CDUS43 KTOP 052135 CLITOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 435 PM CDT TUE MAY 05 2026 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 61 1200 AM 97 1940 73 -12 76 MINIMUM 48 910 AM 32 1944 51 -3 42 AVERAGE 55 62 -7 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.22 2.17 1977 0.16 0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.22 0.78 -0.56 0.31 SINCE MAR 1 7.84 6.84 1.00 4.19 SINCE JAN 1 10.56 9.04 1.52 6.76 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 T 1944 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JAN 1 7.3 11.6 -4.3 25.8 SINCE JUL 1 12.0 17.1 -5.1 29.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 10 5 5 6 MONTH TO DATE 38 28 10 37 SINCE MAR 1 654 943 -289 744 SINCE JUL 1 4050 4786 -736 4569 COOLING TODAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 9 -5 0 SINCE MAR 1 87 36 51 37 SINCE JAN 1 87 36 51 37 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 800 AM LOWEST 36 1200 AM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 98 2023 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 30 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2026...........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT MAY 6 2026...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$