The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-18
1T IS HOT AGAIN
Mercury Starts for 100 Mark
Again Today.
Showers Saturday Only Gave
Temporary Relief.
PREDICTIONS SOUND GOOD
Weather Forecast Is for Show.
erS and Cooler.
But DrOuth and Heat COndi-
tiOns Little Changed to Date.

Showers that were general in the
eastern and central portions of Kan
sas Saturday evening and Sunday
morning probably have paved the way
for further precipitation in Kansas.
This is indicated by the forecast from
Washington covering this week, which
calls for comparatively cool weather
with frequent showers and thunder
storms in the next few days. The
total amount of rain in Topeka Sat
urday evening and early Sunday
morning was 80 of inch. The
thunder storm which came at six
O'Clock Sunday morning was the
heaviest rain at Topeka since July 19,
when los inches of water fell.
The total precipitation for August
is now 1.3S inches, while the normal
amount of rainfall for the entire
month is APO inches.
The forecast for tonight and Tues
day indicates that there will be gem
orally fair weather in Kansas, al
though there may be thunder show
ers in the eastern portion of the state.
Tonight is expected to be warmer in
western Kansas.
Forecast for the week:
The precipitation during the week
will be local but generally near the
normal. over the great central val
leys, the plains states and the Rocky
quent showers and thunder storms
during the next several days attend
ing the eastward movement of dis
turbance that will prevail the first
port of the week over the Rocky
mountain region.
while the pressure is relatively
low over the West Indies, there are
no distinct evidences of a disturbance
in that region at the present time
Although the recent showers at To-
peka and throughout the surrounding
country fTeshened vegetation and were
of benefit to the corn the question of
water supply for man and beast is just
as serious as ever. The so of all
inch of water that has fallen since Sat
urday evening was quickly absorbed
by the paFched surface soil; there was
no surplus for wells or streams. The
stage of the Kaw river shows a gain
of but a tenth of a foot, and this
is probably due to the fact that there
is now a less rapid rate of evaporation
on account of the somewhat cooler
weather Sunday. Again today the Rock
Island railway hauled a water train of
20 cars to Horton to supply the shops
at that place.
According to the local weather OBJ |
server more damage has been done to
the crops through an excess of hot
weather and sunshine than through |
lack of moisture. There has been but |
one cloudy day in the last 49-July |
%. This constitutes a record for To- |
peka. The temperature at $50 O'Clock |
this morning was 81 degrees, about |
five degrees below the average for the !
last two weeks. The minimum tenn |
perature this morning was ~ degrees |
at $50 o'clock. The night was COM |
paratively cool.
One of the heaviest storms reported |
was at Lawrence. Rain began falling |
at O'Clock Saturday evening and con- |
tinued for two hours. The storm was |
accompanied by wind. hail. and some |
lightning. The total precipitation was |
1 go inches in the city, but it is stated |
that the rain was not SO heaVy south |
of the town
At Cherryvale three-fourthS of an |
inch of rain fell Sunday afternoon. The |
storm was the heaviest for that section |
of the state since May 90 The tenn |
perature dropped 20 degrees in about |
an hour.
More than an inch of rain fell at |
Herington Sunday afternoon. The rain |
was said - be general in the vicinity of |
the town.
In ottawa there was a half inch of |
rain Sunday morning. The rain was |
preceded by high winds, carrying much |
dust.
Manhattan got a good rain measuring
of an inch early Sunday
morning. A report states that although
it is too late to help the corn crop
TO any great extent the moisture will
be of great benefit in freshening pas
lures.
A storm Saturday morning that net
ted a quarter of an inch at Arkansas
CITY and in the surrounding country.
had the effect of causing millions of
chinch bugs to fly out of the fields
They went in a northerly direction.
The Santa Fe reported that there
was a heavy storm between Holiday
and Wilder. and that Dodge City and
Newton were not left out in the dis
tribution of showers.
The government report covering
the 49 hours ending at Z O'Clock this
morning shows that there was scarce
ly anv rain in the northwestern por-
ton CT the state-not enough to do
any good. Hays City got a light
Other stations got rain in the fol-
lowing amounts: Concordia, .29 of an
inch; Dodge City, 80: Fit Scott, .S2;
Horton. .16; Macksville, .03; Manhat-
tan, so; Mcpherson, Is; Sedan, 40;
Kansas City, Mo, .S4, and st. Jo-
seph PA.
It was "cIear as a beI1'' in Hutch
nson territory this morning. accord
ing to an Associated Press report,
daybreak found the skies
covered with clouds. Following yes
-erday, which was cloudy all over and
which brought scattered showers to
he north. south and west and a cool ;
night, today is back nearly where it ,
was last Friday, the temperature be- ;
ng S3 degrees at o'clock this MORN
ng, considerably warmer than Sun
lay at that time. Sunday morning
here was a half inch of rain twelve
niles north of Hutchinson, in Rice
county, and in the afternoon there !
vas a half inch in this county ten
niles west. But there was no rain
all here. 1t has every appearance '