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KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



Wherever it bounded on the ground nothing remained intact, 

 some of the peculiarities of this cyclone. 



Such are 



REPORT FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT CENTRAL STATION, 

 WASHBURN COLLEGE, TOPEKA, KANSAS. 



BY PROF. J. T. LOVEWELL, DIRECTOR. 



Below will be found tabular results of observations : 



Temperature of the Air. 

 MiN. AND Max. Averages. 



Min 



Max 



Min. and Max 



Range 



Tri-Daily Cbservations. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Mean 



Relative Humidity. 



7. a. m. . . . 



2 p. m 



9 P- m 



Mean . 



Pressure as Observed. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P' m 



Mean 



Miles per Hour of Wind. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 P- m. 



Total miles 



Clouding by Tenths. 



7 a. m . , 



2 p. m 



9 P- m .• • • • 



Rain. 



Inches 



June 2ist 

 to July 1st. 



70.5 

 90.3 

 80.4 

 20. 



77.8 

 90-3 

 77-7 

 80.9 



.87 

 .66 

 .87 

 .80 



28,93 

 28.90 

 28.91 

 28.91 



4.0 



4-3 

 3'0 



July 1st 

 to io:h. 



66.8 

 84.0 



75-4 

 21.7 



70.2 

 85.2 



75-0 

 76.8 



.86 



•57 

 .76 

 .78 



28.91 

 28.92 

 28.87 

 28.90 



5-4 

 2.2 

 1.7 



.40 



July loth 

 to 20th. 



58 I 

 80.8 

 69 I 

 22 8 



66.1 



737 

 69.0 

 68.1 



.80 

 •63 

 •77 



•73 



29.09 

 29.05 

 29 14 

 29.09 



7.8 

 14 o 

 8.8 

 2715 



3-9 



4.7 

 3^8 



2.64 



Me.Tn. 



65.1 

 81.7 

 75-0 

 2f-5 



71 4 

 83.1 

 73-9 

 75-3 



.62 

 .80 

 •75 



28.98 

 28 96 

 28.97 

 28.97 



4-3 

 3-7 

 2.8 



3 04 



The report here furnished may be divided into two distinct periods as re- 

 gards temperature. The hot, dry weather continued till July 4th, no rain having 

 fallen in the last decade of June and the temperature reached its highest point, 

 95° on July 3rd. 



The tornadoes which caused such destruction in Iowa did no marked dam- 

 age at this station. On the night of June 17th, at about midnight, a violent gale 

 struck Topeka and blew off our anemometer cups before any good record had 

 been left of its velocity. Another storm struck us a little after noon July nth, 

 and for more than ten minutes the velocity of the wind was seventy-two miles- 



