The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-22
Heated Term Blown Away by
Wind From North.
After Nineteen Days There
Comes a Life Saver.
BELOW 70 THIS MORNING
Light Rains Over State and
Cool Spell General.
But the DrOuth at Topeka Re-
mains UnbrOken.

Cool weather is at hand. At last the
| effort of the weather man to treat the
people of Kansas to a comfortable
break in the atmospheric conditions
| has brought results. Time after time
| promised pleasant breeZes from the
northwest have been Sidetracked, but
| this time they arrived on schedule time.
The minimum temperature at Topeka at
O'Clock this morning was 67 degrees.
! This is the lowest point reached by the
mercury since Aug. 4, when the min
! imum was &c. A continuance of the
| pleasant weather is the prediction.
For period of seventeen days the
mercury did not go below the rs de-
gree point This constitutes a record
for number of consecutive hot nights.
There is a cool breeze blowing today
from the north, but even at that the
temperature is above normal for this
season of the year. On Aug. %, 1889,
the minimum temperature was 4S de-
greeS. 1t is hard to realize that fall is
almost here.
Those who slept on sleeping porches
Thursday night or out of doors found
it necessary to roll up in additional
blanket. But sleeping was good for the
first time for many a night. A breeze
blew from the north and northeast at
an average rate of between eight and
ten miles an hour.
today than has been the case recently.
They hit a faster pace as they walk
down Kansas avenue.
The cool weather has reached all
sections of the state. At Dresden in
the northwest part there was a drop
in temperature of 46 degrees in 10
hours, the minimum temperature this
morning being 54 degrees. There was
a "A degree drop at Hanover. Wichita
was the warmest city in the state this
morning with a minimum temperature
oe ~ degrees.
Thursday was a hot day in all parts
of Kansas. At Topeka the record far
August 21 was broken by fraction
of a degree, the maximum tempera-
tCre being 101 degrees.
There were scattered howers over
the state, according to the reports re-
ceived at the office of the local wealth
er department for the twenty-four
hours ending at seven o'clock this
morning. Rain fell as follows at gov
ernment stations: Dodge City, .32;
Dresden, .06; Emporia, .01; Fort Scott,
10; lola, 10; Macksville, .06; Manhat-
tan, .02; Sedan, 16; Topeka, trace;
Kansas City, .01.
The Santa Fe reports that there were
showers all the way from Dodge City to
Newton. Showers fell all the way from
Barclay in Usage county to Kansas
City, but they were for the most part
extremely light. Pomona in Franklin
received d comparatively heavy shower.
Spencer was also particularly favored.
1t is reported that a shower fell last
evening at Council Grove.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Hutchinson states that shower fell
at that place. The report reads:
''The long hot spell was broken dur
ing the night anC the long dry spell is
getting a wetting in a drizzle of rain
this morning. There is a good drop
in the temperature and a north wind
will further lower the therm mometer.
During the night the wind came
from the north with slight showers
and the hot weather was gone. This
morning at s O'Clock the heat regis
ters rs, five degrees lower than yes
terday at that hour. 1t is slowly rain
ing and it is cloudy and dark. There
is every appearance of more rains. 1t
has been a long hot and dry season,
but Hutchinson and this portion of the
country has suffered but little. ex-
cepting for the loss of good share of
the corn crop.
preparing the ground for wheat,
getting ready to seed for another large
crop, will keep the farmers busy. A
large area of the ground is already
plowed. The wheat was good here
this season, the yield in Reno county
being larger than year ago and is
much more than three million bushels.
This induces the farmers to start early
plowing and the area is certain to be
large this fall
1HSIS was d SONtIe Hd1ISIOTIn nOTlII
of Joplin, Mo. A report from Joplin
reads:
1.-The lowest temperature recorded
for more than two months was noted
here at o'clock this morning when
cold north Ids drove the mercury
to 6S degrees. 1t is believed here that
a severe hailstorm north of Joplin is
responsible for the sudden drop. A |
slight rain fell during the night ana
heavy clouds overhung the sky
all morning but there was no further
RAINFALL
Maximum temperatures at government
stations for the twenty-four hours end |
ing at O'Clock this morning follow: