The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

rain on more days than usual in nearly
all parts of the state but there were
no uncomfortably hot days and no
damaging frosts.
A Pleasant June.
June A sufficient moisture fell
during the month to keep all crops
growing nicely. especially in the north
western counties.
July-The weather this month was
the coolest, wettest and best for crop
growth the state had experienced in
any July for five years past, with con-
siderably more than the usual amount
of sunshine, and crops made a fine
growth in the eastern half.
August-ThiS was the second coolest
August on the statewide record, with
a heavier fall of moisture than that of
any month in a years time. There
were only few dry places when the
month closed and these were mostly in
the western part. Temperatures were
below normal almost continually and
failed to reach the 100 degree mark
except at a few stations.
September Conditions during the
month were as nearly ideal as ever
obtained at this time of the year. The
first ten days were cool, with frequent
and generally heavy rains. These were
followed by warm, sunshiny weather
which ripened corn, grain sorghums
and cane so rapidly they were almost
matured before a sudden drop IN tenn
perature on the 29th and 3oth that
brought freezing weather and killing
frosts to all except the eastern eX-
IRENE southern counties Combined
with July and August preceding. this
made the wettest three-month period
since 1915.
A Mild october.
Oc.ober-The weather this month
was the mildest and most pleasant
Kansas has experienced during Octo-
her since 1900. There was an album
dance of moisture and the normal
amount of sunshine, with almost no
DAYS that were really chilly Temper
atures ranged above normal practlcal-
| Iy . cry afternoon until the closing
week, when freezing weather occurrea
| on several nights and on the 2Sth and
| 29th extended to all parts, except
few southeastern counties, but the
damage was slight, owing to the late
ness of the season. The rainfall was
above normal in most sections tho 1t
/ was delayed until the closing days IN
some extreme western counties
November-This was one or the
cIoudiest Novembers on record in the
| eastern part OF the state, with an IN
usual amount Of damp, rainy weather
and temperatures averaging below
normal in every part of the state
Warm, sunshiny weather was scarce
| w experienced at all and it was the
| first November in twenty-seven years
without a temperature as high as SO
| degrees somewhere in the state. A
cold wave that occurred on the 9Th
and 10th was followed by one OF the
| coolest weeks ever known so early IN
! the season. The average precipitation
! for the state was somewhat above nor
NAL, making it the fourth consecutive
wet month. Snow fell in the extreme
| western counties near the end OF the
second week and over all the western
| half OF the state on the 2Sth and 18th.
totalIing from one to seven inches In
| many central counties.
December Was Mid
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was mid,
pleasant and sunshiny for the most
part, with one week OF really wfntry
| weather and low temperatures-the
week ending December 81 Temper
atures thru most of the month were
tabove normal. and there was more
I than a normal amount OF sunshine.
| The temperature averaged nearly 3
degrees above normal for the month,
and 9 degrees higher than the aver
I. age for 1919. There were 5.3 inches
/ of snow during the month. and the
precipitation was slightly above nor
NAL