The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-11
Never Cooler Than 50 Last
Night.
No Immediate Relief in Sight
for Heat.
TODAY is ANOTHER TODAY
The Eighth Consecutive Day OF
Suffering.
Rain Predicted for Last of the
Week.

Last night was the hottest night on
record at Topeka. The coolest tenn
perature during the night was 81 at b
a. m 1t was 81 at p. IN. and stald
above 80 till midnight. The mercury
again reached the 100 degree point to-
dav and this for the eighth consecu-
time time in as many days This eX-
ceeds the August record for 100 de-
gree temperature by five days. And
what is more the record Tor numpeI
of hot nights in succession in the last
27 wears or since the records have
l>een kept at Topeka have been smash
ed For seven nights the minimum
temperature has not been below 10
degrees.
But one week has been hotter than
the week ending today-the week end
ing July %, 1901, when the average
temperature was 80 degrees as against
80 degrees the last week.
The weather man says there is no
relief scheduled from the heat Cen
orally fair weather with not much
atmospheric conditions slated. The
forecast for the week promises show
ers by the end of the week.
Although there were clouds last
night in the west and northwest
brilliant electrical display and an Oc-
casional grumbling of thunder in the
distance, Topeka failed to receive the
thunder storm that was halfway eX-
pected.
over at St Joseph a shower that
netted one-fifth of an inch fell, result
ing the cooling of the atmosphere to
an appreciable degree, but doing little
benefit to crops. Horton got % of an
inch and Macksville in south central
Kansas .SS. A report from Marysville
is to the effect that there was a light
shower at that point.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Wichita received today reads:
Predictions for rain in south CEN
trail Kansas Sunday failed and the
temperature again reached 102. Today
dawned clear and hot with indications
of the temperature of 100 degrees or
over
Sunday night was the hottest night
of the year at Hutchinson.
The Santa F'e reports good showers
in the north central portion of the
state. Three-quarters of an inch of
rain fell at Minneapolis in Ottawa cOun-
ty, according to the statement made
and a light shower at Manchester.
Heavy showers are reported between
Kinsley and Macksville.
Sunny Flora, the local observer in
commenting today upon the failure of
the forecaSter at Washington to pro-
duce thunder storm at Topeka said:
signs that ordinarily produce rain
will fail in dry and hot weather. There
was some thunder last night but no
rain here
The almost suffocating heat Sunday
night resulted in hundreds of Topekans
complaining today of that tired feel
ing" Fortunately about midnight
there was breeze blowing from the
southwest at the rate of 15 miles an
hour. that gave slight relief. The tenn
perature at Z o'clock last night was
9I.4 degrees and as previously mem
toned the minimum temperature at
o'clock this morning was S2.1 degrees.
temperature SIS degrees recorded on
July II, 1901. The lowest temperature
last Friday night, it will be remember
ed, was S1.3 degrees. This broke the
previous August record.
Heavy rains are reported from the
northern central states-and the lake
region.
The heaviest rain reported was at
Williston. =. D.. where IA inches was
recorded. In Chicago, .6S of an inch
fell. and about an equal amount was
reported throughout the state of Wis
consin, Indiana and Ohio.
Kansas City. Mo. had .O1 of an inch.
Omaha only a little relief from the
heat. Sioux City. Iowa, reported IA
of an inch; Davenport had 80 and Des
Moines IA.
Following is the forecast for the
week; Temperatures below normal IRE
promised for this week only to the
northwestern states and the Pacific
slope.
The distribution of atmospheric
pressure over the American continent
and the adjacent oceans" said the
weather bureaus weekly bulletin to-
day. lis such as to indicate temperatures
below norman during the week in the
northwestern states and the Pacific
slope; high temperatures in the firs:
half of the week i'm the southern plains
states and the lower Mississippi valley,
followed by lower temperatures in
these regions Thursday or Friday:
warm weather during the week i'll the
gulf and South Atlantic states: mod
crate temperature the first half week
in the region of the Great Lakes. the
upper Ohio -alley and the middle At
lantic and New England states will be
followed by warmer in these regions
after Wednesday.
I'm the regions of drouth the mid
ole Mississippi valley and the middle
and southern plains states, tempera-
lures will continue high during the
first half of the week. while during the
latter half of the week the weather in
these districts will be cooler, with
probability of well distributed showers
The precipitation during the week will
be fairly well distributed"
The northwestern portion of the
state is the only section of Kansas that
has received any relief from the heat.
At Dresden the maximum tempera-
ture or Sunday was but 80 degrees.
Mcpherson was the hottest point
among the government stations that
reported this morning. Following is
a list of the maximum temperatures
at government stations:
Dodge Cfty.................10 100 degrees
Dresden ...---.---..-....-.. 30 degrees
Emporfa ----.-----.---------1c -1c4 degrees
Fort Scott. -lO2 degrees
Hays -..----------.-.-------1W degrees
Horton ........-....-.-.--.104 degrees