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1886, July 13 to 18, Wellington, Kansas .— “ On the 15th (July) hot waves 
of wind with temperature 104° ; wind moving from southwest at 12 miles 
per hour ; crops and vegetation injured to some extent along the south¬ 
west edges of fields; blades of corn-stalks turned entirely white and 
looked as if scalded, then breaking in crisps. Total rainfall for month 
was 5.65 inches, which is 1.43 inches above the average July mean for the 
past eight years.” J. H. Wolfe, voluntary observer. 
1886, July 13 to 18, Northwest Texas.—“ On the 18th (July) hot southwest 
winds in many counties; were very dry and parching.” I. M. Cline. 
This period of hot winds accompanied a very peculiar 
distribution of pressure, and one rarely met with. Low 
pressure prevailed along the eastern slope from July 9 to 
18, inclusive; its greatest depth was over Montana and the 
Dakotas until the 13th, when a well defined low pressure 
area developed over the upper lakes and upper Mississippi 
valley ; the general depression, however, continued along 
the eastern slope. On the morning of the 14th a depression 
appeared over western Nebraska, and this had developed 
into a well defined low pressure area on the morning of the 
15th, which moved southward and extended over the south¬ 
eastern slope from the 16th to the 18th, disappearing on the 
19th. During the prevalence of this depression the pressure 
was above 30 inches along the coast of Oregon and Wash¬ 
ington, with a well defined tendency of the atmosphere to 
cross the divide toward the area of low pressure, and this 
was accompanied by some cloudiness and rain. Generally 
cloudless weather prevailed over the central and southeast¬ 
ern slopes on the 13th, 14th, and loth, and the southeastern 
slope on the 16th, 17th, and 18th. 
1886, August 12 to 16, Atchison, Kansas. — ‘‘Hot winds blew from the 
South on the 12th, 13th, 15th, and 16th.” Dr. H. B. Horn, voluntary 
observer. 
1886, August 12 to 16, Wellington, Kansas. —“ Hot winds noted for two 
hours’ duration on the 16th (August), 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Bainfall for the 
month, 2.96 inches, is .15 inch below the average for the past eight years; 
rain on seven days.” John H. Wolfe, voluntary observer. 
This period of hot winds accompanied an area of low 
pressure, which appeared over eastern Colorado on the morn- 
