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KANSAS 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 
Apr. 2oth 
to 30th. 
48.3 
680 
54 4 
56-3 
.92 
•74 
.91 
.86 
28.84 
28.84 
28.87 
28.85 
13-9 
19.9 
10.9 
3489 
63 
5-6 
4.0 
0.83 
May 1st 
to loth. 
58 o 
77-9 
64.1 
65-7 
.91 
•74 
.89 
•85 
28.94 
28.04 
28.84 
28 91 
16.8 
27-5 
17.7 
4763 
65 
4-5 
5-1 
0.25 
May loth 
to 20lh. 
53-2 
64-3 
57.8 
58.3 
.92 
.89 
•91 
.91 
28.88 
28.87 
28.88 
28.88 
20.2 
26.5 
16.5 
4405 
5.8 
6.3 
5^i 
3-57 
Mean. 
53-2 
70.1 
58.8 
60.7 
.92 
•79 
.87 
.86 
28.92 
28.92 
28.86 
28.90 
12657 
6.2 
5-5 
4-7 
4.65 
The first two decades of this report were characterized by low temperatures, 
backward vegetation and high winds. The rains which began May nth were 
very heavy, giving a total in this decade of 3.57 inches. 
There have been at this station no wind-storms to do any special damage, 
and the rains came in season to be of great advantage to the wheat crop. 
The very low barometer of April 2 2d is unusual, and has not been so low 
before at this point in five years — the period of our observations. 
