The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-31
Drop of Seven Degrees Since
Wednesday Morning.
But the Promised Showers Did
Not Come.
WILL BE COOLER TONIGHT
July One of Worst Months
Kansas Ever Knew.
Heat, DrOuth and Winds Made
This Vale of Sighs.

a lowering of the temperature oc-
CURED early this morning when the
wind shifted from the south to the
southwest and finally to the north
me change came as a decided relief
after a sweltering night. 1t was ac-
cordlng to the schedule of the wealth
er man. However, the showers that
the forecaster allowed the people of
Kansas to believe would come to give
greener hue to the vegetation failed
TO materialize.
The temperature at nine o'clock
TINS morning was 81 degrees. seven
degrees lower than on Wednesday
morning at the same time. It is
somewhat sultry today, but the fore
east gives assurance of cooler weather
tonight in the east portion of the
state.
Rain must come soon or the Kaw
river at Topeka will have to be placed
IN class with the Wakarusa creek
There has been a drop of a tenth of a
foot in the stage of the river since
Wednesday, the stage now being but
ID Ieet Fair weather is the predic-
ton for Kansas tonight and Friday
Just about as disagreeab BILE a com
bination of atmospheric conditions
mas prevailed in Topeka in July as it
would be possible for the weather
man TO deal out The report that will
be issued tonight from the office of
eAAC 4OOc1l N6dlHcr bureau covering the
month shows that this has been the
windiest July on record. July, 1901,
was the only corresponding period
that has been warmer since the rec
ords were first kept, twenty-seven
years ago, and there has been but one
dryer July-that of 1887. There were
more clear days and fewer days with
rain than in any other July.
The summary of the weather will
show the average temperature of the
month as 81 degrees, which is AZ de-
grees above normal and is the highest
monthly average on the local record, !
except July, 1901, when the average
was 81 degrees. No June or August
has ever averaged as warm as the
month just passed
There have been six days during the
month when the temperature reached
the 100 degree mark and 21 days when
1t passed 80 degrees. The highest /
mark reached by the government ther- /
mometers on the Mulvane building was
104 degrees on the 18th, which has been I!
exceeded in but three previous JuIys |
The lowest temperature of the month |
81 degrees on the 21st, was scarcely low I
enough for comfort and there are but I
three JuIys on record when the tenn
perature has not fallen lower than |
this
The months precipitation totaled only /
1.57 inches. which is 3-2S inches below /
normal and makes this the driest July |
in q years, except July, 1887, then there |
was only LOG inches.
The precipitation at Topeka has now |
been deficient during four of the past
five months, making a total deficiency
of SOS inches, over 80 per cent of the /
normal amount since March 1.
since the first of the year the |
monthly amounts have been as fol-
lows: January, O.5O inches, which is I
43 inch below normal; February, !
2-15 inches, which is 1.37 inches above |
normal; March, 1.34 inches, which is
o-s5 inch below normal; April, 2.73 |
inches, which is -01 inch above nor
mai; May, 4.46 inches. which is O.42
inch below normal: June. 3.3S inches,
which is 1.43 inches below normal,
and July, 1-57 inches, which is 32S |
inches below normal. This makes a
total of 1913 inches and a total def
cheney of 5.13 inches since January /
Maximum temperatures in Kansas
on Wednesday ranged from Sc degrees
at Dodge City to 104 degrees at En-
poria, Hanover, Hays, Manhattan, Nc
Emerson and Sedan. Following are
me maximum temperatures at the
government stations