The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-13
KANSAS SHIVERS.
Temperature Drops Suddenly
Frem % to so Degrees.
Warmer Weather Promised Al
ter Record Breaking Cold Spell.

IF the Saturday storm had been IN
the Dakotas it would have been biz
card. In Kansas, however 1t was just
a case OF eliminated summertime, or
words to that effect. But it was q
mighty drop in temperature and notice
able, to a large extent. in all parts OF
the state
So the local weather explainer told
of Saturdays cold wave which enVelop77
ed the entire state and ripped local
weather records for the greatest tum-
bic in mercury IN "a hours for fall ana
winter months. Snow, wind and cold
made the day the most disagreeaple
of the present autumn.
Mercury Drops 81 Degrees.
At $50 o'clock Saturday morning the
thermometer at the local weather Of
fee showed a temperature of 6S de-
grees At Z o'clock Sunday morning
the temperature shown was degrees
above zero, a drop of 81 degrees IN "A
hours Thus the record was broken On
November II 1885, a lower temperature
was reached, which is the lowest record
ed for the month, the mercury drop
ping 5 degrees past the zero mark.
Never however has the mercury drop
ned 81 degrees in "a hours during the
winter months. In March in 1904 the
mercury dropped 62 degrees. March is
considered a spring month
The highest velocity attained by the
wind saturday in Topeka was 80 miles
an hour 1t is thought this speed was
exceeded in the western part OF the
state hut reports from that section are
lacking.
Warmer Weather Promised.
After the cold wave, the weather
man gives promise of relief. The
.shaclbone of the cold wave is broken"
he SAYS The barometer has been
steadily falling since Sunday morning
and the WIND is blowing from the south,
both of which are indications thAt
there is warmer weather IN prospect
In fact, the mercury from midnight TO
Z O'Clock this morning rose from the
II TO the 25-degree point and is on the
upward move today.
However. from washington comes the
announcen that this week will be
one of pronounced weather changes
with low temperatures prevailing. Inc
local weather man interprets the
washington dispatch to mean that q
cold wave will be due to strike Topeka
Thursday or Friday. 1t is not likely
to be as severe as the Saturday storm
Cold All Over Kansas.
At Concordia the drop in tempera-
ture was greater than in Topeka, &C
cording to press reports, but the
weather sharks have not yet had off1-
cial notice of the readings At june
ton City the mercury dropped AZ de-
grees in 5 hours, during the earn
morning and day. The storm struck
Salina at 5 o'clock and the high WIND
and low temperature caused loss to
stockmen who were unprepared for II
The storm did not reach southeast
err. Kansas until afternoon, but seemed
to have lost none of it's fury in travel
At independence the drop in tempera-
ture is reported to be SO degrees. II
Chanute the drop was 81 degrees. The
snow did not begin falling there unit
6 O'Clock Saturday morning
In Arkansas City the thermometer
showed a drop in temperature of 80
degrees, and at Parsons the tumble
was SO degrees. Leavenworth reports
a drop of SO degrees, Atchison SO de
erees. Hutchinson p degrees, Garnet
so degrees and Strong City SO degrees