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National Weather Service Topeka KS
531 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

KSZ039-212100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
531 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          68          86          65          83
Temp             69 77 86 89 86 76 73 70 68 76 82 85 83 74 70 67 65 74 80 83 79
Dewpt            68 70 71 71 73 73 71 70 68 70 70 70 71 70 68 66 64 66 66 68 69
RH               97 79 61 56 65 90 93100100 82 67 61 67 87 93 97 97 76 62 61 72
Wind dir          S SW  N  E SE  E  E  E NE  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd          1  1  2  3  2  1  1  2  3  4  5  5  4  3  2  3  2  4  6  6  6
Clouds           FW SC FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.01           0           0
Rain shwrs                             C  S                             S  S
Tstms                                  C  S
Obvis            PF
Heat index             91 95 93                   90 88
Max heat               92    96    89          86    91    85          82    87


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          66    88      68    87      68    86      65    88
Temp          70 66 82 84   72 69 83 84   72 68 82 83   70 66 83 85
Dewpt         65 64 71 74   71 68 73 74   72 68 70 71   68 66 68 70
PWind dir         E    SE       E     E       E     N       N    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    10       5    10      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs        C                        C     S
Tstms             C                        C

$$
KSZ040-212100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
531 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      89          68          85          65          83
Temp             68 77 85 88 85 76 72 70 68 76 81 84 83 73 70 67 65 74 79 82 79
Dewpt            67 71 71 72 74 73 71 69 68 71 70 70 72 70 67 65 64 66 67 68 70
RH               97 82 63 59 70 90 97 97100 85 69 63 70 90 90 93 97 76 67 63 74
Wind dir          S SW  N  E NE  N NE  E NE  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          2  1  1  2  1  1  1  3  3  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  2  3  4  4  4
Clouds           FW SC SC B1 B1 FW SC SC SC FW SC FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                             S  S                                   S
Tstms                                  S  S                                   S
Obvis            PF
Heat index             90 95 93                   89
Max heat               92    96    90          86    91    84          82    85


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          66    86      68    86      68    85      65    87
Temp          69 66 80 82   72 68 82 83   71 68 81 83   69 66 83 84
Dewpt         64 64 71 75   70 68 73 75   71 68 71 72   68 66 68 71
PWind dir         E    SE       E     E       E     N       N    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    10       5     5      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  C                        C     S
Tstms          S  C                        C

$$
KSZ054-212100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
531 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          68          89          66          86
Temp             68 79 88 92 89 78 73 70 68 77 84 88 86 75 71 68 66 74 81 85 83
Dewpt            67 69 68 68 69 69 69 68 68 70 70 70 70 69 68 66 65 67 67 68 68
RH               97 72 52 46 52 74 87 93100 79 63 55 59 82 90 93 97 79 63 57 61
Wind dir          S  S  E  E NE NE  E SE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          4  3  3  4  4  5  3  4  5  6  8  8  8  8  5  6  5  8  9  9  8
Clouds           SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                    S        S                          S  S  S  S
Tstms                                  S                          S  S  S  S
Heat index                   94                      91
Max heat               93    98    91          89    94    87          85    89


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          67    91      68    89      68    87      65    90
Temp          71 67 85 88   74 69 84 87   72 68 82 85   70 66 84 88
Dewpt         65 66 71 72   70 68 72 72   71 68 70 69   67 66 68 68
PWind dir         E    SE       E     E       E     N      NE     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW FW B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40     5       5     5      30    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        C                        C  S
Tstms             C                        C  S

$$
KSZ022-212100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
531 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          68          86          66          83
Temp             69 77 87 90 87 77 74 71 68 74 82 85 84 75 72 68 66 72 80 82 81
Dewpt            67 69 70 70 71 71 69 69 68 69 69 69 69 69 68 66 64 66 66 68 68
RH               93 76 57 52 59 82 84 93100 84 65 59 61 82 87 93 93 81 62 63 65
Wind dir         SE  S  E  E SE  E NE  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          1  1  2  3  4  2  1  2  3  5  6  6  6  3  3  4  3  6  8  8  8
Clouds           FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          10           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.03           0           0        0.02
Rain shwrs                    S     S  C                          S  S  S  S
Tstms                         S     S  C                          S  S     S
Obvis            PF
Heat index             92 95 93
Max heat               93    97    90          87    91    86          82    86


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          66    88      68    87      67    85      66    87
Temp          71 66 84 86   74 69 83 85   73 68 82 83   71 67 84 85
Dewpt         65 64 70 73   70 68 72 72   71 68 69 69   67 65 68 69
PWind dir         E    SE       E     E      NE     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40     5       5    10      40    20      10    20
Rain shwrs        C                        C  S  S             S
Tstms             C                        C  S

$$
KSZ020-212100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
531 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          68          86          66          82
Temp             69 77 88 90 85 75 73 70 68 73 82 84 83 74 71 68 66 71 78 81 80
Dewpt            66 67 68 68 69 70 69 67 66 68 67 68 67 67 66 64 64 65 65 66 67
RH               90 71 52 49 59 84 87 90 93 84 61 59 59 79 84 87 93 81 64 60 65
Wind dir          S  S  S NE  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E
Wind spd          4  2  3  6  9  5  4  5  6  9 10  9 10  6  6  6  6  9 11 12 12
Clouds           SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  S  S  S                       C  C  S  S
Tstms                      S  S  S  S  S  S                       S  S     S


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          67    89      68    88      66    86      65    87
Temp          71 67 84 86   73 69 84 84   71 67 81 83   70 66 83 85
Dewpt         65 63 68 70   70 68 69 70   70 66 66 67   66 65 66 68
PWind dir        SE    SE       E     E       E    NE      NE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20     0       5    20      50    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        S                   S    C  C  S          S  S  S
Tstms             S                   S    C  C  S          S  S  S

$$
KSZ059-212100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
531 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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          69          89          65          86
Temp             68 79 88 92 89 77 73 71 69 78 84 87 86 75 71 67 65 75 82 85 82
Dewpt            66 68 66 66 68 69 68 67 67 69 68 68 67 68 67 65 64 65 65 65 65
RH               93 69 48 43 50 76 84 87 93 74 59 53 53 79 87 93 97 71 56 51 56
Wind dir          S  S NE  N  N SE  E SE NE  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  3  4  5  5  6  4  3  4  3  5  6  5  6
Clouds           SC CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                             S
Tstms                                  S
Obvis            PF


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          66    91      68    90      68    90      66    90
Temp          70 66 85 88   73 69 86 87   72 69 84 87   71 66 85 87
Dewpt         63 64 69 70   69 68 71 71   71 68 69 67   67 65 65 65
PWind dir         E    SE       E     E       E     N      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   CL FW SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    10       5     5      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        C                        S  S
Tstms             C                        S  S

$$
KSZ012-212100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
531 AM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date             Fri 08/21/26            Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26
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                      88          66          84          63          80
Temp             68 75 83 86 83 73 71 68 66 73 78 82 81 71 68 65 63 71 76 79 77
Dewpt            65 68 68 69 70 69 68 66 64 67 66 66 66 65 63 62 60 61 61 63 63
RH               90 79 61 57 65 87 90 93 93 81 67 58 60 81 84 90 90 71 60 58 62
Wind dir          S SW  W NW NW  N  N NE  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          3  4  3  3  2  1  1  2  2  3  4  4  4  3  2  2  2  4  5  4  5
Clouds           FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.02        0.02           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S           S  S                             S  S
Tstms                                  S  S


Date          Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26
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          64    83      65    84      66    84      63    85
Temp          68 65 77 80   70 67 79 81   70 66 79 81   68 64 80 82
Dewpt         61 60 67 69   67 65 70 70   68 65 66 65   64 62 64 65
PWind dir        SE    SE       E     E      NW    NW       N    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    20       5    10      30    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        C  S                     C
Tstms             C  S                     C

$$