An Alberta clipper will bring lake effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes, with the highest snow totals downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Snow squalls may impact New Year's Eve travel during the evening and overnight hours across parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast. Heavy rain will bring a flash flooding threat for southern California on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Read More >
Statistics for Summer 2012 for Topeka
Summer temperatures were hot again this year for Topeka. The average temperature from June through August was the ninth warmest on record, tying with that of 2010, and just over a degree cooler than 2011. As is typical during a drought, the average high temperature was more extreme than the average low temperature. High temperatures this summer averaged to be the third warmest on record, trailing the Dust Bowl years of 1936 and 1934, while the average low temperature was only the 38th warmest. Twenty-four days saw the mercury reach at least 100 degrees, which ties for the sixth most of any summer. Precipitation was much below normal, with a total of 7.75 inches measured, placing it as the eighteenth lowest total.
|
Rank |
°F |
Year |
|
1 |
84.8 |
1936 |
|
2 |
84.7 |
1934 |
|
3 |
82.0 |
2011 |
|
4 |
81.2 |
1980 |
|
5 (tie) |
81.1 |
1954, 1937 |
|
7 |
81.0 |
1901 |
|
8 |
80.8 |
1913 |
|
9 (tie) |
80.7 |
2010, 2012 |
|
Rank |
°F |
Year |
|
1 |
98.8 |
1936 |
|
2 |
98.1 |
1934 |
|
3 |
94.3 |
2012 |
|
4 |
93.7 |
1980 |
|
5 |
93.4 |
2011 |
|
6 |
93.3 |
1901 |
|
7 |
93.2 |
1954 |
|
8 |
93.1 |
1937 |
|
9 |
92.3 |
1953 |
|
10 |
92.2 |
1913 |
|
Rank |
Number |
Year |
|
1 |
54 |
1936 |
|
2 |
47 |
1934 |
|
3 |
28 |
1935 |
|
4 |
27 |
1954 |
|
5 |
25 |
1937 |
|
6 (tie) |
24 |
1901, 1913, 1980, 2012 |
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