A steady rain totaling 2.63 inches fell through the day and the following night, bringing the August total up to a record-breaking 9.53 inches. Heavy thunderstorms were again in the forecast, and overnight lows were predicted to be around 55 degrees. The unusual amount of rainfall was attributed to the absence of a high pressure ridge that usually developed over the plains states in August. One meteorologist explained that Lawrence was in a “trough area” which caused passing fronts to stall out over the city. As of this date, there had been only nine sunny days so far in August.

A Kansas University student from Prairie Village was in intensive care at the KU Medical Center after falling from a second-story window of a fraternity house. He had been climbing over a desk to exit the window to sit on “the balcony,” which was a small roof over a first-floor window, when he lost his balance and flipped out of the window.