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National Weather Service Topeka KS
216 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

KSZ039-120900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
216 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Date           09/10/26      Fri 09/11/26            Sat 09/12/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          86          65          88          64
Temp                      67 65 72 81 85 82 72 69 67 66 75 84 88 82 72 70 67 65
Dewpt                     67 65 70 70 68 69 70 69 67 66 71 73 72 73 72 70 67 65
RH                       100100 93 69 57 65 93100100100 87 70 59 74100100100100
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  E NE NE NE NE SE
Wind spd                   1  2  4  6  8  5  4  3  3  2  2  3  4  3  3  3  3  3
Clouds                    FW B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.09        0.19
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S        C  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                      F PF PF
Heat index                                                 90 95 88
Max heat                           85    90                90    96    84


Date           09/13  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          89      68    93      66    81      61    85      65    85
Temp          84 83   73 69 90 87   74 68 78 74   66 64 79 80   71 67 80 79
Dewpt         73 74   70 68 73 74   71 67 70 69   66 64 72 73   70 67 71 70
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S    NE      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         40      10    10      50    70      80    70      50    40
Rain shwrs     C  C                  C  C  L  L    D  D  L  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms          S                     C  C  S  C    C  C  S  S    C  C

$$
KSZ040-120900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
216 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Date           09/10/26      Fri 09/11/26            Sat 09/12/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      63          84          64          88          64
Temp                      67 64 72 79 84 80 71 68 67 66 75 83 87 82 72 70 67 65
Dewpt                     67 64 70 70 69 70 70 68 67 66 72 73 73 74 72 70 67 65
RH                       100100 93 74 61 72 97100100100 90 72 63 77100100100100
Wind dir                   E SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S NE NE SE NE  E  E
Wind spd                   1  2  4  4  5  4  4  3  3  2  3  3  2  2  3  3  3  3
Clouds                    SC B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.14        0.17
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S        C  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF  F PF
Heat index                                                 88 94 88
Max heat                           83    88                91    97


Date           09/13  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          87      68    92      67    81      61    85      65    84
Temp          83 82   73 69 89 86   74 69 78 74   66 64 80 80   71 67 80 78
Dewpt         73 75   70 68 74 75   71 68 71 71   66 64 73 74   69 67 72 71
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      10     5      50    60      80    70      60    40
Rain shwrs     C  C                  C  C  C  L    L  D  L  C    C  L  C  S
Tstms          S                     S  C  S  S    C  C  C       C  C

$$
KSZ054-120900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
216 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Date           09/10/26      Fri 09/11/26            Sat 09/12/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          86          66          89          66
Temp                      66 65 72 79 84 83 73 70 68 67 75 83 87 83 73 71 68 67
Dewpt                     66 65 69 68 66 68 68 68 68 67 71 72 72 73 72 71 68 67
RH                       100100 90 69 55 61 84 93100100 87 70 61 72 97100100100
Wind dir                  SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  E SE NE  S SE  E
Wind spd                   3  3  4  6  8  6  6  5  5  4  4  3  5  4  5  4  4  5
Clouds                    B1 B2 SC FW CL CL FW CL FW SC FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.14        0.13
Rain shwrs                                            C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 C        C  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                      F PF
Heat index                                                 88 94 89
Max heat                           83    88    83          89    96    86


Date           09/13  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          91      70    93      67    85      62    88      65    86
Temp          86 86   75 71 90 88   74 69 81 77   67 65 82 83   72 67 81 81
Dewpt         73 73   70 68 72 72   70 67 70 70   67 65 72 72   69 67 70 69
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S    SE      NE    SE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     5      40    60      70    50      50    40
Rain shwrs     C  S                  S  C  C  L    L  L  C  C    S  C  C  S
Tstms          S                     S  C     C    C  S  S  S    S  C

$$
KSZ022-120900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
216 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Date           09/10/26      Fri 09/11/26            Sat 09/12/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          87          67          86          64
Temp                      67 65 73 83 87 84 75 73 70 68 74 83 86 81 73 70 67 65
Dewpt                     67 65 69 68 65 67 68 67 67 67 70 71 71 72 70 68 67 65
RH                       100100 87 61 48 57 79 81 90 97 87 67 61 74 90 93100100
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  E NE  E NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                   2  3  5  8  9  6  5  4  3  2  3  4  5  6  4  3  3  4
Clouds                    FW SC SC CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.10        0.63
Rain shwrs                                         S  C     S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S  S     S  C  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF
Heat index                                                 88 91 86
Max heat                           87    90    85          89    93


Date           09/13  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          88      70    93      65    77      59    82      64    82
Temp          85 84   76 71 90 87   74 67 75 71   65 62 78 79   71 67 79 78
Dewpt         72 73   69 67 71 72   69 65 67 68   64 62 70 72   68 66 69 69
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SE    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      10    10      60    80      80    60      50    40
Rain shwrs     C  S                  C  L  L  D    L  D  L  S    C  C  C  S
Tstms          S  S                  C  C  S  C    C  S  S       S  S

$$
KSZ020-120900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
216 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Date           09/10/26      Fri 09/11/26            Sat 09/12/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      65          88          68          84          62
Temp                      68 65 73 83 88 86 77 73 70 68 72 80 83 78 70 67 64 64
Dewpt                     67 65 67 65 62 63 64 65 66 66 67 66 66 66 65 64 64 64
RH                        97100 81 55 42 46 64 76 87 93 84 62 57 67 84 90100100
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                   9  9 12 13 14  9 10  9  5  3  6  9 10 10  9  8  8  9
Clouds                    CL SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.03        0.43
Rain shwrs                                         S  S        S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S  S        S  C  C  S  S  S


Date           09/13  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          88      71    93      63    72      57    78      63    80
Temp          82 84   75 72 90 84   71 65 69 66   61 60 72 75   68 66 76 75
Dewpt         70 70   68 66 68 69   67 62 63 64   61 60 67 70   67 64 66 67
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW B1 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    20      70    80      80    50      50    40
Rain shwrs     C             S  S    L  L  D  L    L  D  C       C  C  C  S
Tstms          S                S    C  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
KSZ059-120900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
216 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Date           09/10/26      Fri 09/11/26            Sat 09/12/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          85          64          89          66
Temp                      65 64 72 79 84 81 71 68 66 66 75 83 88 83 74 70 68 67
Dewpt                     65 64 69 68 66 68 68 67 66 66 71 72 71 72 71 70 68 67
RH                       100100 90 69 55 65 90 97100100 87 70 57 70 90100100100
Wind dir                   E SE SE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE  E SE  E  E  E
Wind spd                   1  1  3  3  4  3  3  3  3  3  4  3  3  2  3  2  2  3
Clouds                    B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.16
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S        S  C  C     S  S
Obvis                      F  F PF
Heat index                                                 88 94 89
Max heat                           83    88                90    94    87


Date           09/13  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          90      69    92      69    86      63    89      66    87
Temp          85 85   74 70 89 87   75 70 82 80   67 66 83 84   72 68 82 81
Dewpt         72 72   69 68 72 72   69 68 70 69   67 66 71 71   69 67 69 68
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S     S      NE     S       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       0     0      30    50      60    40      40    40
Rain shwrs     C  S                     C  C  C    C  L  C  S    C  C  C  S
Tstms          S                        S     C    C  S  S  S    S  C  S

$$
KSZ012-120900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
216 AM CDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Date           09/10/26      Fri 09/11/26            Sat 09/12/26            Sun
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      61          84          64          84          61
Temp                      65 62 71 80 84 80 71 69 67 65 73 81 84 78 68 66 63 62
Dewpt                     63 62 66 65 63 64 64 64 64 63 67 67 67 67 64 63 62 61
RH                        93100 84 60 49 58 79 84 90 93 81 63 57 69 87 90 97 97
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W  N NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                   3  4  6  8  9  6  6  6  4  4  3  4  5  5  4  3  3  4
Clouds                    FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.16        0.27
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C  S  S


Date           09/13  Mon 09/14/26  Tue 09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          82      65    90      63    73      57    77      62    79
Temp          78 77   70 66 87 83   70 65 71 67   61 60 73 74   67 64 75 73
Dewpt         69 69   65 63 70 71   66 62 64 65   61 60 67 69   65 62 67 66
PWind dir         E      SE     S      SW    NE      NE     E      NE     E
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW B1 B2 B2   B1 B2 OV B2   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         70      40    20      70    80      80    70      60    50
Rain shwrs     L  C    C        S    L  L  L  D    D  D  L  C    C  L  C  S
Tstms          S  C    C        S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    S  S

$$