The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-20
WEATHER OF JULY.
Mr.. Jennings Report Shows More
Heat and Less Rain Than the
N0rp1aI


T. B. Jennings, director of the Kan
sas section of the Climate and Crop
Service of the United States Weather
Bureau today issued his official report
under the direction of Chief Willis L.
Moore for the month of July. 1t con-
tains much valuable information about
the condition of crops throughout the
state and the meteorological conditions.
Following is the report as compiled by
Mr. Jennings:
The first decade was quite hot with
the temperature averaging Z degrees
above the normal, with fair rains ex-
across through the northeastern coun-
ties, and good rains in Mcpherson, the
north central and the southeastern
counties.
second decade, but during the week end
ing the 18th but very little rain fell
except from Cove to Barton, with more
general and better rains in the western
and northern counties on the 18th, 18th
and Goth. High temperature character
lied the rest of the month, with but lit
tie rain except in the central and north
ern counties. Wheat harvest was gen.
orally over by the 10th, except in the
western counties, where it was finish
ed by the 18th. Oats harvest was gen
orally over by the 18th.
In the eastern division corn was taS-
selling as far north as Usage by the 4th;
it continued in fine condition in the
eastern counties till the 18th, but in
the central ana western cOunlleS or the
division it had begun to suffer from the
lack of rain, damaging more or less
the rest of the month from the drouth
and heat except in the southern coun-
ties, Pottawatomie, Riley, Marshall and
Nemaha.
In the middle division corn and other
crops had begun to suffer in some of
the counties from hot winds and drouth
blythe 10th, the damaging conditions ex-
tending through the rest of the month
over the southern and many of the
central counties, where most of the
early corn was ruined as a grain crop.
and pastures and meadows suffered Sc
verely. In the western division the
heat and hot winds damaged forage
crops considerably by the 10th, in spite
of the rains, but the cooler weather
of the succeeding decade repaired most
of the damage and put the crops in a
more f1ouriShing condition and the sec
vested. but during the last decade the
hot, dry weather cured the range grass
in the central and southern counties.
Wheat threshing was pushed during
cred a better yield in quality and
quantity than was anticipated. Fall
blowing began about the 18th.
BY the end of the month corn was
generally in the roasting ear in the CEN
trail counties and was tasseling in the
northern.
SUMMARY.
The mean temperature was S02 de-
Ii
normal; highest monthly mean, S6.6
degrees, at Meade; lowest monthly
mean, 1855 degrees, at Norton; maxi
mum, Ill degrees, at Wallace, on the
on the 18th; grea test monthly range, So
degrees, at Goodland; least monthly
range, SO degrees. at Chanute.
PRECIPITATION.
Average for the state, 3.13, which is
0.6O below the normal; greatest month
ly, 7.1S. at Mcpherson; least monthly,
O.05. at Pratt. Prevailing direction of
wind was from the south.
DATES.
Thundrestorms, LIST, End, 3rd, 4th, 9Th,
18th, goth, 22nd, oath, 25th, 26th, 9th,
2Sth. Halls, LIST, End, Bird, 4th, 2Sth.
Fogs, LIST, 9TH Hot winds, LIST, End, 3rd,
5th, 9Th, 18th, Sth, 9th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd,
oath, 18th, 26th, 9th, 28th, 18th, 3Oth,
31st.
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
The mean temperature was above the
normal at all stations except from Clark
TO Kingman, being IL degrees below at
Englewood and 1.6 degrees below at
Cunningham; it was degrees and over
above normal in the eastern division
except in Chautauqua, Douglas and
Atchison; it was 3 degrees or more
above in Marion and eastward through
Lyon and Coffey to the Missouri line,
extending north ward into Wyandotte;
the excess of 2 degrees extended
through the central cOunJ1eS OF the mid
die division into Trego and Cove in the
western; the excess diminished to O.3
degrees in Norton.
PRECIPITATION
The precipitation was above the nor
NAL in Labette, Montgomery, Elk and
Chautauqua, Mcpherson, Geary, Clay,
Cloud. Washington, Republic, Jewell,
Mitchell. Smith. Norton, Ora m. Cove,
Scott, Kearny, Lane, Hodgeman, Ford,
Edwards, the western half of Trego and
orf Of a n
below the normal over the rest of the
state; the excess amounts to sos in
Montgomery. PSI in Mcpherson and EOS
in Elk. The greatest deficiency is 3.07
at Lebo, with PSI at Lawrence 2.57 at
Emporia, 2.48 at Viroqua and 2.15 at
HaIStead.