The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-26
.BLASTOFF SAHARA
TOpekans Suffered From a
SirOcc0 of the Desert.
Hot Wind Withered Vegetation
and Made Life Miserable.
MAKES NEW RECORD
Mercury Reaches the 1O6 Mark
in Early Evening.
Cooler Today and a Sprinkle of
Rain Falls.
MAKES NEW RECORD

After a sizzling Sunday which was
characterized by a real old fashioned
oppressive, dust-1aden, hot wind that
sent the mercury soaring up to the
106 degree point and thus broke all
June records for heat for a second
time this season and came within
three-tenths of a. degree of attaining
to the highest point ever reached in
Topeka. relief is in sight. There was a
sprinkle of rain this morning, but only
a sprinkle At o'clock there was a
light shower but not enough to meas
ure.
The only thing that Topekans are
regretting is that after SWelter1ng as
a consequence of the intense heat they
haven't the satisfaction of being able
to say that the temperature OF 1865,
recorded on July "a. 1904. was ex-
ceeded, but then the June record Iof
a quarter of century was broken Tor
the second time this month and that
is something to talk about
The hot wind which felt as though
it certainly must have come direct
from a fiery furnace was blowing
Sunday at an average pace OF 20 miles
an hour from the south. and the corn
which has up to this time in shawnee
county withstood the balmy atmos-
shape. had its blades curled up by the
sirocco-like blast in cruel manner
For the entire day the average tenn
nerat11re was is degrees above the
normal temperature for the month eL
June. and all day long the people OF
Toneka hunted the cool spots which
were nil, unless it were under snow
II was so hot that there was lit
+Ie stirring about on the streets, ana
viii, the exception of the evening
bours the soda water fountains failed
to do the usual amount or business;
There was a large crowd at Vinewood
park in the evening, and the city PARKS
we're popular lounging places unui
late hour
Night Was TOrrid.
The highest temperature recorded
1O6 degrees=was at O'Clock. l5y
midnight the mercury had slipped
back only to the 80 degree mark and
all Topeka was suffering from the neat
the effort to- get-sTellef from the
Sfidino atmospheric condition beds
were pulled out in front of doors, made
I'D on floors, and even out OF uooTS-
An early riser reported that there We're
feet innumerable projected from Win
The most unbearable portion of the
night was between 3 and $3.50 O'Clock,
when there was almost DEAD CAIN
and the wind was in the process or
The temperature was then about SO
degrees, and it took 20 minutes 1or tne
wind to blow one mile.
Relief came after the change in
wind direction and by 4:30 O'Clock the
mercury had dropped to II degrees.
and by o'clock this morning it had
slipped down another two degrees.
Although the sultriness was not so
noticeable Saturday night record for
nocturnal heat was almost broken on
that occasion. The lowest temperature
for the night was S1.5 degrees The
one exception when the lowest mark
recorded was higher was on the night
of July II, 1901, when the thermom-
eter did not register lower than SIS
degrees.
ssFair and cooler is the prediction
of the local weather man for tonight
and tomorrow.
The lowest temperature reported
from any part of the state was from
KinsIey. with 101 The temperatures
stood well above the 100 mark
for more than seven hours. Street
Thermometers in Manhattan are re-
ported as registering as high as 123.
A light rain in several sections failed
to bring relief.
There was not cloud in the sky to
bring relief. The glare Of the sun on
the sidewalks made it almost unbear-