The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-20
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Observer T. g. Jennings Issues His
Report for August


Report for August
The monthly climate and crop service
report as compiled by Weather Observ-
er T. B. Jennings, was issued today and
in it he says: 1.-The first day of the
month was, with few exceptions, the
hottest and, GROWING the week of ex-
treme heat of July, was very severe on
all crops, but rains setting in on the
Sd with slowly falling temperature re-
juvenated all growing crops in the
northwestern, northern and most of the
eastern counties, also in many of the
central southern counties. BY the close
of the first week corn was in prime con-
dition from Chautauqua to Wyandotte,
in Mcpherson, and in the northern,
northwestern and western counties;
upland corn in many of the other cOun-
ties has been badly damaged, while in
Harvey, Stafford, Pratt, Kingman, dar-
per and parts of Reno, Sedgwick and
Sumner the corn as grain crop was
practically ruined. Threshing continu-
ed to show good yields of wheat and
flax. Prairie haying and fall blowing
continued, though in the southeast part
of Kingman the grass was too dry and
prairie fires had become a daily occur
renee.
more general over the state except in
Osborne, Smith and Jewell. and the
temperature much cooler, helping all
growing vegetation, bringing late corn
out remarkably we'll, and putting the
ground in fine condition for blowing,
which was being pushed, but it delayed
threshing and was unfavorable to
wheat in shock and stack in the north
western counties.
The week ending the 21st was unus-
ally cool,the temperature ranging about
degrees below the normal; fine rains
fell over the western counties, while
heavy dews, nightly, were of general
occurrence; much of the damaged corn
filled nicely this week, except in Smith
an he 1niG l1n6 h
ing her shock wheat; corn cutting be-
gan in the southern counties; grapes
and peaches were abundant; haying
and fall plowing continued. The fourth
week was warm, the temperature aver
aging about degrees above the normal
and only traces of rain occurred except
IL at Kansas City, rs at Clay Center,
and so at Atchison: hot winds were
frequent and caused much damage;
corn cutting was rushed to save fod-
der, the corn maturing rapidly under
the hot dry influences, which also dried
out the wheat stacks in the western
counties, fitting them for threshing;
early sown wheat began coming up in
Sedgwick; the western range had con-
tinued and cattle were in fine condition.
The 18th was showery day in the east
half of the state giving fair to good
rains in the central southern counties
and in Greenwood, Lyon, Coffey and
contiguous portions of Usage, and
Franklin. Hot winds prevailed the
1st and Srd, and the last seven days of
the month.
The temperature for the month is
stated as follows:
The mean temperature was above the
normal in the Smoky Hill and Kaw
valleys west of Lawrence, also in Clark,
extending thence E. N. E. through Co.
manche, Barber, Kingman, Sedgwick,
Butler and Greenwood into Coffey and
WOOdson, thence down through Wilson,
Montgomery, Iabette and Cherokee;
over the rest of the state it was below
normal, reaching deficiency of 20 de-
grees in Mcpherson.
PRECIPITATION.
The precipitation was above normal
in the western counties, and through
the southern to Wilson and Labette.
extending from Elk north through
Greenwood, Chase, Marion, Dickinson,
Clay, Washington and Marshall; it was
below normal in the central and north
central counties. and in the eastern
counties, the greatest deficiency being
2.74 at Manhattan, while just west at
Abilene there is an excess of 2.73.
There is an excess of 8 inches and up
wards in the extreme western counties
north of Stanton the greatest excess
being 4,23 at I-akin:
SUMMARY.
The mean temperature was $50 degs
being Oh dogs. below the normal; highest
monthly mean, SIS dogs, at Pratt lowest
monthly mean, ZIG degrees, at Norton;
maximum 100 degrees at Abilene Cum
bingham, Medicine Lodge, Minneapolis
and Salina on the 1st; minimum 45 de-
grees at Goodland on 18th; greatest
monthly range, SO degrees, at Salina;
least monthly range, A degrees, at Cha
mute.
Precipitation lin inches): Average for
the state 3.06, which is 90 below the
normal; greatest monthly $50 at La
kin and Pratt; least monthly 0.56, at
Beloit- Prevailing direction of wind:
South.
DATES.
Thunderstorms: 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, T. g. 9, 10.
49, A. 49, IT, H. Is, q. %. %, g. 20, 80, 81.
Hail: 8, II.
Hazy, or smoky: 20, q, o. %. "a, Is,
Cunningham reports the water in
Panther creek lower at end of the
month than it has been since 1888.
r Beloit reports the least August rain
fall in ten years except in 1894, when it
was 0.10.
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