053 CXUS53 KTOP 011429 CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 819 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2015 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2015 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 83 02/24/1930 LOW -25 02/12/1899 HIGHEST 69 02/08 49 20 70 LOWEST 0 02/05 19 -19 -6 AVG. MAXIMUM 38.4 45.0 -6.6 36.9 AVG. MINIMUM 15.5 23.8 -8.3 16.9 MEAN 27.0 34.4 -7.4 26.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 13 5.0 8.0 13 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 21.5 5.5 25 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 1.2 -0.2 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.59 1911 MINIMUM 0.00 1917 TOTALS 0.87 1.32 -0.45 1.29 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.05 -0.02 0.05 DAYS >= .01 8 6.3 1.7 7 DAYS >= .10 5 3.0 2.0 3 DAYS >= .50 0 0.9 -0.9 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.15 01/31 TO 02/01 0.75 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 27.1 1900 TOTALS 6.5 4.5 2.0 15.0 SINCE 7/1 10.3 15.9 -5.6 23.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 3 DAYS >= 1.0 3 1.2 1.8 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 2 02/19 13 02/05 02/18 24 HR TOTAL 1.8 MM 12.9 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1058 857 201 1061 SINCE 7/1 4001 3967 34 4322 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/340 DATE 02/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/310 DATE 02/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 15 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$