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Wednesday, September 23.1992
The first full day of fall
Fall began yesterday at 2:43 p.m. as the Earth reached the Autumn equinox, which means that the sun is shining directly at the equator, giving an equal amount of day and night to roughly everywhere on Earth.
As the Earth moves in its elliptical orbit around the sun, the Earth's tilt brings the northern hemisphere closer to the sun in June, and the southern hemisphere closer in December, creating the longest and shortest days, respectively.
Source: The Great World Atlas
Sean M, Tevis / KANSAN
Fall breaks after cool summer
By Lynne McAdoo Kansan staff writer
The first full day of fall follows a strange summer that was filled with cool and wet weather.
On July Fourth, a thunderstorm rolled in, dumped record 1.38 inches of rain and drenched any chance of a fireworks display.
People replaced bathing suits with sweatshirts when record-low temperatures were set in the middle of August. The low temperatures dipped into the low 50's.
The unpredictable weather caused trouble at both work and play.
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department had to reschedule 515 softball games this summer because of the rain.
"It became a real struggle. There were a lot of makeup games," said Bob Shadcliff, sports coordinator for Lawrence Parks and Recreation.
Boaters who ventured out to Clinton State Park often had the whole lake to themselves.
"Business has been down since we have had few weekends with one nice day, let alone two nice days," said Amy Waibel, manager at Clinton Marina. "I think people just started making plans for the weekend that didn't depend on the weather."
Lawn-care companies just had to be patient and work with the weather.
"As with most landscaping companies, when it rains, it shuts down any jobs having to do with dirt until it dries out," said Ron Baker, owner of Willowridge Landscaping. "In some cases it helped, we kept mowing throughout July and August when normally it would have died out and been dormant."
Students probably do not have to worry about hot summer weather making a late appearance, as meteorologists have predicted a cooler than usual fall.
The cause of the cooler weather can be attributed to the jet stream, which remained farther south than normal, said Ken Habas of the National Weather Service in Topeka. It kept the cooler Canadian air over Kansas and blocked the warmer winds from Mexico.
Joe Eagleman, professor of meteorology, used his research to predict in March that the summer would be cooler than usual.
He used the temperature of the Pacific Ocean and atmospheric turbidity, or air movement, as gauges.
The temperature of the ocean affects the atmospheric pressure. As pressure rises, the chance for sunny skies increases.
Atmospheric turbidity lowers the temperature because it causes more dust particles to gather in the air, thus blocking the sun's rays. Recent volcanic eruptions have increased atmospheric turbidity. Eagleman said.
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Lawrence tax money may build bike paths
Funding for trail and bike path construction in Lawrence may now be available after the Lawrence City Commission's 4-voice yesterday to make part of the city's state gas-tax revenue accessible for such projects.
cities to alter that law and use part of those funds for other projects.
State law limits cities' use of gas-tax funds to construction and maintenance of streets and highways. However, the state does allow individual
No path construction projects are planned, and no money has been removed from existing repair and maintenance budgets. The adoption of the ordinance merely allows the commission to access up to 10 percent of gas-tax money in the future if it decides bike path and trail construction is necessary.
Marc Wilson, KU student representative to the commission, encouraged city commissioners to consider construction of bike paths.
"Bicycle and pedestrian traffic has been cited as a safety concern for our campus," he told the commission. "We have bikes hitting people and cars hitting bikes and recently one of our faculty was killed when struck by a vehicle when riding his bike home from work."
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