The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-01
RAIN is OVER.
No More Is Expected for a Few
Days.
Past Month Has Been Remark
able in Many Ways.

The rain is over. This morning the
sun was shining but a IL mile wind
from the northeast kept the temper
ature below normal. The lowest tenn
perature, shortly after midnight, was
| So degrees, within + degrees of the
| lowest temperature on record for July
1. The forecast reads partly cloudy
| tonight and Friday, not much change
| in Temperature.
There wcs a heavy rain at emmett
last night. The Kaw river is on the
rise again and this morning the stage
was 1873 feet, a rise of 40 feet in the
last twenty-four hours The weather
man anticipates no trouble from high
water.
The total rainfal at Topeka in the
twenty-four hours was 81 inch. The
heaviest fall came just before o'clock
yesterday evening.
The sky was clear all around this
morning for the first time in many
days and the indications are that there
will be no more rain for a few days.
Reports from stations along the
Kaw watershed show very light rains
and the weather bureau says that the
river will not go much if any higher
than the present stage. The Kaw will
be falling again by tomorrow night.
Although several heavy rains fell, they
were out of the district that affects
the Kaw. The heaviest precipitation
=. lIlg -.4o seaes Hays City re-
ceived 150 inches and lola 1.5S inches.
Abilene reports a rainfall of only 10
INCH; a.; BlTs Wa Rapids, A. Clay lay Center
June, 1915, has been with four ex-
ceptions, the wettest on record at To-
peka, and the "A day period ending
with last night, had more rain than
the weather record was begun in
1887, according to the summary of
the months weather, issued by the
local weather bureau officer this
morning.
The total rainfall during May and
June, just passed, was 1888 inches,
which is more than half the annual
amount of moisture Topeka has re-
ceived during any one of the past five
! years.
Unusually Cool.
1t was also an unusually cool,
cloudy month-the fourth coolest
June and the first one on record with
| out at least one day with the tenn
| perature above SO degrees. Only four
previous Junes in % years have pass
ed with less number of clear days.
The detailed report of the month s
! weather shows an average tempera-
| which is degrees below nor
NAL. Only four days during the en-
! tire month averaged above normal in
temperature. The highest tempera-
tue was SO degrees, on the tenth; the
| lowest, so degrees, on the first.
The total rainfall amounted to 8.65
i inches, or 3.S4 inches above the nor
maI-and the normal daily rainfall for
June at Topeka is higher than at any
| other time of the year.
The greatest "a hour rainfall was
4S9 inches on the tenth and eleventh,
| which is, without exception, the great
est on record for any June. Meas
ureable rains fell on 5 days of the
month, which number has been ex-
ceeded but once, in 1891.
Thunderstorms occurred on 3 days.
| With one exception this the greatest
number recorded in any calendar
| month.
The highest wind velocity was AZ
miles an hour from the west, on the
tenth.
Coincident with the heavy rains the
Kaw river stage was the highest since
June, 1908. The flood stage was ex-
ceeded on seven days and a crest of
23.S feet was reached on the twen-
tieth, though there was remarkably
little damage done in Topeka. con-
sidering that this was within almost
feet of the 1908 mark.
This afternoon the wind was blow
ing at the rate of miles an hour
There is no rain in sight. The fore
cast calls for continued cool weather
At two o'clock this afternoon the river
was standing still at the 1873 foot
mark. In an ,fficial statement the
weather bufaaI promised fall before
dark levhAing.