500 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
now records its first return. The comet of 1815 with a period of stventy-four 
years is confidently anticipated in 1889. — Scientific American. 
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 
Miti. and Max 
R^nge 
Tri-Daily Observations. 
7 a. m 
2 p. m 
9pm 
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 
Oct. 20th 
to 30th. 
42 2 
52.0 
44.0 
46.1 
.91 
.77 
.87 
29.06 
29.09 
29,07 
29.07 
9- 
15- 
12. 
3438 
5-7 
5-9 
6.7 
1.70 
Nov. 1st 
to loth. 
43-0 
60.8 
48.6 
50.8 
.90 
.78 
.88 
.85 
28.57 
28.57 
29.00 
28 71 
10.8 
"•3 
9.6 
2194 
4-5 
54 
6.2 
.70 
Nov. loth 
to 20tll. 
31 7 
46.9 
36.1 
37-4 
.72 
.80 
.87 
29.21 
29.18 
29.08 
29.16 
3744 
Mean. 
390 
55 9 
42.9 
45 9 
.90 
.76 
•85 
.84 
28.98 
28.94 
28.94 
28.95 
9376 
2.40 
The last decade of October was very wet, making a total rainfall for that 
month of more than twice the normal at this station. The total was 6.14 inches. 
November has been, to the 20th, comparatively free from rain, but the 
humidity was high and the weather cool. 
Temperature on the 14th, 15th, and i6th, fell to 14°, 14°, and 15° respect- 
