The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-04-09
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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Experiment station-Press bulletin
the climate ~ Utah,

Experiment station-Press nuIietin on
the Climate ~ Utah.
pamphlet received from the Utah
Experiment Station treats ON the eli
mate Of Utah, being bulletin No. A. by
James Dryden. II contains most com.
prehensiyg discussion Of our climate,
and Is graphically Illustrated by charts
and drawings
ln addition to giving In detail the
weather records a. the Agricultural
College Tor two yo ~ past, IL gives sum
maries Of the meteorological conditions
for twenty different points In The State
since the taking Of observations com
mrnccd many years ago.
There Is an interesting discussion on
sensible temperature, explaining Why
hot weather feels" pleasant aud cold
weather "i,els' hot. Statistics arc.p'e.
scented TO show that the temperature as
recorded In government publications
docs not DO Justice TO the arid wcst.
that In fact the air temperature Is not at
al u SURF indications OF the relative
Z plcasanlncss OF two localities ~ regards
heat. The writer states that In New
York dming the summer OF 1896, Gis
deaths occurred from sunslrokc with
mean miximum daily temperature Of
W degrees; while mean maximum
tempnturo " Salt Lake City Of 03 re-
suited Ia no deaths from that cause.
The mean sensible july and August tcm-
praure Of Salt Lake City is about
equal Ia that oi Winnipeg. Manitoba,
sault s. Marie, aud Halifax while VI
raso, Texas, shows sensible tompra-
turc lower than that Of the city Of New
York.
This phenomenon Il explained by tho
fact that evaporation from the sur
face Of the body h 40 much greater In
the dry atmosphere oithe intcrmountain,
region than In the humid regions Of the
east that the actual temperature felt ON
the surface Of the body Is very much
lees, because evaporation isa cooling
process So that the actual sensation Of
heat experienced by the human body IL
the temperature Of evaporation. andthls
temperature IL obtained by using wet
bulb thermometer. Several charts are
used 10 illustrate the FACTS discussed.
The rainfall IN the arid states. ia dis
cussed on page o. 70 % The average
rainfall In tho month OF May, June,
= 1piS and Aueps, \ gise ! for The states
OF Arizona, Colorado, fdAlio. Mon.ana,
Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Tho iacts
are graphically illustrated by diagrams,
aud they show surprising difference
In tho amount Of moisture precipitation
In the several states. Colorado Is shown
TO have larger miniall than either Of
the other states Montana has the next
largest; while Nevada and Utah have
the smallest. The figures are "a follows
for the four months Arizona, 4.l2 in
ehes, Colorado, STA; Idaho, ss; Mon
tana, 90; Navada, 2.5i Utah 1885,
Wyoming 5.03. Il l. matter Of i'm.
portance, however, ia which Of the four
months the principal part Of the mois-
ture fall. A rainfall In May or June is
worth more than one In August. A
chart u added 10 show this fact. From
lit is seen that Colorado receives most
OF ~ rain In May aud July, Arizona in
July and August Montana la June.
utal, receives more Of its rain in May
than In gny other month,
The question Is the rainfall increas-
ingl h answered in the negative Re-
cords are given from 90 10 % years, and
they reveal no ground Tor the belief that
Z the rainfall 10 increasing in this state.
The bulletin will be sent free on APP
plication 10 Luihor Foster, bTecior
Experiment Station, logan, Utah.