THE KANSAS WEATHER SERVICE. 



405 



have been thus misled by this great eruption at Java, but now that the phenom- 

 enon continues it seems most absurd to hold on to so unsatisfactory an explana- 

 tion, when we see the many facts that can, mostly through the Weather-Map, be 

 brought to disprove it. This dust theory may have answered very well, like the 

 absurd theories of the weather prophets, for years gone by but for the present, 

 with the light of the Weather-Map it seems too absurd for intelligent persons to 

 believe. 



Washington, D. C, July, 1884. 



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, 



IMiN. AND Mas. Averages. 



Min 



Max 



Min. and Max 



Range 



Tei- Daily Obsebvations. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m . 



9 p. m 



Mean 



Relative Humidity. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 p. m. . . . 



Mean 



Peessuee as Obseeved. 



7 a. m 



2 p. m 



9 p. m 



Mean 



Miles pee Hour op 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 



Sept. 20th 

 to 30th. 



52. 

 99. 

 75. 



47. 



64.1 

 83.2 

 67.6 

 71.4 



79.5 



58.8 

 83.8 

 78.0 



28.880 

 28.960 



28.872 

 28.873 - 



12.5 



21.2 

 11.0 



3086 



6.1 

 5.3 

 4.2 



4.36 



Oct. 1st 

 to 10th. 



34. 



89. 

 61. 

 55. 



62.6 

 79.2 

 63.4 

 68.4 



83.1 

 48.9 

 81.0 

 71.0 



29.007 

 28.985 

 29.002 

 28.998 



14.1 

 17.9 

 12.4 

 3650 



5.0 

 36 



4.0 



1.58 



Oct. 10th 

 to 20th. 



49. 

 89. 

 69. 

 40. 



56.9 

 81.9 

 62.2 

 67.0 



84.0 

 52.8 

 80.0 

 72.3 



29.128 

 29.115 

 29.124 

 29.122 



19.2 



14.6 



- 14.0 



,2484 



3.2 



2.9 

 3.0 



.47 



Mean. 



45. 

 92. 

 68. 

 47. 



61.2 

 81.4 

 64.4 

 69.0 



82.2 

 53.8 

 81.6 

 73.8 



29.005 

 29.020 

 28.999 

 29.008 



15.3 

 17.9 

 12.5 

 30220 



4.8 

 3.9 

 3.7 



6.41 



The first frost of the season occurred October 9th, a slight white frost which 

 hardly injured vegetation at this place, and there was no recurrence of frost up 

 to the 20th. 



