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Excessive Heat Continues in the Western and Southern U.S. Through the Independence Day Holiday

Excessive heat with potential records will continue to impact much of the West through Independence Day and into next week. Triple digit high temperatures are expected this weekend in parts of the Pacific Northwest. Dangerous heat will persist this week in the Southern Plains, Gulf Coast, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic. Heat index values will approach or exceed 110 degrees at times. Read More >

Topeka Climate Records List

 

 Top 5 Maximum High Temperatures
 114 degrees  July 24, 1936
 113 degrees  August 14, 1936
 113 degrees  August 13, 1936
 112 degrees

 August 2, 2011

 112 degrees  August 15, 1936
 112 degrees  August 10, 1934

 

 Top 5 Minimum Low Temperatures
 -26 degrees  December 23, 1989
 -25 degrees  February 12, 1899
 -23 degrees  February 1, 1979
 -23 degrees  January 19, 1892
 -22 degrees  December 22, 1989
 -22 degrees  February 13, 1905

 

 Top 5 Highest Annual Precipitation

 Top 5 Lowest Annual Precipitation
 60.89" in 1973  19.07" in 1963
 50.64" in 1967  19.30" in 1966
 49.39" in 2015  19.39" in 1988
 48.75" in 2019  19.43" in 1937
 48.71" in 1977  20.75" in 1976

 

 Top 5 Highest Daily Precipitation
 5.61"  September 23, 2005
 5.23"  March 15, 1919
 5.10"  May 6, 2007
 4.92"  August 10, 1921
 4.66"  November 15, 1964

                                   

 Top 5 Highest October through May Snowfall

 Top 5 Lowest October through May Snowfall
 47.9" in 1911 - 1912  3.1" in 2011 - 2012
 44.4" in 1959 - 1960  3.6" in 1916 - 1917
 43.2" in 1992 - 1993

 4.5" in 1922 - 1923

 42.9" in 1978 - 1979  4.7" in 1965 - 1966
 42.5" in 1914 - 1915  4.9" in 2015 - 2016

 

 Top 5 Highest Daily Snowfall
 17.3"  February 27, 1900
 15.2"  January 9, 1993
 12.9"  February 4, 2014
 11.3"  January 9, 1985
 11.3"  February 21, 1971

                          

 Consecutive Days With...
High Temperatures of 100 degrees or more      19 (twice)  1936 ( 8/9 - 8/27 )  and 1901 ( 7/7 - 7/25 )
Low Temperatures of 32 degrees or less   85  1977 / 78  ( 12/18 - 3/12 )
Low Temperatures of  0 degrees or less   14  1973 / 74  ( 12/30 - 1/12 )
 Measurable Precipitation   14  1903  ( 5/21 - 6/3 )
 Measurable Snowfall     6 (twice)  1940 ( 12/11 - 12/16 ) and 1926 ( 3/28 - 4/2 )
 No Measurable Precip.   49  1923 ( 12/8 - 1/25 )