The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-05

Pennsylvania-and the weather In the
east is even more disagreeable than
that in Kansas.
Nothing like this brand of atmos-
pheric conditions has ever been
known in the state this time OF year,
according to Sunny Flora, the local
observer. The period from Nov. 1 TO
the present date has broken all rec
ords for cloudiness. In fact, there has
not been a clear day in Topeka since
the Sunday before Thanksgiving-
twelve days ago. The sun has not
even been seen since last Sunday.
The days are periods of gloom-and
what is worse there Is no relief In
sight. The forecast reads: coca
sional rain tonight and Saturday;
colder west portion Of the state Sat
urday." The shippers forecast indi-
Gates that there will be freezing
weather in the western portion OF the
state Saturday morning, and there Is
a possibility that the cold weather
will work this way by Sunday.
There are expected to be moderate
to brisk shifting winds tonight and
Saturday, becoming northwesterly
Saturday. This indicates that there is
a possibility that the rain will turn
to snow-that is II there is not a
clearing of the sky in the next two or
three days.
An Associated Press dispatch indi-
Gated that wire communication has
been demoralized in portions Of western
Kansas as a result Of the heavy rain
and that a number of bridges have been
washed out. The report:
Swollen streams resulting from
from nearly "a hours of rain have caus-
ed damage in several regions of Mis-
souri, and Kansas, rain fell generally
over Missouri and Kansas last nigat
and was still falling at noon today.
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in western Kansas and a number OF
bridges washed out In Kansas City
this was the thirteenth successive day
without sunshine. Little abatement
was forecasted by the United States
weather observer for either Missouri or
Kansas in the next "a hours
The stage of the Kaw at Topeka was
40 feet this morning as againt 81 feet
Thursday morning. However. at least
q slight rise may be expected as a re-
suit of the precipitation of the last "a
hours which has been heavy in all
parts of the state. according to the rail-
road reports.
Towns along the Rock Island and
Santa Fe, west to the state line and
south into Oklahoma, and some as far
as Texas, report heavy rains and some
have been having heavy rains for a
week or more. The towns in western
Kansas especially report an excessive
amount of moisture. The farmers, in
some places, have been forced to take
the cattle off the wheat fields and put
them in pastures on account OF the
excessive amount of moisture which
has softened the earth. which would
prove dangerous If the cattle were al
lowed to feed on them.
At Topeka there was a steady rain
all Thursday night and today the pre-
cipitation has continued but has been
light. At o'clock Thursday night the
wind attained a velocity of 26 miles an
hours. This afternoon at O'Clock
the wind was blowing at the rate of
16 miles an hour from the east The
roads in the vicinity are in a bad con-
ditlon-there has been practically no
evaporation in the last ten days.
The temperature at Topeka has
been above normal every day for the
last three weeks-all the way from
one to about 25 degrees above normal
In the last few months many wealth
er records have been broken in To-
peka. The hottest and driest summer
In the history of the local weather bu-
reau was experienced. Then came the
wetest fall, and now the record for
cloudy, disagreeable days is broken
In october the mercury crept down to
the lowest point reached in the month
OF October in the last 27 years-2C
degrees. In fact. the month of Octo-
Der was colder than November-and
November was the warmest on record
at Topeka, it should be mentioned.
Sunny" Flora remarked TODAY;
This rain Is one of the finest things
that has happened in Kansas in a Ions
time. 1t is good thing for the wheai
and for fall pastures The Condition
of the wheat in a number Of the coun.
ties OF western Kansas is given by on,
observers as 100 per cent"
Texas Weather Coming This Way.
The temperature today was AZ de.
gfees; that is. there were no variations
in the hourly readings The area nj
low pressure causing the disaereea bIe
weather at Topeka today is central
over Amarillo, Texas, and is movinc
rapidly this way.
The government reports show tho,
the rainfall at Concordia was I1S;
inches up to z o'clock this morning.
1.bS inches at Wichita, and .6S OF
an inch at Dodge City. The melted