Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

The snowfall season in Topeka started rather slowly this year, with only 0.1 inches of snow measured by the end of December 2010. Since then, measurable snows have occurred repeatedly, bringing the seasonal total to 38.6 inches. This places this season's total as the tenth highest amount ever recorded. Records for Topeka date back to 1887.

The seasonal snowfall total for the previous cold season was in the top ten, tying for the seventh highest total. When added to this season's amount, 79.3 inches has fallen in the past two seasons. This is the highest amount ever recorded over consecutive seasons in Topeka

Rank	Two Year Snowfall	Two Year Seasons	Rank	One Year Snowfall	One Year Seasons
1	79.3	2009-11	1	47.9	1911-12
2	77.2	1911-13	2	44.4	1959-60
3	74.1	1958-60	3	43.2	1992-93
4	69.4	1898-00	4	42.9	1978-79
5	66.1	1983-85	5	42.5	1914-15
6	65.7	1977-79	6	41.8	1925-26
7	64.7	1969-71	7	40.7	1970-71
8	64.5	1914-16	7	40.7	2009-10
9	63.1	1959-61	9	39.6	1898-99
10	61.8	1913-15	10	38.6	2010-11

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Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Seasonal Two-Year Snow Record Set for Topeka - NWS Topeka, KS