SUMMER HOT WINDS ON THE GREAT PLAINS. 331 
Central time. 
Temperatur 
5:20 p. m. 
89° 
5:30 p. m. 
96° 
5:39 p. m. 
90° 
5:43 p. m. 
88° 
5:50 p. m. 
87°. 5 
5:55 p. m. 
87° 
6:25 p. m. 
71° 
Remarks. 
Wind southwest and south. 
First thunder. 
Wind southeast and east. 
Wind south. 
Light sprinkle at 6:15 p. m. 
“ These are observed readings: Wind high—possibly thirty miles per 
hour. No visible effect on vegetation here, but about three miles west a 
few acres of cotton are said to have been killed by the hot winds.” C. F. 
Mercer, voluntary observer. 
1892, May 29 to 30, Sulphur Springs, Texas. —“The hot, dry winds of 
May 29 and 30 passed over this (Hopkins) county. They came from 
the south about 9 p. m. In some parts of the county only the very tops 
of plants were scorched; in other parts the whole plants were scorched 
black. The winds did not move in a continuous line, since they scorched 
only in patches, sometimes twenty feet wide and sometimes more. Vege¬ 
tation in the path of the wind looked as if it had been burned by fire. 
As nearly as I can learn, the winds covered about one-fourth of the 
county. The crops in the eastern and southern portions suffered most.” 
H. A. Evans, voluntary observer. 
1892, May 29 to 30, Black Jack Grove, Texas. —“ On the night of the 29th, 
about 10 o’clock, a high, warm wind blew from the southeast. Consider¬ 
able destruction was done to growing crops and vegetation generally in 
streaks over the fields—say from two hundred yards to one-fourth of a 
mile wide, in zigzag ways. There was a great deal of lightning in the 
southwest, but no rain at all.” W. II. Davidson, postmaster. 
1892, May 29 to 30, Eastland, Texas. —“ On May 29, between the hours 
of 2 p. m. and 4 p. m., hot winds were felt in all parts of this (Eastland) 
county. They came from the south, lasting from two to five minutes. 
The effect on vegetation was of a scorching nature, but no serious damage 
was done except to gardens.” J. A. Feddeman, voluntary observer. 
1892, May 29 to 30, Anson, Texas. —“ The hot winds have ceased to be a 
new phenomenon here, between the foot of the plains and the Colorado 
mountains, as they are of annual occurrence, during the month, gener¬ 
ally of June (sometimes earlier, and others extending into July). The 
hot wind is the crucial test on our corn crop, and for that reason it is 
considered the most unreliable crop here. The hot wind usually comes 
from the north or northwest and is very hot and dry. Crops wither; the 
flesh becomes dry and very hot, with no moisture on the skin. In eleven 
years’ residence here we have had but one or two seasons without these 
winds. We expect them yearly.” C. Tompkins, voluntary observer. 
