Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-12

Tho average Tor the % years Tor this
month lH obtained by adding W all tho
averages and dividing by 20 whlch
gives o. degrees nH our usual or nor
NAL temperature. II VIII o. seen l,at
in only one year have WU ever hnd "A
month vi May rp cold uH last month
was and that was In 1895, when the
average WnH four degrees colder That
Vua followed by tho wnrmCHt May We
have had. iu 1897. when the average
daily temperature was % degrees
A COLD MONTH,
2 The coldrst day during the present
month thus Gar WAS the 90 whom the
minimum was "a dcgrccr the heavy
frost that cut on the potatoes and IN
1urud the fruits week ago The low
ct record for june during the last
four years has been ~ degrees In ls'h,
A. degrees was the lowest in June, 1877
81 degrees was nc lowest No June, ~
and now comes ~ deserves. the minl-
mum IN 1880 The aprlng climate seems
Go be- growing colder
Tho average temperature fnr 70
hlurH o. much lower than the average
during tho daytime. The lowest tniuH
prraturr occurs ut about i've o'clock
IN the morning iu stay ana June run
Minis from in thc morning occasion.
ullV 60 seven o'clock but the coolest
time occasaionully comics IN any part
OF tho day, due 10 the approach OF 10
cold wave. Tho hottest part N tho
day In May ana June usually occurs
90 about o o'clock In the afternoon
the coincidence of the hours I'VE
O'Clock viii make the hottest aud cold-
ct hours OF the day easy 20 Be romrm.
hprod. Ia the Language M the mrigur-
olugist, the diurnni minimum tomperl-
turo occurs nt nye "a. tn.' tho diuruul
maximum temperature AZ nNv ., m,
The accumulated deficiency Of tenn
peruturc during May was 100 degrees
Tor the month. There hns been dcu-
Uirncy ~ 81 desrcvH this month or
nearly eight degrees daily.
The greatest dcnciency was on tho Vth
when the Temperature was n daNrrcH
below tho uvcrugg or normal tompcrn-
ture.
While tho cold here continues UMPIRE
csdynted some OF the fruit having been
killed by severe cold not many nights
nEn. and the nights ln general being
much cooler than over before known az
this season. the east n HWrltrrlng with
o. heat heretofore unknown, IN NcW
York ana also In London, people arr
dying Of the heat Hero people are
wearing ovorgoatH cvcry night
WIND AND RAIN.
We had q wind velocity Of a miles prr
hour on tho north ON juno ath ut 3i0
=. M. on the night before Decoration
day that IN ON May Goth last occurred
tho highest wind with one single cNccp.
ton over known In Utah, The Wind
that night reached "a velocity NJ 30 miles
Dor hour and came from the west The
highest wind ever known was that on
April g, 1888. the day Of the dedication
uf tho Temple. when n gale from the
southwest reached speed of 90 miles
per hour.
There has been more than the usual
amount ~ fainfull In both May and
June. For may tho excess was 81 OF
on inch. The total precipitation for
May was 2hp inches, In june 10 date
the excess OF rainfall has been over
half an inch. The total rnlnfull thus
Tor wnH 90 ~ an Inch ana the excess
81 VI an inch.
TINS DRY ATMOSPHERE.
In general the drynoss NJ this atmos-
phere prevents the cold from being 80
keenly felt or 20 productive VI sickness
na 10 most other parts ot the world.
the reporter was taken 90 the top or
the puoly building and was shown the
manner of taking the various readings
and obsorvatioha The relative humldi-
~ ~ the atmosphere was but 20 per
cent on Aprn 23rd az O., m. the rcla-
tive humidity was only . per cent and
by ., m. II had fallen 10 Q per cent.
This dryneaH n phenomenal
In DavlHa Elementary Moteornlogy'
which Il the standard work on this sub
sect, the author says, page li5' CLOSE
over the ocean surface, tho relative