Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-19
APRIL, A RECORD BREAKER.
Gold 49,, storm'st Month Of shoWcrs
10 The History of lhn Utah
Weather iiurrHu.

Monthly meteorol7g .cal rop1it, April
1896. The month Of April, 1896. was n
record breaker Tor cold, stormy, de.
agreeable weather. The coolest YEA
Their ever experienced durIug the
month Of April In Utah, Of which there
isa any record, occurred on the lot, and
caused great DANA 10 the fruit, vcgr-
table aud grain crops throughout the
southern portion VI the state. In the
northern portion vegetation was not
far enough advanced to DO susceptible
OF mucn damage. Farm operations
were practically suspended during the
last halt OF the month, AMI crops ma"s
little or no progress IN growth.
The average Temperature for the
| State was II degrees; highest monthly
mean, 5j degrees, a. Moab, anu the
lowest, ~ degrees, ~ Park CITY. 1hu
maximum temperature, ~ degrees, was
recorded al Cisco, on the g5th, aud tue
minimum, degree below zero, at
Clover, On the let, making the range
oil temperature Tor tue state, IS de-
gfoes, The mean OF the maximum
temperature was - degfees, anu mint.
mum, . degfete. Al the majority Of
stations, the highest temperature 90.
Cured on the On, aud the lowest on
thu Lei. Average monthly range Of
temperature iOt tue State, " degree;
greatest local monthly range, "a DO.
grues, ut Mammoth; least monthly
range, II degrees, NJ Park City,
Tue average precipitation Tor .he
State was l,01 inches; the greatest
amount recorded was 1858 inunes OF
Park City, anu the least, trace at
Caellegltr, Cisco and Gllcs. The
principal part Of the precipitation
which was In the form Of rain auI
snow, fell from the lOgh 10 tho lstu,
aud dufltg the last three days oi the
mouth.
Tue average number OF clear days
was ~ partly cloudy, 9; cloudy, Z ami
days on which one.hundteith Of an
Inch or more Of RAIN or melted snow
fell, o. There was 6S per cent OF tuu-
ahine at Salt Lake City, aud 81 tor.
cent (vatlmateu) at Grover, Wa ne
county, during tnu month.
The prevailing winds were from the
sOutbwtbl. The total movement ofthe
VIM at Salt Lake CITY was $40
miles, anu the maximum velocity 81
miles per hour from the west on the
3Oth.
MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA.
Sundogs oh.
killing itOst--GrnyeT, nearly con.
stan; Lovan, lOtr, llth; Mauti, 2S.h,
29lh; st George, lsl, quo, l7th. l9.h.
Hleet--GrOveT, l6.h, l7tn; Heller,
al nj
Hsil-Legan, lob, 18th; PAhrcas,
2IIh; Salt Lake Guy, IAN.
REMARKS Oh ousERvERs.
81. George, Washington county-5t.
George has not had such cold Anil
weather rs characterised the uast
month since it, first settlement, 1872.
Jams' q. Bleak.
Grover, Wayne Couuty-The climate
aud weather uOn1ili n, here sra come.
what In state OF anarchy. From the
advent OF MRTeh 10 the present the
weather has been Tepulsiye 10 The
farmer, with the exception OF a very
few days, squally ana windy with
suow anu slett aud frequent "itetze
ups" has been the general rule, In
snort the weatheris very unptopitlous
for either sowing OF watering. Farm.
era are laying over for better weather
"tO turn uUn not hall our email grain
Ia yet, an the high win1H MI the air
with sand which pTrvonts blowing
and asa matter Of course, sowipp. h..
sides giving rise 10 the Tear thnt ms
wind wiilcut out the snow prematuf,ly
render the tul ply Of water ehorI. !
Lugern Just spr0utiur (aud barely that. !
NJ rgns OF willows or bifones bud. |
ding. March came la like lion an |
Ia remaining Ihr u.h April. Henry
Cuilum,
J. II. SMITH,
OtGetyeg anu Section Director.