The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-30

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l--aa.SvE the wealth er
OF the best combinations for crop
growing ever known in the vicinity
OF Topeka and in many portions of
Kansas
Topeka was a very warm spot in the
last twelve months. The temperature
averaged 20 degrees above normal
Tor The period. The average tempera-
ture was q of degree lower than in
1921. which was the warmcst year in
Topeka since 1911 The highest tenn
perature of the year was 106 de-
grees- It occurred on August - and
vas the third hottest August tempera-
ture in the history Of the city as well
as the highest temperature ever to
be recorded after the first week in
August.
Coolest Was Above Zero.
The lowest temperature was 3 de-
Erees above zero. II was recorded
December 2 and was the lowest tenn
perature in the city since December
24. 1920. 10 zero temperatures have
occurred in Topeka for more than
three years
The total precipitation was ss16
Anches or SO inches above normal.
~ was the ninth wettest year on rec
ord in the city and the wettest since
1915.
January Was Dry.
January was a very dry month and
with the preceding November and De-
ccmher made up the driest three
month period ever recorded in Topeka
Tor that season OF the year. As a re-
suit OF the prolonged dry weather all
recOrds for low water IN the kaw
r.ver were broken on the eighteenth
day OF the month when a stage of only
u IS feet was recorded II was the
coldest month in more than two years.
February was the wettest second
month in seven years and the fourth
most sunshiny February on the local
record The average temperature was
% e-27 inches on February % was the
Sr-ond heaviest twenty-four hour
Co@upour for any February
March Was Wet Month.
March was the third wettest March
n th.rty-five years The total pre-
.ircncs above normal The tempera-
lure averaged three degrees above
a. sri.7al- There was less sunshine than
81 nuy other March in seven years.
: -isurahle precipitation fell on
e. ven days.
april was the rnidest fourth month
IL - ven years The temperature aver
a-rd TWO degrees above normal It
Nsss. the wettest April in twenty-four
ycsrs ard the three month period in
cildinE January and February broke
AL records for heavy precipitation at
that time Of year. The total rainfall
was 5.23 inches or 2.51 inches above
normal. Rain fell almost every other
day. The last killing frost Of the sea
lHon occurred on the first day of the
month
Cloudy and Mild in May.
Cloudy weather with mild tempera-
fures was the feature of the brand in
May. Less than one-half the possible
amount Of sunshine was received The
Precipitation amounted to 3-93 inches
or % Of an inch below normal. The
highest temperature for the month
VS. s. degrees. This record has been
ez-eeded in almost eve-y other May
CT record. The lowest temperature
was - degrees 1t was the first time
in thirty-fIve years that mercury
failed To drop below that point during
this month
June was the third driest and fifth
hottest month on record. No extreme
temperatures were recorded. The to-
ral precipitation. 1.S5 inches. was S-46
OF an inch below normal Only -O4 or
an inch Of rain fell before the twenty
nrth day. on the twenty-fifth the
wind reached a maximum velocity OF
80 miles hour making IL the
strongest wind in Topeka for two
years.
Pain of 40 Inches in July.
July was the wettest seventh month
in thirteen years and the coolest July
in seven years. The total precipita-
riuu was S-04 inches or 3-19 above
normal 4 rain on July 10 amounted
10 40 inches 1t was the heaviest |
downpour that July |
had experienced in thirteen years. On |
the twelfth day the river reached a |
stag sc of 16.s feet II was the highest |
stnGe since June. 1919
August was the driest eighth month /
in Topeka for twenty-eight years and |
the hottest in four years. The highest |
of the year, los degrees, !
occurred on the twenty-fourth day. |
The precipitation amounted to .43 of /
an inch. which was only 10 per cent |
OF the normal rainfall. and less thar /
any previous August except 1894. |
when only az OF an inch of rain fell /
September was the wettest ninth /
month in eight years and the sixth /
warmest on record. More sunshine |
was received than in any other Sep |
tember in thirty-five years with the |
exception OF one. The highest tenn /
pcrature ever recorded in September
occurred on the first day. when the /
mercury scared TO 1O4 degrees. The /
averaged from eight to |
seventeen degrees above normal in the /
first eight days The first light frost /
OF the season occurred on the eleventh /
day The precipitation amounted to /
5-4S inches or 1872 inches above nor
NAL
October was one OF the most pleas