The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-19
Precipitation Measured Two
Inches at Some Points.
Seventeen Days DrOuth Is
Broken in This City.
IT BRINGS COOLER WEATHER
Report Showers All
Along Their Lines.
The Local Rainfall Amounts to
LOG Inches.

The drouth at Topeka, which was
of seventeen days duration, was
broken when at 5:S7 o'clock Friday a
thunder storm that came up rapidly
broke over the city. The storm came
in three sections the last measurable
rain being recorded by the government
instruments at 2:21 o'clock this morn
ing. The total precipitation was LOG
inches.
With the storm came a drop in tenn
perature. Good showers are reported
to have fallen in various sections of
Kansas According to the Rock Island
reports about two inches of rain fell
between Mcfarland and Holton and be-
tween one and two inches between Nc
Farland and Belleville. A light lain
fell between Herington and Caldwell
Hutchinson received heavy downpour.
The Santa Fe reports light showers
along its Kansas lines. There was
heavy shower between Holiday and Po-
mona Ottawa got a good rain ac-
companied by hail Rain was reported
as far west as Garden City. A report
from Leavenworth states that a heavy
shower fell at that point
Came Unexpectedly.
The rain at Topeka began at the
time the business people were return
ing to their respective homes from
work. Straw hats were a cause OF a
great amount of worry, particularly on
the part of the feminine portion of the
homegoerS- Many of them wrapped
their hats in newspapers
The forecast had called for general
ly fair weather and no one was ex-
pecting a downpour; consequently no
umbrellas were carried.
The first shower which was accom-
panied by much thunder began at 5:37
o'clock and continued until sos. The
1f %EA 70 fnd Of
6:24 o'clock, continuing until 1907. The
final and last "spasm' did not come
until 1918 O'Clock this morning. 1t
continued for two hours, netting rs
of an inch of water.
The rain will prove a great thing for
the crops although there was not
enough of it fully to meet the demands
of the thirsty vegetation
The minimum temperature occurred
after midnight when the thermometer
registered 63 degrees. The forecast
calls for fair weather tonight and Sun
day with moderate temperatures.
Temperature Below Normal
The weather is delightfully."- cool to-
day and cool and pleasant conditions
will be the order of things on Sunday
according to sunny Flora, the local
weather man. The temperature is be-
low normal for the second time this
month
The government report on the rain
o'clock this morning, which was not
received from the Kansas City Office
until nearly noon today, shows that
showers were general over Kansas
with the exception of the northern tier
of counties The heaviest rain re-
corded was at Topeka There were
also heavy showers in northwestern
Missouri
The cool weather came across Kan
sas from the northwestern portion of
the state, and it now extends into Ok
1ahoma. Friday the mercury was 100
degrees or above at a half dozen gov
ernment stations in the state. The
mercury touched the los degree point
at Sedan. Other hot weather records
104; lola, 102; Mcpherson. 104, and
Macksville. LOO.
At noon today the wind was blowing
at the rate of six miles an hour from
the northeast The temperature, 81
degrees, was seven degrees lower than
that of Friday at the same hour and
16 degrees lower than at noon on
Thursday.
Mr.. Flora Explains 1t.
In speaking of the failure of the
government forecast to come true Mr..
Flora said today: 1T is admitted that
it is impossible to forecast a local af-
fair of this kind. There was nothing
on the weather map Friday to indi-
cate rain. The air was damp. In the
course of the day it became excessively
heated 1t began to rise and cool air
came in to take its place When air
is cooled it's capacity for holding mois-
ture is decreased and some Of it is
precipitated-"
Following is the report on precipita-
ton from the government stations in
the Kansas district: