The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-14
WATER RAN IN THE STREETS
Was Only a Local Thunder
Shower, However.
But 1t Ought to Be Cooler To-
night and Friday.

breeze from a southerly direction that
by two o'clock had shifted to the north.
When the rain began the mercury
stood at the Sc degree point; seventeen
minutes later the Thermometer read
ing was 73 degrees-a drop of twenty
three degrees. And this, but the way,
is the lowest thermometer reading in
ten days.
In commenting upon the storm
Sunny Flora, the local observer
said: Present indications are that it
was a local thunder shower. 1t will
be a great thing for Topeka and vi
cinity
THE temperature tonight should be
lower than Wednesday night, and Fri
day will probably be slightly cooler"
The hourly readings:
o'clock SOIL o'clock ....-9 "a
o'clock .S3l12 o'clock 80. 90
o'clock .....S7l 1 o'clock 80 95
10 O'Clock .92l1:30 o'clock. Z
o'clock 76
sunny Flora, the local observer.
gave out some record dope" today
that it is more than passing interest.
He stated that the period of seventy
days from June 1 to date has broken
all drouth records. In that time the
precipitation has been but 4.95 inches
80 inches is the normal amount. The
previous record was in 1890 when the
amount of rainfall in the period in
question was 5.22 inches. In the ia
nous season of 1901 when for nineteen
consecutive days the mercury mount
ed to the century mark the record for
rain in the seventy-five days was TAO
inches In 1911, another hard year for
the farmers, the rainfall was 6.09 in
ches.
A feature of the present 'spell'' of
hot weather is the sweltering nights.
For ten consecutive nights the mer-
curry has failed to drop below the
seventy-five degree point. The pre-
vious record for consecutive hot
nights was four in 1901. Two was the
previous August record.
There has been no measurable rain
fall at Topeka for twenty-five days or
since the day before the circus was
here. This breaks another summer
record The previous record for num-
ber of days without rain was IS in
1900. In 1901 there were seventeen
days without moisture-July > to 23
There have been two years that have
been hotter than this season from
June 1 to August IA that of 1901 and
1911 This season the average tenn
perature for the period has been 79
degrees; normal is 76 degrees. The
average temperature for the seventy
1ve days in 1901 was 50 degrees; in
1911 it was so degrees.
The minimum temperature this
morning at o'clock was II degrees,
the lowest minimum in nine days.
There was a good breeze blowing from
10 to 1 . miles an hour. The mercury,
however, began to mount rapidly this
morning.
Associated Press reports from Kan
sas and western Missouri show that
Topeka is not alone in experiencing a
continuance of the heat A report
from Hutchinson reads:
This is another day of sweltering
heat and at o'clock the thermome
ter registered Sc degrees, the same as
at this hour yesterday. No rain is in
sight All of the orchards. many truck
gardens and many alfalfa fields are
being irrigated by pumping from the
valley underflow which is not de-
creased by the dry weather. There is
no shortage of water in Hutchinson
nor in this part of the state, for live
stock or the use of cities"
The following dispatch is from
Wichita:
1.-TWO weeks of hundred degree tenn
peratures and no rain We're rounded
out today. Corn blades have dried and
been blown from the stalks. Some
fields of kaffir corn will produce feed
If rain comes within a week. April
Z was the date of the last rain of any
consequence in this section of Kansas.
County authorities are taking advan-
tage of dry rivers and creeks to re-
pair bridges. Owners of traction en-
gines are continuing their plOwing for
wheat sowing
There have been two deaths from
neat at ST Joseph. A re-
port from that place rea1s:
1.-The prolonged hot spell is begin
ming to be fatal Two deaths from
heat prostration have resulted in the
last "a hours. Farmers in some locali-
ties have given up hope of saving the
corn crop and are cutting the stalks
for fodder. The problem of water for
stock daily becomes more serious.
Macksville is the only government
station that reports rafn-a shower
netting but .04 of an inch of moisture.
A report from Lawrence is to the
effect that the regular water supply
has failed and that it has become
necessary to pump water from the
river. According to the report even
the horses refuse to drink the river
water on account of its disa greea BILE |
taste and smell. The wells from which |
the water has been pumped have gone !
practically dry.
A report from Santa Fe states that !
the recent rain at that point amounted |
to three inches. The rain was a local |
affair.
Following are the maximum tenn |
peratures at government stations for |
the "a hours ending at o'clock this |
morning:
OOncOTold -----------------. 100 degrees
Dresden NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .104 degrees
ipOrla --.--------.--..---1 -10o degrees
Fort Scott -.---..-......... 100 degrees
Hanover JOG degrees
Hays .-..-.-----------..-.--l -l04 degrees ;
Horton ........-.........-..1 .106 degrees
Iola -...-----.---...------1 -100 degrees