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National Weather Service Topeka KS
221 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

KSZ039-170900-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
221 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      69          89          70          91          59
Temp          89 84 75 73 71 70 80 86 88 85 78 75 72 71 80 88 90 85 77 73 65 59
Dewpt         66 65 62 62 63 63 66 67 67 67 65 66 66 66 68 69 69 67 66 64 61 56
RH            47 53 64 68 76 78 62 53 50 55 64 74 81 84 67 54 50 55 69 73 87 90
Wind dir       S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW
Wind spd      16 17 14 10  9 13 25 26 26 26 21 20 14 16 21 23 23 23 21 19 14 12
Wind gust                       39 40 40 40 32 31 26 26 36 37 39 40 35 33 26 24
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          10          30          40          90
QPF 12hr                   0.08           0        0.06        0.01        0.86
Rain shwrs     S  C  S  C  S              S  C  S  S        C  C  L  L  D  D
Tstms          S  C  S  C  S              S  C  S  S        C  C  L  L  D  D
Wind                             Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           05/19  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          69      48    68      48    71      51    76      55    83
Temp          66 67   56 49 66 66   54 50 67 69   56 53 73 74   61 58 79 79
Dewpt         53 49   46 45 46 46   47 48 50 49   50 51 55 55   55 56 60 59
PWind dir         N       N    NE      NE     E       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10       5     5      10    10      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
KSZ040-170900-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
221 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      68          87          70          89          61
Temp          87 83 75 73 71 70 79 84 86 85 78 75 72 71 79 86 88 84 77 74 67 61
Dewpt         67 65 62 63 63 63 66 67 67 67 65 66 67 66 69 70 70 68 65 64 63 58
RH            52 55 64 71 76 78 64 57 53 55 64 74 84 84 72 59 55 59 67 71 87 90
Wind dir       S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW
Wind spd      16 14 11  9  9 11 23 24 24 25 19 18 17 14 19 20 20 20 19 18 14 12
Wind gust                       35 37 37 37             35 35 37 37 35 32 26 23
Clouds        SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30          10          20          30          90
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0        0.05        0.02        0.65
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  C                    S  S  S        C  C  C  C  D  D  S
Tstms          S  S  S  C                    S  S  S        C  C  C  C  D  D  S
Heat index                                                    93
Max heat         92    82          88    91    85          91    94    85


Date           05/19  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          70      49    68      49    71      51    76      55    82
Temp          66 68   56 50 65 66   54 51 67 68   56 53 72 74   60 57 78 79
Dewpt         55 51   47 45 47 47   47 48 50 50   50 51 56 56   55 57 61 61
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      NE     E       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       5    10      20    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     S                                   S  S                   S
Tstms          S                                   S                      S

$$
KSZ054-170900-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
221 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      69          88          70          90          60
Temp          91 86 76 74 71 71 79 86 88 85 77 74 72 72 81 87 89 84 77 72 65 60
Dewpt         64 63 62 62 62 62 66 66 66 66 65 65 66 66 68 68 68 68 66 64 61 56
RH            41 46 62 66 73 73 64 51 48 53 67 74 81 81 65 53 50 59 69 76 87 87
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW
Wind spd      20 19 17 16 19 20 29 29 31 27 23 23 21 21 28 27 28 25 25 23 18 16
Wind gust              26 32 33 41 43 43 39    33    32 42 41 43 39 37 35
Clouds        SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          30          20          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0        0.50
Rain shwrs                                S  C              S  S  C  C  D  D
Tstms                                     S  C              S  S  C  C  D  D
Wind                             Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           05/19  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          70      50    68      50    71      52    76      56    81
Temp          65 68   56 51 64 66   55 52 66 68   57 54 71 73   61 58 78 79
Dewpt         52 49   47 45 45 45   47 48 50 50   52 53 56 56   56 58 61 61
PWind dir         N       N    NE      NE     E       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      10    20      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                                 S  S    S  C  S  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
KSZ022-170900-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
221 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      68          91          69          91          54
Temp          91 87 76 73 72 71 81 88 90 87 79 76 72 71 82 89 90 85 75 67 59 54
Dewpt         62 63 62 62 62 63 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 67 66 66 66 66 61 56 50
RH            38 45 62 68 71 76 58 47 44 48 62 69 79 81 61 47 45 53 74 81 90 86
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W NW NW
Wind spd      16 19 17 12 12 13 25 27 29 27 23 19 14 17 20 21 23 21 21 16 12 12
Wind gust                       37 40 42 37 33          34 35 39 36 36 27 23
Clouds        FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          30          30          50          90
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0        0.09        0.41        1.27
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  S  S           S  C  S  C  S        C  C  D  D  D  D
Tstms          S  C  C  S  S           S  C  S  C  S        C  C  D  D  D  D
Wind                             Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           05/19  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          68      46    66      47    70      50    75      55    81
Temp          62 66   54 48 63 64   53 50 65 68   56 53 71 73   61 58 77 79
Dewpt         48 46   44 44 44 44   46 48 48 48   50 51 54 54   54 56 58 59
PWind dir         N       N    NE      NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    20      10    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                      S          S          S  S  S             S
Tstms                                                       S             S

$$
KSZ020-170900-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
221 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      67          95          66          90          49
Temp          91 89 76 72 71 72 81 90 94 91 78 72 70 67 79 88 85 77 67 60 53 49
Dewpt         59 60 61 62 62 62 64 61 59 62 63 63 65 65 65 61 60 58 59 54 48 45
RH            34 38 60 71 73 71 56 38 31 38 60 73 84 93 62 40 43 52 75 81 83 86
Wind dir       S SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SE  W NW  N  N
Wind spd      11 13 13  9 18 18 29 29 29 28 25 13 12 12 19 20 24 23 23 18 19 19
Wind gust           24    28 29 43 43 44 42 35 24       31 34 36 35 36 29 31 31
Clouds        FW B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          30          50          70          90
QPF 12hr                   0.48        0.03        0.27        0.69        0.63
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S           C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C
Tstms             C  C  S  S           C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C
Wind                             Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           05/19  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          66      44    64      46    68      49    74      54    80
Temp          60 64   52 46 59 62   52 49 63 66   56 52 69 72   60 57 75 77
Dewpt         43 40   41 42 41 39   44 46 45 43   47 51 51 48   52 55 55 53
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW B1 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    20      10    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S             S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                              S        S    S  S  S  S

$$
KSZ059-170900-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
221 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      69          88          71          90          65
Temp          87 84 75 73 71 70 78 83 86 85 77 75 73 73 80 86 89 85 78 75 69 65
Dewpt         65 63 62 63 62 63 66 65 66 66 65 67 66 67 68 69 69 69 66 65 64 61
RH            48 49 64 71 73 78 67 55 51 53 67 76 79 81 67 57 52 59 67 71 84 87
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W
Wind spd      19 17 14 12 17 18 27 25 27 25 20 19 20 21 26 25 24 23 21 21 19 14
Wind gust                       39 36    35             39 35 35 35 34 34 31 25
Clouds        FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10          20          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0        0.26
Rain shwrs                                   S  S                 C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                        S  S                 C  C  L  L  S
Heat index                                                    94
Max heat         91    81          86    90    85          91    94    86


Date           05/19  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          73      52    69      51    71      53    76      57    82
Temp          68 70   58 53 65 67   56 53 67 69   58 54 72 73   61 59 78 79
Dewpt         55 52   48 46 46 47   48 48 50 52   52 53 56 57   57 57 60 62
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      NE     E       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5      10    20      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     C       S  S                S  S    S  C  S
Tstms          S

$$
KSZ012-170900-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
221 PM CDT Sat May 16 2026

Date           05/16/26      Sun 05/17/26            Mon 05/18/26            Tue
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                      66          89          68          89          56
Temp          87 84 73 71 69 70 79 85 87 85 78 75 71 69 78 86 88 83 73 69 62 56
Dewpt         64 67 64 63 63 63 64 65 66 66 63 63 63 64 66 64 64 62 60 58 55 49
RH            46 57 73 76 81 78 60 51 50 53 60 66 76 84 67 48 45 49 64 68 78 77
Wind dir       S SE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W NW
Wind spd      13 10  9 12 10 14 26 27 28 28 23 19 12 14 20 20 23 23 21 18 16 16
Wind gust                       39 40 41 40 33          32 33 35 35 35 31 27 26
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 OV B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          20          50          70          90
QPF 12hr                   0.13           0        0.30        0.20        1.37
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  L  S              S  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D
Tstms          S  C  L  L  S              S  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D
Wind                             Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           05/19  Wed 05/20/26  Thu 05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26
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          66      46    67      46    70      49    75      54    81
Temp          63 64   53 48 63 64   52 49 66 67   55 52 71 73   59 57 78 79
Dewpt         46 41   39 39 40 39   40 42 43 41   43 45 49 48   49 51 54 53
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      NE     E       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5       0     5       5    10      10    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$