The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-18
cold And SNOW
Kansas Experiencing Typical
March Storm Today.
Cold Wave i'm West Is Predic.
tiOn for Tonight.

Snow began falling at Topeka at 8
| O'Clock this morning, and the forecast
! indicates that there will probably be
snow or rain tonight or Thursday. The
| degree point by Thursday morning at
Topeka, and a cold wave is scheduled
for the western portion of the state.
According to the Associated Press
flurries were prevalent In many locali-
ties in Kansas and western Missouri
today. The United States weather OBJ
server at Kansas City said a chilly east
!. wind probably would send the mercury
still lower tonight. While the drop in
temperature will not be very great. 1t
will be decidedly noticeable according
to the observer because of the un-
usually pleasant weather Of the last
week. A light furry of snow fell at
Kansas City about noon.
There was two inches OF snow on the
ground early this afternoon and this
netted 20 Of an inch of water when
melted. The snow melted almost as
fast as it fell on Kansas avenue.
The shippers forecast reads: Protect
36 hour shipments north and west
against temperatures Of 16 degrees;
south and east. Is to 80"
The wind. which shifted from the
north to the east-a threatening direc-
tiOn-was travelling at the rate of II
miles an hour this morning.
The highest temperature recorded
on this date in the last q years was 81
degrees in 1888; the minimum was 8
Good From Evil.
While the storm today has been
anything but to the. liking Of the ma
jority of Topeka people. it is a case
of good springing from evil. In COM
menting upon the snow, Sunny
Flora. the local weather observer, said
today: This is typical March
weather. Conditions could not be
pers of nursery stock. The warm
weather Of the last few days was
bringing out the fruit budnsso rap
idly that the nurserymen were in
danger of not being able to supply all
their orders, as seedlings cannot be
shipped after the buds become well
developed. This would mean a great
loss when it is realized that more than
half of the apple seedlings grown in
the United States are produced right
here in the Kaw valley"
The precipitation will be a good
thing for the wheat, especially as up
to today March had been dryest cor
responding period on record at To-
peka. Because of the fact that the
ground is not frozen, every bit of the
water will soak into the ground.
There had been no precipitation at all
this month up to yesterday, when the
early morning shower netted .O2 of an
inch.
Snow Not Unusual.
There has been snow in every March
in the last tWenty-Seven years with the
exception of two. The average depth
OF snow for the month at Topeka is
three and One-half inches. The rec
ord for March, 1912, was 1852 inches.
There has been snow in measurable
quantities in but six of the last twenty
seven Aprils. Only once has snow
been recorded in May. That was on
May 3. 1907, when 3.2 inches fell
while the cherry blossoms were in full
bloom. The following day the mer-
curry went down to the 28 degree point,
and this was disastrous to the fruit
crop.
The snow had stopped by 2:3O
o'clock this afternoon, but the fore
cast indicates that there is a good
chance for more PRECIPITATION tonight
or Thursday.
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