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National Weather Service Topeka KS
126 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

KSZ039-242100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          46          74          53          74
Temp                      70 68 57 52 48 47 63 71 74 70 62 59 55 54 64 70 73 71
Dewpt                     48 48 48 47 45 46 53 55 54 54 53 52 52 53 57 60 59 60
RH                        45 49 72 83 89 96 70 57 50 57 72 78 90 96 78 71 62 68
Wind dir                  NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   9  6  4  3  4  5  8 10 10  9  6  5  5  6 11 13 14 13
Wind gust                                                              24 26 24
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.85        0.14
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                                 C  S                 C  L


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          61    77      44    68      45    70      47    65
Temp          64 62 76 69   51 45 64 66   51 47 66 67   52 49 63 60
Dewpt         62 62 61 51   44 41 44 45   44 43 45 45   44 44 46 44
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW     N       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         90    30       5     5      10    20      40    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C                        S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          L  L  C  S                                S

$$
KSZ040-242100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      72          46          74          54          74
Temp                      70 68 57 52 48 48 63 71 74 71 62 59 56 55 64 71 73 72
Dewpt                     49 49 48 47 46 46 53 55 54 54 52 52 51 52 57 59 60 60
RH                        47 51 72 83 93 93 70 57 50 55 70 78 83 90 78 66 64 66
Wind dir                   N NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   9  6  5  4  5  5  8  9 10  8  6  6  6  8 10 13 14 13
Wind gust                                                           20 24 26 24
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.49        0.16
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                                 S  S     S           C  L


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          61    78      44    68      45    69      47    65
Temp          64 63 77 70   53 46 63 66   51 47 66 67   52 49 63 61
Dewpt         61 63 62 52   44 42 45 47   44 43 46 47   44 44 47 45
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW     N       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         90    40      10     5      10    20      40    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C                        S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          L  L  C  C                                S

$$
KSZ054-242100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      74          49          75          55          73
Temp                      72 69 57 53 51 50 63 71 75 71 62 59 57 55 63 69 72 71
Dewpt                     49 49 49 48 46 48 55 57 56 56 55 54 55 55 59 60 61 62
RH                        44 49 75 83 83 93 75 61 52 59 78 83 93100 87 73 68 73
Wind dir                  NE  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  11 10  6  6  8  9 10 12 12 10  9  9  9  9 13 17 17 13
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.11        0.22
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                 C  S              S  C  C


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          61    77      45    70      47    70      49    65
Temp          66 62 74 70   53 46 64 68   53 49 66 67   55 50 62 61
Dewpt         62 62 57 50   44 42 45 46   44 44 46 47   46 46 48 45
PWind dir        SE     W      NW     N      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         60    10       5     0      10    20      40    60
Rain shwrs     L  C  S                        S  S  S    C  C  C  L
Tstms          C  C  S                                   S

$$
KSZ022-242100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          47          74          53          72
Temp                      72 70 57 53 50 48 63 70 73 71 62 58 55 54 63 68 71 70
Dewpt                     43 46 47 46 46 46 51 53 52 53 54 53 52 53 56 58 59 60
RH                        35 42 69 77 86 93 65 55 48 53 75 83 90 96 78 70 66 71
Wind dir                  NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                   9  8  5  4  5  5  6 10 11  9  6  5  5  6 10 13 14 12
Wind gust                                                              24 25 23
Clouds                    CL CL FW CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.32        0.20        0.25
Rain shwrs                                         C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                              S  C  S              S  C  L


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    72      42    68      44    70      47    63
Temp          65 60 69 66   51 44 61 66   50 46 64 67   52 49 60 61
Dewpt         62 60 55 47   42 40 40 43   41 41 43 43   43 45 44 43
PWind dir        SE     W      NW     N      NE    NE       E    NE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         80    30       5     5      20    20      40    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S                     S  S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          L  C  C  S                                S

$$
KSZ020-242100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          48          71          50          68
Temp                      72 71 59 55 51 49 57 67 70 67 60 56 53 51 58 64 68 66
Dewpt                     36 37 43 45 46 46 48 51 51 50 51 51 51 51 53 57 58 58
RH                        27 29 55 69 83 89 72 56 51 54 72 83 93100 83 78 70 75
Wind dir                  NE  E SE SE SE  E SE SE  S  E  E  E NE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                  10 11 11 11 10  8  9 12 12 11  9  9 10 10 13 17 18 14
Wind gust                          21                               24 27 28
Clouds                    CL CL FW CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          60          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.29        0.09        0.38
Rain shwrs                                   S  S  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                           S  C  C                 C  C  C


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          55    66      41    66      43    68      46    59
Temp          62 56 64 62   49 42 59 64   49 44 61 65   52 48 55 57
Dewpt         60 56 52 42   40 38 38 39   39 40 42 42   42 43 43 41
PWind dir        SE    NW      NW     N      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         80    30      10    10      20    20      40    60
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S                     S  S  S    C  C  C  L
Tstms          C  C  S  S                                S

$$
KSZ059-242100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          49          75          56          73
Temp                      72 70 58 54 51 50 63 71 74 73 63 59 58 56 64 70 73 71
Dewpt                     52 51 50 48 46 47 55 57 56 56 54 54 54 55 58 60 61 62
RH                        49 51 75 80 83 89 75 61 53 55 72 83 86 96 81 71 66 73
Wind dir                  NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  11  8  5  5  5  8 10 10 10  9  8  8  9 10 12 13 14 13
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.12        0.21
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                                 C  S  S  S        S  C  L


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          63    79      46    70      47    70      49    64
Temp          66 64 78 71   53 47 64 68   54 49 66 67   55 51 61 61
Dewpt         62 64 62 54   45 42 47 49   46 44 48 50   47 45 48 48
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW     N      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         80    30      10     5      20    30      40    60
Rain shwrs     D  C  S  C                     S  C  C    C  C  C  L
Tstms          L  C  S  C                                S

$$
KSZ012-242100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      69          44          72          52          73
Temp                      67 66 55 50 46 45 60 69 72 70 61 57 54 53 63 70 72 70
Dewpt                     40 41 41 41 40 40 45 47 45 45 46 46 45 46 49 52 51 52
RH                        37 40 59 71 79 82 58 45 38 41 58 67 71 77 60 53 48 53
Wind dir                   N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  10  6  5  5  5  6  9 10 10 10  6  6  8 10 13 17 18 17
Wind gust                                                           24 27 28 27
Clouds                    FW CL FW CL FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.10
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  D
Tstms                                                 S  S     S        S  C  L


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    73      43    66      43    67      44    64
Temp          61 62 72 64   49 45 61 63   48 45 63 64   50 46 62 59
Dewpt         56 58 56 45   38 35 38 38   36 36 38 37   38 38 39 38
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW     N       N    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr        100    50       5    10      10    10      30    40
Rain shwrs     D  D  C  C                                C  C  C  C
Tstms          L  C  C  C

$$