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National Weather Service Topeka KS
736 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

KSZ039-182100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
736 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      92          74          94          74          99
Temp                83 88 90 90 81 78 75 75 86 91 92 92 82 78 76 75 87 94 98 97
Dewpt               72 72 72 72 73 72 72 72 74 73 73 73 73 72 71 71 73 72 71 70
RH                  70 59 56 56 77 82 90 90 68 56 54 54 74 82 85 87 63 49 42 42
Wind dir            SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S
Wind spd             6  4  6  4  3  2  1  1  1  4  4  4  3  3  3  2  4  5  8  6
Clouds              SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index          88 96 98 97 86          94100101101 88          95102106104
Max heat               96   101    97         101   102    99         103   107


Date          Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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          79    95      68    89      66    86      69    89
Temp          83 79 92 91   74 69 85 86   72 67 81 83   72 70 85 86
Dewpt         69 67 66 63   62 61 60 59   61 62 65 65   65 65 67 67
PWind dir        SW     N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       5     5      20    40      20    10
Rain shwrs                                    S  C          S
Tstms                                         S  C          S

$$
KSZ040-182100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
736 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      92          73          94          74          98
Temp                82 88 90 90 82 77 74 74 84 90 92 91 82 77 75 74 86 94 97 95
Dewpt               73 73 72 73 73 73 72 72 75 74 73 73 73 73 71 71 74 73 71 71
RH                  74 61 56 58 74 87 93 93 74 60 54 56 74 87 87 90 68 51 43 46
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S
Wind spd             6  5  6  4  3  2  1  1  1  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  4  5  6  6
Clouds              SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S  S
Tstms                   S  S  S
Heat index          87 96 98 97             91 99101100 88          94102105103
Max heat               97   101    98         101   103    99         103   105


Date          Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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          78    94      68    88      66    84      68    88
Temp          82 78 91 91   74 69 85 85   71 67 80 82   72 69 84 85
Dewpt         70 68 67 64   61 61 59 60   61 62 65 65   65 65 68 67
PWind dir        SW     N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   CL FW SC FW   FW SC B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       5     5      20    40      20    10
Rain shwrs                                    S  C          S
Tstms                                         S  C          S

$$
KSZ054-182100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
736 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      91          73          93          73          98
Temp                81 87 89 89 80 77 74 73 84 90 92 91 81 78 75 73 87 94 97 96
Dewpt               70 71 71 71 72 72 70 70 72 72 72 72 73 72 70 69 71 71 70 68
RH                  69 59 56 56 77 85 87 90 67 56 52 54 77 82 84 87 59 47 42 40
Wind dir            SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S
Wind spd            10  8  8  5  5  6  3  3  2  4  5  5  5  5  5  4  5  6  9  9
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC CL CL SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index             93 95 95             90 97100 99 86          93101104
Max heat               94    98    95          98   102    97         103   105


Date          Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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          78    96      70    90      68    90      70    92
Temp          82 78 94 93   76 71 87 87   73 69 85 87   75 71 87 89
Dewpt         68 66 66 64   62 61 61 61   61 61 64 64   64 63 66 66
PWind dir        SW     N      NE     E       E    SE       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       5     5      30    30      20    10
Rain shwrs                                    C  C          S
Tstms                                         C  C          S

$$
KSZ022-182100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
736 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      92          73          94          74          99
Temp                82 88 92 91 83 78 75 73 86 91 94 93 83 79 76 74 88 93 97 99
Dewpt               70 70 70 69 71 70 70 70 72 71 70 70 70 70 70 69 71 71 68 67
RH                  67 55 49 49 67 76 84 90 63 52 46 47 65 74 82 84 57 49 39 36
Wind dir            SW  S  S  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  4  5  1  2  1  0  0  1  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  4  5  6  4
Clouds              SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index             93 98 96             92 98100 98             94100103104
Max heat               94    98    96          98   102    98         101   105


Date          Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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          79    94      68    89      67    87      69    88
Temp          84 79 91 92   75 69 85 86   73 68 82 85   73 70 85 87
Dewpt         67 65 63 59   60 59 60 58   59 61 64 64   64 64 67 66
PWind dir        SW    NE      NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC B2 SC   SC SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr          5     0       5     5      40    40      20    10
Rain shwrs                                    C  C          S
Tstms                                         C  C          S

$$
KSZ020-182100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
736 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      93          73          95          74         100
Temp                82 88 92 93 83 77 74 73 85 90 94 94 84 79 75 74 86 93 98100
Dewpt               68 68 68 67 68 68 68 69 69 68 67 66 68 68 68 68 69 68 66 64
RH                  63 52 46 43 61 74 82 87 59 49 41 40 59 69 79 82 57 44 35 31
Wind dir            SW SE  E SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             5  3  3  5  4  3  2  1  3  6  8  9  6  5  5  5  5  6  9  8
Clouds              FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index                                        99                     103
Max heat               92    97    96          96   100    96          98   104


Date          Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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          78    93      68    88      66    87      66    87
Temp          83 78 90 91   74 69 84 86   72 67 81 84   72 67 83 85
Dewpt         64 62 59 56   56 58 57 57   58 61 64 64   64 64 66 66
PWind dir        SW    NE      NE     E       E    SE       E     E
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B2 SC   FW B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    10      50    30      20    10
Rain shwrs                                    C  C       S  S
Tstms                                         C  C       S  S

$$
KSZ059-182100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
736 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      90          73          93          74          97
Temp                82 86 89 87 79 77 75 74 83 89 91 91 81 78 76 74 86 93 96 94
Dewpt               71 71 72 72 73 72 72 71 72 72 72 73 73 72 71 70 72 72 71 73
RH                  69 61 57 61 82 85 90 90 70 57 54 56 77 82 85 87 63 51 45 51
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW  S  S SW  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
Wind spd            11 11 10  8  5  5  3  3  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  4  5  6  9  8
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index             92 96 95             89 96100 99 86          92101104104
Max heat               94    98    93          97   102    97         101   105


Date          Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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          77    98      70    90      67    89      71    92
Temp          82 77 95 93   77 71 87 87   72 68 84 87   75 72 88 89
Dewpt         69 67 66 65   62 61 60 60   61 61 64 65   64 64 66 67
PWind dir        SW     N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5     0      10    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                                       S          S
Tstms                                            S          S

$$
KSZ012-182100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
736 AM CDT Sat Jul 18 2026

Date             Sat 07/18/26            Sun 07/19/26            Mon 07/20/26
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                      91          73          92          73          97
Temp                82 88 90 90 80 77 74 73 84 89 91 90 81 77 75 74 86 93 97 95
Dewpt               69 69 69 70 69 68 68 68 72 71 70 70 69 68 68 68 71 70 70 72
RH                  65 54 50 52 69 74 82 84 67 56 50 52 67 74 79 82 61 47 42 48
Wind dir            SW  S SW SW  S  S  S  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  S  S
Wind spd             6  4  5  2  1  2  1  1  2  4  4  4  3  3  4  4  5  6  8  6
Clouds              SC SC B1 FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs              S  S
Tstms                   S  S
Heat index                95 96             90 95 97 96             91 99103104
Max heat               92    97    95          95    99    95         100   105


Date          Tue 07/21/26  Wed 07/22/26  Thu 07/23/26  Fri 07/24/26
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          77    90      65    85      64    81      65    84
Temp          81 77 87 87   71 66 81 82   69 65 76 79   69 67 80 82
Dewpt         65 63 61 58   55 55 55 54   55 57 61 62   60 60 64 64
PWind dir        SW     N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     E
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B2 B2   SC SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     0      40    40      20    10
Rain shwrs                                    C  C       S  S
Tstms                                         C  C       S  S

$$