SUMMER HOT WINDS ON THE GREAT PLAINS. 327 
barometer was 30 inches or above off the coast of Oregon, 
and the general tendency of the atmosphere was very well 
defined from the Pacific coast across the divide toward the 
low pressure area, with partly cloudy to cloudy weather. 
Cloudless weather prevailed over the central slope from the 
24th to the 28th, inclusive. 
1890, June, Downs, Kansas.—“ On the 26th, hot winds, which burned 
the blades of corn; turned them white.” J. B. Handy, voluntary ob¬ 
server. 
1890, June, Alton, Kansas. —“ On the 28th, at 1 p. m., thermometer reg¬ 
istered 103°, with south wind. We have fortunately been free from hot 
winds, and crops are looking fine.” A. H. Goddard, voluntary ob¬ 
server. 
1890, June, Gibson, Kansas. —Hot winds during the latter part of the 
month. 
These winds accompanied an area of low pressure which 
appeared over the northern slope and northern plateau on 
June 18, with pressure below 29.70 inches ; the low pressure 
centralized over the central slope on the 22d and oscillated 
back and forth from South Dakota to Kansas from the 22d 
to the 27th, after which it moved rapidly to the eastward. 
During the development and progress of this low pressure 
area there was an area of high pressure in the Pacific off the 
coast of Oregon. Cloudy weather prevailed from the Pacific 
coast to the divide; cloudless weather prevailed over the 
central and southeastern slopes during the time these hot 
winds were reported. 
1890, July, Alton, Kansas. —“ Hot winds on the 8th wilted crops.” A. 
H. Goddard, voluntary observer. 
1890, July, Manhattan, Kansas. —“6th to 14th, hot winds almost every 
day.” Prof. C. M. Breese. 
These winds accompanied an area of low pressure which ap¬ 
peared to the northwest of Montana on July 3, moved south¬ 
eastward along the eastern slope until the 6th, when it de¬ 
veloped into two well defined low pressure areas, one over 
South Dakota and the other to the north of Montana, both of 
