The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-04

Jupiter tfuViu3- mas GOV 't-f- iltfftf7ett-
with imperishatle glory in Utah- and
set marx FOR rainfall that may neFeR
again be reached IL the SAT- Lake VAL
ley. Three 9ud n hagf inches of water
IN thirtv-six hours is the record lsade.
Prom the time The rainfaA began ats
~ O'Clock Thursday morning until 20
o'clock last night the exact precipitas
ton. as measured by Director Mufdoeh
ait his outlook on the TOP of the Dooiy
block. was 3-34 inches. Tine Fan fer the
hrst txenty-four hours OF The storm
frofu 10 a. IA. Thursday till 10 a. m.
YESTERDAY. was pa inches. From
O'Clock thursday evening r4ll the same
hour yesterday eVeni1g the ralntt.iA
was SIS inches. gqfns Tar beyon9 lhe
hichest record ever made ~ lne 50
crat east since the weather oliiee ''9
established he-e in 1879. 81
The srezite1st DEVIOUS Say S
accotdide to The records OF the looi.t
weather ofiice, was. 2 inches on June Z,
1855. other heavy rains, IS fec0rceo. ~
the weather bureau-4 Ie 1-e- ll.cHsS,
is 1879. b 40 inches 4T1rii s. 1852, LBS
inches. Dec. Is. ISIS rs ii1ehes. sept
20 187E. 1855 inches. May ~, 1875, ald
rila same fam May ~ 1880.
s better idea 0f the .r2gnilu9e % Is q
etatemen- chat the norma 4itoltlts y
rainfaff for the month of Nay ever
since the establishment of the tocal OF
nee has been LIZ inches. 50 That the
precipitattpn. for the past two days ms 1s.,
necn more than twice as great as Jne
norrasf preeip itauon for the entire
rnonth Of May Ire greatest firecipita~
tfon for the month OF May up TO thiH
time was in IS76-4.30 inches ana the
next Ercdtest vas in AtaSr Ae2ef
4 aHr.r HrH.
AT no O'Clock lasU night. when Mr.
1Iucdoch took his last surement.
the rain WAS sull steadily Gazing. ana
die iudIca tons were tnaE Lne ehlllH
Rainfall for the storm would be verE
close 20 four inches. AT the same time
4he 5arometei was slowly risiRg at II
o-clocs. and Mr. MurdOch vas of The
Crimson Chat The storm -wOull- bea0Fer
by daylight He thought that there
Yves 10 danger TO Dee apprehended from
frost. as the storm Was moving ed 70
she northeast. ~ Y bad peeH drlyen
out los a cold wind from the corthWest
there might have been a dinereat story
e. ten. 80
AS 10 The extent 81 she storm Mr.
81 Jrdocaa says thar no seetie'n p y tsin
900 been sighted although the rama II
sfas been u30ch Heavier in She imme=
nf4 q vicinity ~ SAT- Lake than.at any
other point. Tic coming - the storm
was foretold ia The Herald on Wednes-
faTdng n Washiugt2n, ore6on. Gailtor-
MIA and Nevadas che storm was nov
ms east. and Il was but question II
time uf3en 10 would strike Utah 1t
came into the state from the south
west and tema5ned stationary over the
Salt Lake valley for ruby twenty-four
hturs. It then. moved on slowly to thl
Northeast
AS to The erect Of the heavy rain on
the snow supply IN the mountains M
Murdoch thought the effect would not
be bad. IN feet. he thought that The
rrecipitation 1vs-3 iri the nature Of snow
in the higher nJaunte fls, as the mean
tempera ture was ~ 81 salt lake curing
the storm. For this reason. while much
cf the SNOW mus8 have been washed
down from The foothills bv the rain,
tha additbnal sllEply Of sirsw his'her
up would muciS more than make up for
the -l0ss-
dr. Murdoch taouEht 90 not uHrea-
sonable To say that the lake would be
raised more than & fQ0z assone result
OF the storm.