The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-04
Thermometer Is Again Flirting
With 100 Mark.
No Relief in Sight From Hot,
Dry Weather.
DRY RECORD is BROKEN
Even the Year 1887 Not So Dry
as This One.
Damage to Kansas Corn CrOp
Will Reach Millions.

Damage to the extent of a million
dollars is being done to the Kansas
corn crop each day that the weather
continues dry and hot, according to
sunny Flora, the local weather OBJ
server. And the weather is exces-
sively hot and dry. In fact, the rec
ord for lack of precipitation at To-
peka has been broken in the period
from July l to the present date, the
rainfall amounting to but 1.57 inches,
as against 1.SS inches in 1887, the
year that previously claimed the rec
ord.
1t is hot today. At O'Clock this
morning the thermometer reading was
81 degrees as against 81 degrees Sun
day when the maximum temperature
which was recored at o'clock in the
afternoon was 9S degrees. And what is
worse the forecast for the next "A
hours offers no relief. 1t is the same
old story. Fair weather with not much
change in temperature is expected. The
forecast for the week, from Washing
ton, however, indicates that tempera-
lures below normal will prevail SO
here's hoping that there will be a cool
ing off of the atmosphere within the
next day or two. The forecast in ques-
ton does not give assurance of any
thing more than a light shower here
and there over the country; no gen.
eral storm is in sight. The stage OF
the river is 3.6 feet.
The forecast for the week reaus.
THE distribution of pressure over
the North American continent and the
adjacent oceans is such as to Indicate
temperatures below the seasonal aver
age the coming week over the north
ern states, the great central val
leys and the lakes and the eastern
states and near or slightly above the
normal in the gulf states and on the
Pacific coast. No warm wave is prob
able east of the Rocky mountains dur
ing the next week or ten days. The
precipitation during the week will be
generally light and local and there are
no indications at the present time that
a general storm will cross the country
during tho coming week.
There is no evidence of a disturb
ance in the West Indies.''
The southeastern portion of Kansas
is in the best shape at the present
time from the standpoint of moisture
than any section of the state, but at
that rain is needed there. The groun1
is fairly baked in the central and vest
ern portions and there it is that crops
are suffering to the greatest extent. In
the eastern part of Kansas along the
Kaw valley the corn appears to be IN
fair shape considering the drought, but
in the uplands the leaves in some
places are badly fired.
The local weather man said today:
Every day damage is being done the
corn, but to what extent it has suf-
fered it would not be possible to
state. 1t would be safe to make the
statement that a million dollars is be-
ing taken off the value of the corn
crop every day that the hot and dry
weather continues. Some of the corn
has gone up while there is much corn
that could be revived.
There are some stations in Kansas
where no rain was reported in the
month of July and others where there
was but n trace of rain. There are a
large numebr of stations that report
less than a half inch of rain for the
month. A temperature of 116 degrees
was recorded at Farnsworth in the
northwest corner of Lane county on
July 13. This ties the record for the
state. The same temperature was re-
corded at Clay Center and Hugoton in
Stevens county in 1911. This is the
highest temperature ever recorded
east of the Rocky Mountains by a gov
thermometer
Sunday was a hot day in Kansas the
at government stations
ranging from 9S to 1O4 degrees. The tenn
peratureS follow: