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National Weather Service Topeka KS
601 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

KSZ039-132100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
601 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date             Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26
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                     100          78          98          76          97
Temp             78 86 93 97 96 88 85 80 78 86 94 96 93 84 82 78 76 84 93 96 93
Dewpt            70 72 73 73 74 70 68 67 67 69 71 73 75 72 70 68 68 71 72 72 73
RH               76 63 52 46 49 55 57 65 69 57 47 48 56 67 67 71 76 65 51 46 52
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
Wind spd          9 11 13 13  9  9  8  8  5  8  9 10  6  6  6  8  5  6  9  9  5
Wind gust           25
Clouds           SC FW CL CL FW B1 SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03           0
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S
Heat index          92103108107 93            101106104 90          89101105102
Max heat         83   104   111   104    87   102   107   100    85   101   107


Date          Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          75    90      69    86      68    89      71    91
Temp          81 75 87 84   74 71 82 82   73 70 85 86   76 73 88 88
Dewpt         70 71 75 75   74 71 73 73   71 69 73 73   71 69 72 72
PWind dir        SW     N      NE    NE       E     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         20    20      20    20      10    10      20     5
Rain shwrs        S     S    S  S  S                        S
Tstms             S     S    S  S  S                        S

$$
KSZ040-132100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
601 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date             Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26
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                      99          78          97          77          96
Temp             77 84 91 96 94 89 85 80 78 85 92 95 92 85 82 79 77 83 92 96 93
Dewpt            70 72 74 74 75 73 70 67 67 70 72 74 75 72 70 68 67 71 72 71 73
RH               79 67 58 49 54 59 61 65 69 61 52 51 58 65 67 69 71 67 52 45 52
Wind dir          S  S  S SW  S SE  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
Wind spd          5 11 13 12  9  9  9  8  5  6  9  9  5  6  6  6  5  5  8  9  5
Wind gust           21
Clouds           SC SC CL CL FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S
Heat index          89101107106 97          90100106104 91          88100104101
Max heat              102   111   105    88   101   109   101    84   101   105


Date          Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          76    90      70    84      68    89      71    91
Temp          81 76 87 85   75 71 81 81   73 70 85 86   76 73 88 87
Dewpt         70 70 75 75   74 71 73 72   70 69 72 73   70 68 72 72
PWind dir        SW     N      NE    NE       E    SE       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         20    20      20    20      10    10      20     5
Rain shwrs        S     S       S  S  S                     S
Tstms             S     S       S  S  S                     S

$$
KSZ054-132100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
601 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date             Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26
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                     103          79          99          77          98
Temp             79 88 95101 99 90 86 81 79 87 95 98 95 85 83 79 77 86 95 98 95
Dewpt            68 69 69 69 69 67 66 63 63 67 69 69 70 68 67 64 63 67 68 66 67
RH               69 54 43 36 38 47 51 54 58 52 43 39 45 57 59 60 62 53 42 35 40
Wind dir          S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
Wind spd         14 18 18 18 13 12 11 10  9 12 13 13 10  9 11 11 10 12 13 13 10
Wind gust           29       24    21       23             21 21
Clouds           SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index            101108105               100105102               100
Max heat         83   103   110   102    88   101   107   100    85   101   104


Date          Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          76    93      70    87      69    92      73    94
Temp          82 76 90 88   75 72 83 84   74 70 88 89   77 73 90 90
Dewpt         67 67 72 73   73 72 73 72   71 70 70 69   68 66 69 68
PWind dir         S     N      NE    NE       E     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10    20      20    20      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs              S       C  S          S  S
Tstms                   S       C  S          S  S

$$
KSZ022-132100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
601 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date             Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26
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                     102          77          97          76          97
Temp             80 88 96100 97 89 84 80 77 84 92 95 93 84 82 78 76 84 93 96 94
Dewpt            68 70 70 70 72 70 70 70 69 70 70 71 73 71 70 68 67 69 69 70 71
RH               67 55 43 38 45 54 63 72 76 63 49 46 52 65 67 71 74 61 46 43 47
Wind dir          S SW SW  S  S SE  S SW SE  S SW SW  E SE  S  S  S SW SW  S  S
Wind spd          8 12 13 11 11  6  5  5  4  6  8  8  6  4  4  4  5  6  8  8  5
Wind gust           23
Clouds           B1 CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     30          50          20          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  C              C  C  S  S              S
Tstms                         C  S  C  C              C  S  S  S              S
Heat index          93103108106 94 89       89 98103102 89             98103100
Max heat         84   104   112   104    88    99   106    99    84    99   104


Date          Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          73    88      69    84      68    88      71    91
Temp          80 73 85 83   75 71 81 82   73 70 85 86   76 73 88 87
Dewpt         71 72 74 74   73 71 72 71   70 68 72 72   69 67 71 71
PWind dir        SE     N      NE    NE       E     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    20      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     S  C  S  C       S  S          S  S
Tstms          S  C  S  C       S  S          S  S

$$
KSZ020-132100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
601 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date             Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26
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                     100          74          95          73          96
Temp             78 86 95 99 91 80 76 76 74 81 90 94 89 80 77 75 73 81 90 95 90
Dewpt            67 68 67 68 69 71 69 70 70 70 70 71 73 74 73 71 69 69 69 69 72
RH               69 55 40 37 49 74 79 82 87 69 52 47 59 82 87 87 87 67 50 43 56
Wind dir         SE  S  S  E NE NE NE NE  E SE SW SW  N SE SE  S  S  S  S  S NW
Wind spd          5 11  5  8  9  9  9  8  5  5  6  6  6  5  4  4  4  5  6  8  8
Wind gust        16
Clouds           SC CL CL FW B2 B1 B1 SC B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          50          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.15           0           0           0
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C              S  S  S  S              C
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  C              S  S  S  S              C
Heat index               105 96                96102 98 85             95101 97
Max heat         82   100   105    91          97   103    96          97   103


Date          Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          71    84      67    82      66    87      69    89
Temp          75 71 81 80   72 69 79 80   70 68 82 84   73 70 85 85
Dewpt         74 71 72 73   72 69 69 71   70 68 70 72   70 67 69 71
PWind dir         N    NE      NE     E      SE     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2 B2   SC B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60    30      30    20      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    S  C  S          S  S
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S  C  S          S  S

$$
KSZ059-132100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
601 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date             Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26
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                     100          80         100          79         100
Temp             81 86 94 97 95 89 87 83 80 87 96 99 96 87 85 81 79 86 96 99 95
Dewpt            69 70 72 72 72 69 67 64 63 67 70 70 71 68 66 64 63 66 67 66 67
RH               67 59 49 45 48 52 52 53 56 52 43 39 45 53 53 56 58 51 39 34 40
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
Wind spd         13 17 18 18 12 12 12 12 10 13 13 12  9 11 12 11 10 11 12 12  8
Wind gust           28             23       24          21 24 23 20 21
Clouds           FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Heat index          91102106103 94            103107103                  104
Max heat         85   103   109   100    88   103   109   100    86   102   105


Date          Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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      71    89      69    93      73    95
Temp          84 78 93 90   77 72 85 85   74 71 89 90   78 74 92 91
Dewpt         66 65 69 72   73 72 71 70   70 68 69 68   68 66 67 67
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE    NE       E     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5    10      20    20      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                   S  S  S
Tstms                        S  S  S

$$
KSZ012-132100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
601 AM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

Date             Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26
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                      95          74          94          74          93
Temp             76 84 90 94 92 82 80 77 74 81 88 92 91 81 79 76 74 81 88 93 91
Dewpt            72 72 73 74 77 70 69 69 69 71 72 73 74 72 70 68 67 70 71 71 72
RH               87 67 58 53 62 67 69 76 84 72 59 54 58 74 74 76 79 69 57 49 54
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  E  E SE  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  E
Wind spd          5 10 11  9  6  8  6  5  5  6  8  6  5  5  6  6  5  6  8  6  4
Clouds           B2 FW CL CL FW B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          20          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.19           0
Rain shwrs                       C  S     S  S        C  C  S  S  S  S        S
Tstms                            S  S     S  S        C  S  S  S  S           S
Heat index          90 99105106                95100100                94100 99
Max heat               99   109   101    83    96   104    96          95   101
Heat                    Y  Y  Y


Date          Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          72    85      67    82      66    86      68    87
Temp          77 72 82 80   72 68 78 80   70 67 82 83   73 70 83 84
Dewpt         71 71 73 72   70 68 68 68   67 65 69 70   68 66 70 69
PWind dir        NE     N      NE    NE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2 B2   B1 SC B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40    40      20    10      10    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    S  S                S       S  S
Tstms          S  C  C  C    S  S                S       S  S

$$