The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
BREAKS RECORDS The WIFE'S WORD
Fair Weather in Topeka for
November and December.
More Sunshine and Even Tenn.
peratures Than &c Years.

All records in Topeka have been
/ broken in the last two months for
! sunshine and mild and even tempera-
| lures for corresponding period. At
least that is true in the twenty-SiX
years that the government records
have been kept. This fact was brought
out in the summary of the weather for
the month issued from the office OF
the local bureau today.
The summary for the year 1912,
also issued today. reveals some inter
esting items. The report shows that
the record was broken for the amount
of snowfall-45.4 inches, and that the
year was particularly noted also for
| its large number of clear days and
excessive amount of wind.
December was with the possible ex-
ceptions of December 1894 and 1905
the most pleasant like period in 26
yearS
Taking the two months of NoveIn-
Der and December together" reads the
report. the record shows that the
amount of sunshine and mild. even
temperatures Topeka has enjoyed
breaks all previous records for Nov
en1ber and December comb lned and
that, in addition to this, there have
been the fewest number of days with
rain or snow during these two months
that have been recorded at Topeka
during the two closing months of any
year.
cember was SO degrees. which is de-
Srees above normal and makes it the
eighth warnest December in &c years.
The highest temperature was 60 de-
greoS on the 2Sth and the lowest II
degrees on the 18th. Most previous
years have experienced higher tenn
peratures than so on some day during
Decem Der, but only two have passed
without the temperature falling lower
on some day of the month than it did
this December.
1T is the second December on rec
ord when the temperature rose above
freezing every day, yet.only eight pre-
FiouS Decembers have had more
nights when the temperature fell be-
low 81 degrees.
THE total precipitation of the
month was but 0.22 of an inch which
is 056 of an inch below normal and
practically all of this fell on the fir
day of the month as rain. But 5
previous DEFENDERS have had less
precipita ton and only others have
passed without measure BILE snowfall.
Accompanying this deficiency in
precipitation there was an unusual
amount OF sunshine: Is days of the
month We're clear. partly cloudy and
4 we're cloudy. Decent Der, 1894. with
~ clear days, is the only one having
more clear days than this month and
no other December on record has had
Il fewer number of cloudy days.
The average velocity of the wind.
II miles per hour. was the highest on
record for December, but there were
no unusually windy days during the
month.
THE year 1912" reads the annual re-
port. was exceptionally favorable at
Topeka as far as weather conditions
/ were concerned. as shown by a prelim-
mary summary of weather conditions
issued at the local office of t, c weather
bureau.
1T began with nearly months of
the most severe W'inte; weather ever
recorded at Topeka, but ended with 2
months of the most pleasant weather
on record for the ending of any year.
The summary goes OF to show that
one of the most favorable features of
| the years weather was that in spite
| of the severe weather that lasted I'M
| til past the middle of hMarch the
weather warmed up steadily and there
was no killing frost or freezing weather
after the 18th of that month. Spring
began with the ground thoroughly
soaked from the melting of the UMPIRE
cedented snowfall and though the
months extending from March to Sep
TENDER. inclusive, veraged. with 4 ex-
Ceptions the driest for that period of
the year on record, the rains that fell
were timely and suhiced for almost all
needs until near the close of August
THE average temperature for the
year was 531 which is a fraction of a
perature during the year was 101 on
August 2Sth and the lowest was 10 be-
low on January 18TH. Higher tempera-
lures than the highest of. this year have
occurred at Topeka in 9 previous sum-
mers and thee have been 4 years with
lower Temperatures than the lowest
rea cEed in 1912.
Daring the year there We're 119
days when the temperature fell below
freezing. IL when it was below zero and
80 days when the temperature failed to
rise above 81 at any time during the
day.
The total precipitation for the year
was 81 80 inches which is 100 inches be-
low normal. Eleven of the past 26
years have had less precipitation at
Topeka.
This years snowfall totalled 45.4
inches which is the grea test on record
at Topeka. The average wind velocity
10 miles an hour. was with the excep-
ton of that of 1911, the greatest on
record also
During the year 1855 days were clear
141 partly cloudy ard 80 were cloudy.
But 4 other years have had more clear
days and only 1924 had fewer cloudy
days"