The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-09
YEAR OF '9s WAS WET.
II Only 2 Years in 81 Has There
Been More Snow in Kansas

Lawrence, Kan. Jan 9.-ChanceIIor
Snow today completed his meteorological
summary for SO, in which he says:
The year 1898 was wet, clear and
calm 1t had the wettest January, the
cIeareSt August and the ealmest March,
April and June, on our 81 years rec
ord Only two years in that time have
had more snow, only three have had
more rain and only seven have been
clearer. No other year has had 50 low
a run Of wind. The mean temperature
OF the year was normal, the months of
January, February, March, June, Aug
ust and September being warmer than
usual and the remaining months cooler
than usual The rainfall, including
nual average. For the months of June,
July, August, November and December
the precipitation was below the aver
age; for each of the remaining months
1t was considerably above the average.
The entire depth of snow was more
than Il inches above the annual aver
age The first snowfall OF the autumn,
on October II, is the earliest on our rec
ord and exceeds in amount the entire
depth Of snow of the 80 preceding Octo-
bers-
The maximum barometer for the
year is the highest on record The
mean barometer was normal The mean
relative humidity for the year was con-
siderably above the average
TEMPERATURE ABOVE MEAN
Mean Temperature of the year, So 81
degrees, WHICH Is u x degrees ABOVE TIE
mean Of our 80 years record The high
est temperature was 97.5 degrees, on
July 19; the lowest was degrees below
zero, on December IA. giving a range Of
9s.5 degrees Mean at a. m, 4S-73 de-
grees; at p. H., 61-14 degrees; at p.
m. $3.50.
Mean temperature Of the winter
months, 31-51 degrees, which is 1-ss de-
grees above the average winter tenn
perature; of the spring. 1888 degrees,
which is 0-10 degrees below the aver
age; of the summer, 1914 degrees, which
is LOT degrees above the average; of the
autumn. So 20 degrees, which is O.O1 de-
gree above the average The warmest
month of the year was July. with a
mean temperature of 1920 degrees; the
WarmeSt week was July Y to %, mean
$40 degrees; the warmest day was
July "A. mean "a 625 degrees The mer-
curry reached or exceeded 80 degrees on
numberJ- OF these thirty-three hot
days, five were in June, twelve in July,
twelve in August and four in Septem-
Der. The coolest month was December,
with a mean temperature Of 2724 de-
grees; the coolest week was December
s to Is, mean 1851 degrees; the coolest
day was December 13, mean 6.37 degrees
The last boar frost Of spring was on
May 6; the first boar frost Of autumn
was on October Is, giving an interval
of $50 days entirely without frost The
average interval is 153 days.
The last black frost of spring was on
April Z; the first black frost of autumn
was on October 10, giving an interval
Of 1e5 days without severe frost The
average interval is 202 days
RAIN AND SNOW
The entire rainfall, including melted
snow, WaS 1913 inches, which is Z IS in
cheS above the annual average Either
rain or snow. or both, in measurable
quantities, fell on log days, more than
the average In Is other days rain or
snow fell in quantities too small for
measurement The heaviest rain of the
year was PIG inches on September IL
and II. The number of thunder showers
was 43, which is II more than the aver
age number
The entire depth OF Stow was 2z.75