TOTAL ON
RECORD FOR TOPEKA AND THE FOURTH MOST SNOW FOR ONE STORM ON RECORD.
NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH DURING THE SNOW LEAD TO NEAR-
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH DRIFTS OF SEVERAL FEET. ANOTHER 2.7 INCHES
OF SNOW FELL FROM THE EVENING OF JANUARY 9 TO THE PREDAWN HOURS OF
JANUARY 10. THE MONTH/S TOTAL OF 16.8 INCHES TIED FOR THE FIFTH-
SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. SNOW COVERED MUCH OF THE GROUND FOR ALL
BUT A FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH. A VERY COLD AIRMASS BUILT IN AROUND
JANUARY 20...WITH A RECORD LOW OF -12 ON JANUARY 21 AND WIND CHILLS
AROUND -10 ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 19 AND THE EVENING OF JANUARY
20 TO THE LATE MORNING OF JANUARY 21 WITH A LOWEST MEASURED WIND
CHILL OF -17. JANUARY 2025 RANKED AS THE EIGHTEENTH-COLDEST JANUARY
ON RECORD. AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN ON THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THE
MONTH...THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS THE FOURTEENTH-WETTEST ON RECORD.

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