, 1904-03-22
MEAN
TEMPERATURE OF STATE FOR
MONTH OF FEBRUARY WAS
ABOVE THE NORMAL.
Unusually Mild Weather i've Great
er Portion of State and Precipita-
ton Exclusive to Some Sections
Border Reported Coolest Tenn
perature, Thirty-thre. Degrees.

Following is the Genealogical re
port for the month Of February. issued
rom the Cheyenne office of the Wyo
ming section by Section Director W
S. Palmer:
The mean temperature of the state
for the month was 26.0 degrees, and
the average precipitation was 1.5l
inches. When compared with the nor
NAL of such stations as have records
of ten years or more the mean tenn.
perature was So degrees above the
normal. and the average precipitation
0.13 of an inch below the normal.
Eight well-defined lows moved
s~outheastward from British Columbia
TO the middle Rocky Mountain region
turing February, but as no well-defin,
ed high" from the British northwest
~overspread the Rocky Mountain region
during the month no evere general
storm visited Wyoming. Unusually
mild weather prevailed over nearly all
portions of the state and at some sta,
tons the temperature did not reach
zero during the entire month. The
precipitation over the extreme west
quite heavy, and in some localities e
c~essive, but over the southeastern part
Of the state a marked deficiency of
precipitation vas general.
The mea temperature of the state,
as obtained from the record Of "a re-
porting stations, was 260 degrees. The
highest mean temperature was $50
degrees, at Chugwater. and the lowest
was 1876 degrees, at Daniel. The high
est temperature reported was 10 de-
grees, at Marquette on the 4th, and
the lowest was SO degrees below zero,
at Border on the 10th The maximum
temperature vas recorded at most sta
tons during the warm period at the
close of the month, while the mini
mum temperature at most stations was
recorded on the 9th or 10th.
The average precipitation for the
state, as obtained from the records OF
thirty-three reporting stations, was
Isl inches. This mount was very
unevenly distributed over the state.
The maximum amount reported at any
station was $50 inches (75.0 inches OF
SNOWY, at South Pass City, and the
least was a trace, at Basin and Phil
lips. At some stations in the western
portion of the state the precipitation
toward the close of the month fell in
the form of rain, and at Border thun-
Joy Woc rnnnr6oI on fw0 iauS Tho
average snowfall from the reporting
stations was 14.2 inches.
The prevailing winds for the month
were from the west. There was al
average of IL clear, 10 partly cloudy,
and s cloudy days during the month
and an average of 6 days on which
DOL of an inch or more of rain or melt
ed snow fell.
Prof. B. P. Fleming sends the follow
ing Chronological date for Laramie
to the February report of the Cheyenne
section: Mean temperature. 29.7 de-
grees, a departure of 81 degrees above
the normal. The highest was Sc or
the 26th and 3 below zero OF the 10th.
The greatest daily range was 80 de-
grees. The total precipitation for the
month was OIL inch a departure OF
0.22 below the normal. The greatest
in "a hours was O.SO, the total unmelt-
ed snowfall being ID inch. Number
of rainy days, 2; number of clear days,
Is; number Of partly cloudy days, II;
number of cloudy days. 2; prevailing
direction of wind, southwest.