CXUS53 KTOP 011441 CLMTOP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 941 AM CDT WED APR 01 2026 ................................... ...THE TOPEKA KS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 03/26/2026 LOW -7 03/04/1978 HIGHEST 96R 03/26 61 35 82 LOWEST 10 03/16 28 -18 21 AVG. MAXIMUM 67.2 57.1 10.1 65.9 AVG. MINIMUM 36.5 34.1 2.4 35.8 MEAN 51.8 45.6 6.2 50.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 0.0 5.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 1.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 11 14.3 -3.3 12 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.44 1973 MINIMUM 0.06 1910 TOTALS 1.26 2.25 -0.99 0.98 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.07 -0.03 0.03 DAYS >= .01 6 8.4 -2.4 4 DAYS >= .10 2 5.0 -3.0 1 DAYS >= .50 1 1.3 -0.3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.61 03/01 TO 03/01 0.92 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 26.2 1912 TOTALS 0.1 1.7 -1.6 1.3 SINCE 7/1 12.0 17.0 -5.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.6 -0.6 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0.1 03/15 1 03/05 24 HR TOTAL 0.1 03/15 TO 03/15 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 437 606 -169 442 SINCE 7/1 3833 4448 -615 MM COOLING TOTAL 37 5 32 10 SINCE 1/1 37 5 32 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/310 DATE 03/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/260 DATE 03/06 56/310 03/15 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.26 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. REMARKS... FREQUENT VERY WARM TO HOT TEMPERATURES WERE THE THEME FOR MARCH. RECORD HIGHS WERE SET OR TIED ON SEVEN DAYS...MARCH 9...10...20...21...25...26...AND 30. THE RECORD HIGHS OF 92 ON MARCH 20...95 ON MARCH 21...AND 96 ON MARCH 26 EACH SET THE RECORD FOR THIS HIGH OF A TEMPERATURE BEING REACHED SO EARLY IN THE YEAR. THE LATTER TWO DAYS ARE THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES ON RECORD IN MARCH...WITH 93 DEGREES ON MARCH 31 OF 1946 AND MARCH 22 OF 1947 HOLDING THE PREVIOUS RECORD. FOUR OF THE HIGHEST SIX TEMPERATURES ON RECORD FOR MARCH WERE MEASURED THIS YEAR. HIGHS REACHED AT LEAST 90 DEGREES ON FIVE DAYS. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF SUCH DAYS MARCH...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1907 WITH THREE. HIGH TEMPERATURES HAD NOT REACHED AT LEAST 90 DEGREES ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN MARCH ON RECORD UNTIL THIS YEAR...AND IT HAPPENED TWICE. THERE WERE SOME COLD PERIODS AT TIMES HOWEVER AND THE MONTH AS A WHOLE PLACED AT THE FIFTH-WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. SOME BRIEF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EVEN FELL ON MARCH 1 AND MARCH 15 BUT ONLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OF SNOW WAS MEASURED ON THE LATTER DAY. FOLLOWING THIS SNOW...LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE TEENS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. $$