The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-06-30
SPRINKLE HELPS TO
REDUCE BAD EFFECT
OF Big HEAT WAVE
Cool and Cloudy Weather Also
Is Encouraging; Some
Sections Favored
D0WNP0URS ARE REPORTED
Twin Cities Have Hottest June
in ia Years With Aver
age Of IT'S

A light rain was general through
out the Bismarck area Friday and ap-
peared to be moving eastward, &C.
cording to advices received here.
A total OF IL Of an inch was record
ed here and there was a possibility
that additional showers might occur,
the federal weather bureau said.
The precipitation, while too light
to penetrate the soil deeply, freshened
growing crops and pastures and serv-
ed to alleviate somewhat the effects
of the recent burning heat. Cool and
cloudy weather also was an encour-
aging factor.
The rain here followed heavy down.
pours which hit some sections Of the
middle west Thursday night and Fri
day. In some areas these were &C.
companied by damaging winds.
Some sections of the lower middle
west reported abnormally high tenn
peratures with prospects Of relief
doubtful.
Records at the federal weather bu-
reau in st. Paul indicated the hottest
June In the last Ia years there. The
average temperature was IT'S degrees
as compared with q previous high of
743 in 1921.
Breaks All Records
The month established a new mark
there for June in the number of days
with maximums above 80. There were
Is not including Friday, and indica-
tons were this would be the 10th with
q mid-forenoon reading of IS. The
June average Is two such days.
Hovde said rainfall during the
month totaled .83 inch, the least since
1863.
Northwestern Minnesota received
the heaviest rain Thursday night and
early Friday-2.23 inches, with scat
tered showers elsewhere.
Two persons were hurt and consid-
cradle damage caused by a windstorm
that struck Elbow Lake, Mimi, late
Thursday afternoon.
Donald Larson, 12-years-old, receiv-
ed broken leg when struck by part
OF barn roof on the Charles Larson
farm Is miles west Of there.
Carl Larson, who was in the barn
with Donald and Charles, was struck
in the heel and bruised. The three
felt the barn being torn apart and the
injuries were received as they were
running near It,
Hot in Oklahoma
Folks down in Shattuck, Okla, saw
the mercury In their thermometers
rise to 100 degrees above zero Thurs
day.
At Junction City, Kans., it was 116
while Oklahoma City had its eighth
consecutive day of 100-mark readings.
Button, Ind, had q 102-degree tenn,
perature and at Kansas City it was
101. st. Louis sweltered at an even
100 and three persons died. Through
out northwestern Oklahoma the mer-
curry hung between the 100 and 104
mark.
The cooling rains which brought re-
lief to q widespread populace and
parched fields were accompanied In
some instances by destructive winds
and electrical storms.
In Chicago the damage was esti-
mated by police at $65, 900 and over the
state line at Gary Hammond. Ind, the
loss approached $4,000. Downstate
Illinois reported destructive winds.
In other places the rain fell in tor
rents. Missouri receiving eight inches
Following beneficial rains in the
southwestern section, Wisconsin look
ed forward to more Friday. Mean
while, Milwaukee cooled off to q max
hnum Of n Thursday.
Rain also fell In southwestern Iowa
but the mercury remained in the COS.