The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-01
The Fall Has Been Light in
the Northwest.
LESS THAN AN INCH IN Topeka
Hays City the Only Station Re-
porting No Precipitation.
The Growing Corn VIII Be
Greatly Benefited.

The farmers of Kansas are jubi1ant
today. Good rains have fallen In al
most every section of the state and it
was raining this morning at Topeka
and several other points from which
reports were received. Heavy precipi-
tation is reported from southeastern
Kansas and a downpour of almost a
record breaking character occurred at
Oklahoma Cfty-4.60 ihches.
According to the report covering the
"a hours ending at o'clock this
morning, which was issued from the
local government bureau, Hays City
was the only station not reporting at
least trace of rain. The precipita-
ton in the northwestern portion of
the state was light, according to this
report and Rock Island reports, but
good rains were received in that Sec
ton the previous day.
A soaking rain fell at Emporia-
2.56 inches-and lola and Fort Scott
got 2.22 and 2.56 inches respectively.
The station at Sedan reports 1.S2
inches.
The Santa Fe reports all the way
from quarter to half an inch of rain
between Emporia and Newton. Cow
ernment reports give the figures for
the following stations: Concordia,
.O2; Dodge City, .01; Horton, .2S; Nc
Pherson, is; Macksville, .04; Man
haitian, IA; Wichita, 80.
The weather man missed his guess
for Monday night and today. Fair
weather was predicted
sunny Flora, the local observer,
said today: This is once we are glad
that we have missed. Kansas is now
fairly well watered. There is enough
moisture in the ground to do a while.
This rain will do much more good
in the vicinity Of Topeka than the
precipitation of last week as that rain
was followed by hot weather with
accompanying high wind. This is a
great thing for the corn"
The forecast calls for generally fair
weather to1iebt and Wednesday With
not mucn change in temperature
A light rain began falling early this
morning and at 10 o'clock there was
.07 of an inch of water in the govern
ment gauge. This makes 30 for Mon
day and early today.
Following is the summary of the
weather for June issued from the gov
ernment weather bureau:
June averaged unusually warm and
dry at Topeka, with considerably more
sunshine than usual but no weather
records were broken.
The temperature was above normal
on an average of two days out of three
during the month and in twenty-seven
years they have been only four Junes
when the temperature was above 80
degrees as Otten as IT was this month.
but the cool weather the second week
brought down the average for the
month to within a degree of the nor
NAL. Nine of the past twenty-six Junes
have averaged warmer.
The highest temperature was 80 de-
grees on the 27th-not an unusual tenn
perature for June. The lowest was A
degrees on the Sth which is lower than
the lowest temperature recorded in
eighteen of the past twenty-six Junes.
The total rainfall for the month was
Z, ,38 inches, which is 187 inches below
normal and makes this the tenth
driest June in twenty-seven years
Most of the rain fell on the 4th, eth
the 9Th of the month and the number OF
days with measurable rain was consid-
erably less than the June average.
Temperature Below Normal.
The weather has been pleasant since
1890 this morning when the light rain
came to an end. The temperature has
averaged 3 degrees below normal to-
day. The wind is blowing from the
south at the rate of 10 miles an hour.
At o'clock this afternoon the sky was
half covered by moderately heavy
clouds and Sunny Flora stated that
there is Just a possibility of shower
before night.