The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
JUNE IN KANSAS.
Weather Observer Jennings Tells All
About It.


The United States department of ag-
riculture, climate and crop service of
the weather bureau Kansas section, Of
fetal report for the month of June. is
sued by Weather Observer T. B. Jen-
nings is as follows:
Three Junes in u years have been
warmer than the current month, viz:
1887, 1890, and 1897; during this time the
warmest June was in 1890 with a tenn
perature of us degrees, and the coolest
was June, 1891, with mean of 70.7 de-
grees. During the same period three
Junes have been Wetter, June, 1891,
1894, and 1895; the largest average pre-
cipitation for the state was 6.23 inches
in June, 1891, the smallest, 1877 inches
in June, 1892. The rainfall this month
was fairly we'll distributed, the amount
OF four inches and over covering nearly
the whole of the eastern division, the
southern half of the middle division
and the eastern third of the western
division; over five inches fell in Grant
county, extending to and through Cove;
hVe inches and Increasing to near
~ 8 in Barber) fell in Clark, and
through the counties eastward into
Harper, extending nOrtheastward into
Mcpherson; over eight inches fell in
COffey, extending east and southeast
to the Missouri line, increasing to nine
inches in the eastern part of Allen and
to nearly ten in Bourbon.
Thunderstorms occurred in the west
ern division on eight days, in the mid
die division on Is days, and in the east
enced in Thomas on the 2Sth, and Goth.
During the first week corn planting,
which had been greatly retarded by the
wet weather of May, in the eastern di-
vision was nearly completed, the late
planting was coming up with a fair
stand; in the middle division it was
growing well and being cultivated.
meat was generally headed in the
eastern and middle divisions and was
heading in the western, was filling well
in the middle, and much of it in bloom
in the eastern, While in ChautauQua it
had begun to ripen; rust, however, had
appeared on the wheat in several cOun-
ties in the eastern half of the state.
During the second week wet weather
retarded corn cultivation and stopped
alfalfa and tame hay cutting; wheat
harvest began in some of the southern
counties, but was also stopped by rains;
rust spread rapidly.
During the third week the rains still
interfered with harvest in the south
ern counties, though it was in progress
south of the kaW river; corn grew
rapidly this week, and had begun to
tassel in the south but cultivation was
much delayed by the rains; early pO-
tatOes were ripe and a good crop; wheat
heading in the northwestern counties.
The fourth week was quite faVOrabIe
for field work and the wheat harvest
and corn cultivation were pushed, much
OF the wheat however had been badly
damaged by rust; corn made fine pro-
gress this week; rust appeared in the
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a good crop; barley and oats headed;
pastures very good. At the close of the
month the wheat harvest was about
over in the eastern division, nearing
completion in the middle and becoming
general in the western; corn was gem
orally in good condition, and much of
it laid by, it was tasseling and sill1ing
in the southern counties; haying was
in progress and a good crop of superior
quality was being realized; oats were
much damaged by rust, while the wheat
yield was very disappointing from the
same cause; the apple crop was rapidly
failing.
SUMMARY.
Temperature Gin degree F.: Mean,
749; departure from normal, 0.9; high
est monthly mean, 73.9 at Pratt; low
est monthly mean, 7O.2, at Colby; max
imum, TO- at Dresden, on 25th minimum,
40 at Colby, on 1st; greatest monthly
range, 81, at Dresden; least monthly
range, %, at MOrantoWn-
Precipitation Gin inches): Average for
state 400; departure from normal, O.54;
greatest monthly. 9.96, at Fort Scott;
least monthly LAB, at Wallace.
Prevailing direction of wind: South
Thunder storms: Daily except 2, II,
20, %, q, IS, %, 80.
Hail, dates of: II, IS, %.
Fog: 10, u. 10, Is, Is, II, 81, q, g.