The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-29
SNOW IN KANSAS
1t Is Reported Near the West
ern boundary.
There Is Also Rain at Topeka
and Elsewhere.

Snow was falling at Dresden and
Hays City, Kansas. this morning at 7
o'clock. The prediction of the weather
bureau for the state. announces rain and
snow general tonight
The thermometer at the government
weather bureau fell % degrees this
morning between $50 and 10 O'Clock.
At Dodge City and Dresden the ther-
mometers were at freezing and below
early this morning and at Baker, Con-
cOrdia and MacksVille the mercury was
within two degrees of freezing early this
morning.
Today's corn and wheat region bull
letin. issued by Observer Jennings. says:
CLOUDY weather prevails over this
state and the northwest part of Mis-
souri, Rain has fallen all over Kansas
except in the extreme southeast portion,
and it was raining in the southwest and
showing in the northwest portions of the
state this morning, with decided fall
in temperature except in the extreme
/ eastern counties.
Rain or snow has fallen in the Oma-
/ ha Minneap polls, Des Moines and Chi
| cago districts. with lower temperature
in the Omaha and Minneapolis, and
/ higher temperatures in the other dis
/ tricts."
The forecast sent out for Kansas to-
! day is. Rain turning to snow tonight
and Thursday. Colder tonight. High
north winds"
night and at o'clock This morning the
| indications were for more rain. turning
to snow Rains We're recorded as fol-
| lows. up to z o'clock this morning.
1.36; Dresden, 150 in snow and rain;
I Hays City, 1.38 in snow and rain;
/ Macksville, "a; Mcpherson, rs. Man.
haitian SO. Usage ity 10. Sedan %:
Topeka. .04, Toronto, N Wichita. 1872.
The following maximum and mini
mum temperatures were reported for
the a hours ending this morning at Z
O'Clock:
Baker IA. "a; Concordia rs. "a: Dodge
City 20, 90: Dresden rs. IS: Fort Scott
80 Sc; Hays "A, 30; Macksville rs, "a;
Mcpherson 7s 54; Manhattan SO. 3s;
Usage City rs. IS: Sedan IS. 81; Topeka
rs. SO; Toronto "A. 56; Wichita "A, sc.
Cold wea ather was general over the
northwest Tuesday. At Williston the
temperature was down to %, at Prince
Albert L, Moorhead %, Helena p,
Havre %. Calgary 16.
AS usual Medicine Hat is more oI
less responsible for this cold wave OBJ
server Jennings explains it thus: Mon
day there was a barometric trough
from the north to the eastern part OF
the country between the Rocky noun
tains and the coast. It was passing
eastward. The southern end had tbs
most country to cover and could not
travel as fast as the northern end. The
result was that the south end split off
/ Inen a low came IN from the northwest
near Medicine Hat. and the result was
that the temperature fell.
THE cold weather and snow viii not
injure the wheat but tender vegetation
may suffer IT will be safe to cover
anything growing that is liable to be
affected by the cold. Snow may reach
+ Topeka this afternoon or tonight. This
will be hard on the cut worms but il
may not injure fruit at all
Snow and such cold weather on the
29th of April is quite unusual in Kan
sas but snow-has fallen in the state as
late as May T. That happened in 1885
Professor Snow, at Lawrence. reported
a few flakes on that day which was tbs
latest date that snow had fallen in iS
years. At the same time snow fell il
Topeka Dodge City. Maud, Oswego
Yates Center wellington and Salina
At Sherlock Kan. on April a. 1885
four inches of snow was recorded
The wind this morning was northwest
blowing y miles an hour The rain
which fell in Topeka last night and uI
to noon. measured seven hundredths OF
an inch The hourly temperatures re-
corded by the government thermometer
today were as follows