Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-31
EIIsRl CLIMATE
!, oIG,rps, Between Tho Coast
and tbs Interior
!, ul,rrnpAr IN rLoSDlhH'


/, ,.u,soros, July aO.-ona0 a,. 'n'
a Asn n If Inc secrssary of AErlcu'-
cllon i y Chief Moore of the weA'
wlnOn WEI, bn, maze public a sla'o'
~ Ou'sAI ..rd TO the climate OF AIas'
a Nj. Moore say'' ..,,,,
= M, .,,m,,e OF the ooa't nnu inc
IL =, Alaska arc unlike In many
Nv and the differences are in,sn,
,, !. by exceptional physical 1 Ina,
pn''ra s fnuge Of ssnus ma MA
fIpoLa me mainland FROM 1he sc,
y fa,s n M rom Dixon south norm, anu
1efesan NJ the mainland ior poes-
y ,venty miles Daek 'i nnast as IL
v,nr tpo sweep OF me COAST "I ne
lpS'' uor.hWtstwaTi 10 VIC
Nv, W., extremity OF AlAsRs, 'oIn
y VEN ,',n,s,lo division which may
lne1 temperate Aiasha' Ihe
= 'eln i','. rarely falls to serJ; winter
nal fst in until December is', s,s
IA, last Of May the snow mas u
'na .xoeut 90 tne mountains.
- co. MAJ Water temperature OF
cus, sS5 hut little less than tnat
sv.shingtoh, d. @. The rainfall OF
oerate Alseka is notorious .ns w
aver. not only as REGARDS the
INV mat ialls out also as 10 'ne
ns; n he falling, VIZ: In long
,rc,psnt rams aud grizzlies
"A, and log naturally abound there
on au average out sik'y-nA
,dsys 10 the year. North OF the
ns'1 islands tue COST climate
'mss more rigorous In winter, oui
"mmer the dilierence 10 much Iess
1nktu. ~ ,,o,,d
q. IN inst designation practically IN
|.3its oguplry except narrow fringe
|s,roa,t margin, Is one OF extreme
IA, with nut q brief summer, es.
|-ss,,lly when the sky is free from
|sTo Ia toe KlOndike region in
En- vlpter the ,uu rises from 9:3O t.
"a m, AMI sets llom to sp. No., the
IA length Of Usyiighl being about
IN houIs. Remembering that the
| |,1s rises bu, lew degrees above the
+ 'S,,Ou aud that 1t is wholly obscured
m great many dRye, the character
|sfthe winter months may easily BIZ
|Iusgiued.
m are indebted to the Uuited Sintes
~ anu geodetic survey for seflse
|slrx months observations on the Yu-
I'm not lsr from the site OF the presept
|soIu disc yeries. The observations were
MD with standard instruments and
n wholly reliable. The meaa tenn pei.
|rlntes Of the months from October,
H51e, to April, 1880, both inolusive,aTe
|,skllovE
Qcobsr, So deg; November, 8; De
|u1Sber, II deg. below zero; Jauuary,l7
bw zero; February, 10 below zsrU;
ich, 8 above zsro; April, 20 above,
daily mean temperature fell ana
sized below the FREEZING point (32
from November 1, 1853, TO April
1880, thus giving 1853 days "a thu
lib Of the closed season OF l6S9.90,
nmiug that outdoor operations are
o7iiOlled by the temperature osIy.
he lowest tenpsratures registered
1unbg the winter we't: 80 degrees he.
DIV zero on November 27.b; In Deosm-
1>i 50; 90 In Jauusfy; 55 IN February,
\ below in March and 20 below In
Aril,
he greatest continuous c1ld oc.
r1td In February, 1890, when the
olk mean for Ave Consecutive dayt
fps II deg. biljw zero.
Qrtaer cold than that here noted
~ bsen experienced in the United
4nies for shsrt time, but never hal
[henlnued 20 very cold for SO long 0
pH. Ia The interior OF Alaska, win
Pee In CT carly as September, wher
Fstofms may be expected In tn,
1n'ains aud passes. Headway dur
ons Of those storms Is impossible,
~ The traveller who Is out in one Q,
is Indeed fortunate II he esca PEI
un bis lie.
e chsnges OF temperature from
'e' 10 tuhmsr are rapid, towing Il
eieat Increase In the length Of In,
Ihs mean summer temperatur,
me Interior doubtless rauRes be
y 6V AND 10 degrees, according /,
shon, being highest In the middl,
lower In the Yubon valley.
must Leave IbessalY.
pNsrANTlNOpLE, July sO-It n