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A'AIVSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



METEOROLOGY. 



REPORT FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT CENTRAL STATION, 

 WASHBURN COLLEGE, TOPEKA, KANSAS. 



BY PROF. J. T. LOVEWELL, DIRECTOR. 



The usual summary by decades is given below. 



Temperature of the Air, 



MiN. AND Max. Averages. 



Min 



Max 



Min. and Max .... 



Range 



Tri-Daily Observations. 



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 



July 20th 

 to 30th. 



66. 

 95. 

 80.5 

 29. 



74 8 

 86.3 

 73.7 



77.4 



.78 

 .63 



.80 

 .75 



28.978 

 28.991 

 28.901 

 28.993 



2878 



3.3 

 3.9 



3.2 



0.86 



Aug. 1st 

 to 10th. 



51. 

 80. 

 65. 

 29. 



63.0 

 71.9 

 64.5 

 66.0 



.75 



.39 



.75 

 .63 



29.167 

 29.137 

 29.176 

 29.160 



2142 



2.7 

 1.2 

 1.2 



.00 



Aug. 10th 

 to 20th. 



62. 

 92. 



77. 

 30. 



69.0 

 80.8 

 71.5 

 73.2 



.84 

 .57 

 .86 

 .72 



29.031 

 29.011 

 29.006 

 29.016 



2675 



7.0 

 4.3 

 5.5 



3.46 



Mean. 



59.7 

 89.0 

 74.3 



68.9 

 79.7 

 69.9 

 72.1 



.79 

 .53 

 .80 

 .71 



29.055 

 29.046 

 29.028 

 29.043 



7695 



4.8 

 3.1 

 3.3 



4.32 



While July was a warm, moist month, the last decade, which belongs to this 

 report was somewhat less rainy than the earlier part, and this was followed by 

 ten days, from the first of August, in which there was no rain except a sprinkle 

 on the 2d. By this time the ground had become quite parched and fears were 

 entertained lest the corn might suffer. A change, however, occurred on the nth 

 and in the next ten days eight were rainy and a total 3.46 in. of water fell. 



As will be seen in the tabular summary the first decade of August was not 

 only dry but cool. From the 4th to the 9th the temperature fell each day below 

 60®, and on the 4th and 7th it was 51°. 



