Topeka, KS

Kansas · Records since 1887–2026

🌙 56°F Feels like 51°
Currently in Topeka
As of 6:00 PM CST

Records for November 12

🔥 Record High

79°F

November 12, 2005

+22° from 57° normal

❄ Record Low

7°F

November 12, 1911

-27° from 34° normal
🌞 Normal high: 57°F 🌑 Normal low: 34°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Topeka

🔥
114°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 24, 1936
❄
-26°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 23, 1989
🌧
5.61"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 23, 2005
☃
17.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 27, 1900

First & Last Dates — Topeka

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
244 days
Longest growing season
1946
136 days
Shortest growing season
1888
188 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 12

# Temp Date
🏆 79°F November 12, 2005
2 76°F November 12, 1989
3 75°F November 12, 1971
4 75°F November 12, 1944
5 74°F November 12, 2023
6 74°F November 12, 1999
7 73°F November 12, 1954
8 73°F November 12, 1902
9 73°F November 12, 1894
10 72°F November 12, 1987

Top 5 Record Lows — November 12

# Temp Date
🥶 7°F November 12, 1911
2 8°F November 12, 2019
3 9°F November 12, 1986
4 10°F November 12, 1976
5 12°F November 12, 1940
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1887–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Topeka

threshold: 98°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
104°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
50
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1887–2026
58
2026 so far
48
Avg/year 1970–2025
56
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
92
Most in a year (1936)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Topeka

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 6, 1901 – Jul 25, 1901 20 106°F (Jul 22) 103°F 74°F
2 Aug 9, 1936 – Aug 27, 1936 19 113°F (Aug 13) 108°F 79°F
3 Jul 3, 1936 – Jul 20, 1936 18 110°F (Jul 4) 105°F 76°F
4 Jul 9, 1934 – Jul 25, 1934 17 111°F (Jul 15) 106°F 78°F
5 Jul 6, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 15 110°F (Jul 14) 104°F 78°F
6 Aug 20, 2000 – Sep 3, 2000 15 109°F (Sep 2) 103°F 73°F
7 Jul 31, 1934 – Aug 12, 1934 13 112°F (Aug 10) 107°F 80°F
8 Aug 16, 2003 – Aug 27, 2003 12 107°F (Aug 21) 102°F 71°F
9 Jul 23, 1940 – Aug 2, 1940 11 107°F (Jul 25) 104°F 77°F
10 Aug 3, 1913 – Aug 13, 1913 11 105°F (Aug 5) 102°F 76°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

47
2026 total
above-normal nights
40.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
67
Most in a summer
1934

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1887–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1887, annual totals have trended +0.28" per decade, about +3.9" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Topeka is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

188 of 314 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

41.63"
2026 YTD
Normal: 33.92"
+7.71"
1.60"
November so far
November normal: 1.78"
-0.18"
16
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Topeka is 7.71" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 12 – Nov 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
70.9°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 140
+6.5°
vs. average
Normal: 64.3°F (1991–2020)
12.51"
Precipitation
24th-wettest of 140
+2.06"
vs. average
Normal: 10.45" · 120% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 12 – Nov 10

1887–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Aug 12 – Nov 10

1887–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.10" per decade (wetter since 1887)

Warmest Aug 12 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 70.9°F
2 1947 70.8°F
3 1938 70.1°F
4 1963 69.3°F
5 1931 68.8°F
6 1939 68.6°F
7 2024 68.5°F
8 2000 68.1°F
9 1983 68.1°F
10 1954 68.1°F

Coolest Aug 12 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1889 59.2°F
2 1967 59.6°F
3 1890 60.8°F
4 2009 60.9°F
5 1951 61.0°F
6 1888 61.2°F
7 1966 61.2°F
8 1917 61.3°F
9 1996 61.4°F
10 1992 61.4°F

Wettest Aug 12 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2005 23.62"
2 1941 19.75"
3 1977 18.58"
4 1989 18.26"
5 1973 17.84"
6 1985 16.69"
7 2001 16.61"
8 1926 15.63"
9 2016 14.86"
10 1912 14.69"

Driest Aug 12 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1906 2.50"
2 1963 3.02"
3 1939 3.24"
4 1988 3.54"
5 1952 3.57"
6 1899 3.62"
7 2023 3.90"
8 1966 3.93"
9 2020 3.98"
10 1891 4.18"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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