CXUS53 KTOP 011440 CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 940 AM CDT WED MAY 01 2024 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 04/06/1893 04/25/2012 LOW 10 04/03/1975 HIGHEST 89 04/13 71 18 89 04/14 LOWEST 28 04/05 38 -10 28 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.8 67.0 5.8 71.9 AVG. MINIMUM 46.8 43.9 2.9 42.8 MEAN 59.8 55.5 4.3 57.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 3.8 -2.8 3 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.69 1999 MINIMUM 0.62 1989 TOTALS 4.45 3.81 0.64 1.82 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.13 0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 10 10.0 0.0 6 DAYS >= .10 7 6.7 0.3 4 DAYS >= .50 5 2.8 2.2 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.08 04/25 TO 04/25 0.81 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.0 1926 TOTALS T 0.1 -0.1 T SINCE 7/1 17.8 17.1 0.7 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 199 309 -110 246 SINCE 7/1 3973 4758 -785 MM COOLING TOTAL 50 22 28 25 SINCE 1/1 55 27 28 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 62/340 DATE 04/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 86/320 DATE 04/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.28 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS... THE EARLY PORTIONS OF THE MONTH SAW SEVERAL WINDY DAYS BUT LITTLE RAINFALL. WINDS GUSTED FROM 35 TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF APRIL 6 AND MUCH OF THE DAY APRIL 7...THEN MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF APRIL 11 AND APRIL 16 WITH A PEAK GUST OF 54 MPH ON THE LATTER DAY. ONLY 0.08 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM APRIL 1 TO APRIL 15. THIS WAS THE FIFTH-LOWEST AMOUNT ON RECORD FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. A STORMIER PATTERN DEVELOPED IN THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH WITH OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ACCUMULATING. THIS WAS THE SEVENTH-WETTEST LAST HALF OF THE MONTH. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT OF APRIL 18. LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON APRIL 30 PRODUCED 86 MPH WINDS AT BILLARD AIRPORT AND SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE IN NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CITY. $$