The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-05

Following temperature of IS de-
grees early this morning the sun came
out strongly and temperatures began
to rise rapidly. The temperature had
reached 81 degrees at O'Clock this
The snow was melting and disap-
pearing this morning with greater ra-
pidity than it fell Saturday. The bulk
of the seven-inch snowfall melted to-
day About half of the precipitation
had melted at o'clock A freeze will
occur tonight. according to S. D. Flora.
state Nmeteorologist. Part of the snow
will be carried over until tomorrow.
Rising temperatures and sunshine
scheduled for tomorrow will finish the
last of the snow.
The backbone of the cold spell and
storm is completely shattered. Fair
weather and sunshine will prevail and
the wind is already blowing from the
i south. The storm located over the
Panhandle Saturday morning is cen
| ttralized over Washington, D. c.. this
morning. There will be no more snow
in Kansas, Flora says.
Warmer Weather ON Way.
When a temperature of 13 degrees
was recorded in Topeka at O'Clock
/, this morning. the temperature at Hell
ena, Mont. was 40 degrees. At the
same hour it was 26 degrees at Good
/ land, Kan. Warmer weather is ap-
!
ing from several Kansas cities broke
all previous records for low tempera-
lures. They follow: Topeka 13; Con-
cordia, 16; Kansas. City, 20; St. Jo-
seph, 16; Wichita, %.
| Precipitation during the storm Sat
urday was general thruout the state
except in southwestern Kansas and
southeastern Kansas. Liberal made
! no report. Only trace was reported
from Sedan. Precipitation in south
Northern Kansas. however. was fa rly
swampedz with ssnow. The storm was
not a. blizzard, Flora says Blizzards
| occur only about once in fifty years in
/ zero temperatures. with the air filled
with particles of ice driven on SO OF
| 60-mile-an-h wind. The storm
was about the eighth carbon copy OF
a blizzard, Flora says.
At noon today Rock Island trains
were reported running on time, with
the exception of the Colorado line and
/ the line between Horton and St
Joseph. The latter two-lines have not
yet been opened up. This district was
/ in the belt of heaviest snowfall, and
drifts have piled many feet deep in
cuts
On the Union Pacific train No. 1o4
was the only one not running. 1t was
annulled today. No. 103, a westbound
train due in Topeka at 1925 o'clock,
/ Was ScH6duioQ 10 arrive at p. III. NO.
1o2, an eastbound train due in To-
peka at 7:45 this morning, was one
hour late. The Junction City Kansas
City local was on time. No. was
also reported on time.
| The Santa Fe trains were all re-
4 ported running on schedule time
# More Than Foot of Snow.
/ The heaviest snowfall in the state
was between Sa1ina and Phillipsburg
Records of moisture follow: Emporia
1.22; Hanover, l; Horton, 1926; Nc
Pherson, Ito Manhattan. 1.1s Phil
lipsburg, 1.4S; Dresden, "a; Scott City
"a. An inch of moisture, Flora says
Indicates about 10 inches of snow
fThruout most of this district, then, the
snow was more than a foot deep
It was showing this morning ir
South Dakota. Wyoming and Monta ma
/ Snow was falling between Louisville
4 KY, and Pittsburgh, Pa. From Pitts
burgh to Boston it was raining.
S. F. Train on Time Today.
Santa Fe trains today are running
on time, according to officials. The
difficulties on their lines have beer
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