The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-01
Was 5 Degrees Warmer on
Average Than Any August.
It's Heat Record EXcelled Only
by September, 1901.
THIS is HOTTEST SEPT. |
Ill Kansas in Grip of Fierce
Heat.
Forecast Promises Relief by
Middle of Week.

This is the hottest September day
| ever recorded in Topeka with one eX-
! ception-that of September ID, 1898,
| when the mercury mounted to 1888
| degrees The minimum temperature
this morning at o'clock was the
| highest September minimum on the
! local records which cover period OF
| 27 years. The mercury began soaring
| IA pidly and was soon in proximity TO
| the century mark. The previous high
mark for September l was SO degrees
in 1912 The minimum temperature
! this morning was higher than the
average temperature Tor the mohth
| of July in the last 81 years
The weather forecaSter offers some
relief from the intense heat tonlSht
| and Tuesday. He predicts that there
will be brisk southwest to west W1nds,
which means a velocity of at least
! Is miles an hour. At o'clock TINS
! morning the wind was blowing at the
rate of % miles an hour from the
south. No rain is expected
The hot weather is not confined 10
! Toneka All Kansas IS in the grip OF
the heat. The maximum temperature
at Topeka sunday was 1oZ degrees
! which broke the record for that dale.
The forecast for the week sent out
from Washington states that cooleI
weather and showers may be looked
for by the middle OF the Week Inc
forecast reads:
at is likely that this cool change
will advance eastward and oVerSpreao
to plains states and the upper Mlssls-
sippi valley by "Wednesday or Ihursday
and the eastern and southern states
for the latter part of the week. Local
frosts will occur by the middle OIL the
week in the far northwest
"a disturbance that is now over the
northern Rocky mountain region Will
move eastward, attended by local
showers and thunderstorms, and cross
the great central valleys Tuesday anu
the Atlantic states Wednesday or
| Thursday. Otherwise the week Will De
one of generally fair weather Tho
There are no indications at inc
present time of a disturbance in the
West Indies.
warmer than any other August on rec
ord at Topeka and, with the single eA-
ception of July. 1901, was the warmest
month ever experienced at TINS place
since the records of the local weather
bureau office We're begun - years ago
1t had more sunshine than has ever
before beens recorded in summer
month at Topeka and was, with one
exception, the windieste August on rec
ord. ~
Fifteen days of the month were rec
ord breakers: that IS had lei lLl",,d
lures higher than those on correspond
ing dates in previous years me IL
day period ending with the l3th OF
the month was the hottest 10 day
period on record at Topeka
The average temperature OF the
month was IS degrees which is de-
grees above normal-the most above
normal that any summer month at To-
peka has ever averaged. Ihere Vert
Is days during the month that lle
mark The highest temperature was
nos degrees on the 18th; the lowest,
81 degrees on the 29th
The total precipitation of the month
ioI, I'M as
below normal and, with two eNcep-
tions. the least on record for August.
Only four days of the month mao
measurable rainfall. The greatest -
hour amount was OSO on the 1o-1 IN
Ordinarily the summer rains at 10
peka are among the heaviest recorded
in the United States but the total Tor
June, July and August, TINS year was
but 651 inches-lesS than half the
normal amount, which is 1885 inches
This makes the present summer the
driest on record. the nearest approach
TO it being that of 1901, when there
were 1.67 inches. 1t was also the sec
ond warmest summer on record. the
summer of 1901 holding the record
with an average temperature one de-
gree higher than the average of this
summer.
On Aug 80 the Kaw river at Topeka
reached the lowest stage on record
81 feet. The condition of the river is
caused by deficiency in precipitation
that has extended over a period of four
wears There is a deficiency for this
year since Jan. 1 of 7.S6 inches. With
one exception this has been the drieSt
year-thus far-on record. The rainfall
to date this year has been 1929 inches
In 1901 the precipitation for the same
period was 1884 in 1912 it was 1915
inches; in 1911, 21.31; and in 1890, 1854.
The normal amount of rain for the first
eight months of the year is 26.06 inches
The percentage of sunshine in To-
peka in August was 92-the largest per
cent vet recorded in the month of Aug
ust There has not been a cloudy day
since July 90. The last measurable
rain fell on August 1S-.17 of an inch.
All precipitation for the month of Aug
ust fell on August IA. 16. Il and IS
156 inches This breaks no record. as
in August, 1894 the rainfall amounted
to but AZ of an inch.
The mercury has reached the Code
gree mark on 81 days thus far this
wear. The former record for hot days
for an entire season was Sc days in
1901 However. the average tempera-
ture for this season has been slightly
below that for the same period in 1901.
Hubby. buy me one of these $50
handbags All you carr is pow
der rag and a few samples" Well,
What's the use of having a go bag
to hold ten cents worth of junk?
Louisville Courier-Journll.