Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-21
IDAHO IN JULY.
Report CT crop, W,a'her aud Aisocl.
aicd Mater. or inlcrst.

atcu Mht,tfs OF lu'crtsi.
Idaho secii,n, climate and crop ser.
vice weather bureau, monthly report for
July, 1886. ID. Il. MoCallum, section
director, Idaho Falls, Iiahoi
The weather during the month was
generally olrar and warm with very
little precipitation until tho Ii,b, i2th,
anu 18Th, upon which dates unusuaily
heavy thundera,orms occurred IN all
paris OF the state; In n few places IN
the southern section the t,ofms Of the
18th were the most severe on record;
thundur6iofms occurred also among
localities on tho 9stn AND .0ih. Win
thrte uxceplloas tho rainfall Of tue
m0nih was confiuod 10 a few lighi
q untof5tgrms ~ various parn OF tho
SLATE. 40 regards temperature the
usual mi1ngm ner weather was cx.
pofioncod, though light ifoet occurred
at one elallon Ia tho southwestern
section ON tho 1871 anu lith. The
atmosphere over the greater part OF the
state was quite smoky during nearly
tne entire month.
Notes OF Observers. Idaho City, The
thunderstorm OF tho lfh was the
heaviest over known hero. Idaho
FAilt Two thundofs,ofms about an
hour apart occurred on the afternoon
of tue l.lb; the second was quite se-
veru aud IL said by the Oldest residents
10 have bren the heaviest ever expert.
enced In this eoctlon; tue thunder was
terrific anu the sky Tor about twenty
minutes was In almost continual
Diazn OF lightning; u n estimated that
about hall nn inch OF rain fell In M.
teen miuutef; two persons In tho vein.
ny OF station were killed ny lightning;
90 ndditional damage except TO freshly
cut hay. Kexburg: NJ $3.50 ,. N. Of
the l2tn commenced the heaviest rain
anu Thunderstorm for years, lHstinR
one hour; horse ana rider were KILLED
by lghtniug IL miles northwes. OF
here. Pari: Two distinct shocks OF
earthquake un ghp morning Of the 9Th.
summary: The mean temperature
for the STATE was ITO ugreos,
as degrcea warmer than July
Of last ysai; the Highest month.
~ mean temperature was SCI
degrees az MinidOkn, anu the lowest,
$751; NJ ChuHturiloldT tho highest ten.
pofHtufo reached during the month
was l07 dogfces at Payette and Pollock
on the 5lb, ana the lowest, 81 at Chez.
teriield ON tue 2i.h, making an ALSO.
luto range OF 10 degrees; tho greatest
local monthly range OF Temperature
was at Payeite anu Soldier, o. degrees,
and tho least, a. at Burnside. Toe
average precipitation was O.73 inch, an
excess Of IL inch over July, 1915; tue
greatest amount was nj luahO City,
l.SG inches. anu tue least, 0 at Mini.
doka; the greatest In any "a hour
period was 1856 inchta at ldnho CITY
on the lith. Average number OF rainy
dnyF, .. Average number OF clear
Jays, Is; partly cloudy, o, and cloudy,
4. Prevailing direction OF wind,
southwest; average hourly velocity
(lrom records at Grangevillo ana Idaho
Falls), 90 miles; maximum velOclty(at
Gransevillel. a. miles an hour from
the southwest on the l6Ih.
Miscellaneous Phonumena: Autoras,
D)wncy, 1870, llth; Idaho Fa'ls, lllh.
Dense togi Warren, lat. Earthquake,
Pans, 6ln. Ffost (lighD, Dairy, lSlh,
lith. HAL, CHESTERFIELD, .7th; Corral,
l.th; Font bnmhi, .9.h; Gimlel; 2nd;
junction, LIST. Solar Hnlos, Fort Lem.
hi, l2lh, l3ln, lith. Thunderstorm,
American Falls, l2lh, 18th; Boise, l8lh,
l6th; Burnelde, l2ih, 21tn, 2stb, 2glh;
Chesterfield, 1871, .lsl, 27,h, Coupf
d'Alene, lSlh; Corral, OH, 1910, Isib;
Dairy, ION, nth, i2lh, IAN, 2lst, 27tn,
29lhi D5wney, 2nd, s7,n; Fort sher.
msn, 6lbj l2tn; Gimlet, lsi, 0lh, 7th,
s.h, 0.b, ION, llth, 18Th, l3tn, 10Th.
1914, 27ib, 2slb, 29ih; Gnngevllle'
Uth, s,b, oh, nth, l8th, .sth; Idaho
CITY, lltn, l2lh, l3ih, IAN, 2Otn, 2sih;
Idaho Faile, l2lni Juuetlon, lei, 2nd,
l4lb, 18Th. 2slb, 20.h; LCsl River, sth,
9th, ION, llth, l2lb, .sth, 20 b;
Nampa, iOth, llth, l2lh. l4lD, Is b;
Parir, lSih, .7tn, .S,h; Pollock, l2,h;
II xtlrg, 1850, IAN, LON, 18th, goth;
Il aeberry, l2.n, 1910; Saluoris, let,
9th, slh, 0ihe l0m, lllh, Sob, 8lsl;
Solaier 7th, l6h; Warren, 10Th, lllh,
lalh, aO.n.