Arizona republican., 1906-05-30
WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN

For the Week Ending May 2S, 1906.
 The temperature during the week decreased slowly until Friday. There was a slow increase on Saturday and Sunday. The night temperatures were exceedingly low, ranging from 31 de- grees to A degrees over the northern countless; from 42 degrees to 54 de- grees over the central counties, and from IS degrees to 56 degrees over the southern counties. The mean weekly departure in temperature for the Ter ritory was - degrees, distributed as follows: Over the northern section, -6 degrees; for the central section, -6 degrees, and for the southern section, -S degrees. The extremes in temper
 ature were as follows: At Flagstaff, the maximum was 6S degrees. on the 21st; the minimum, 31 degrees, on the 23d; Phoenix, maximum, 90 degrees
 on the 21st; minimum, 53 degrees on the 24th. Yuma, maximum, % de- grees. on the 22d; minimum, 56 de- grees. on the 24th. Light frost oc- cured over the central counties on the morning of the 24th, killing frost, with freezing temperatures. over the north
 ern counties. on the mornings of the 23d and 24th. Light to heavy dew
 formed on most all of the clear nights
 The weather during the middle of the week was threatening and stormy
 with thundershowers scattered over large areas within the central and southern sections, and light rain, turn ing into light snow, over the northern section and the Mount Graham range Hailstorms and sandstorms occurred
 over the central counties on the 23d. The winds blew strongly over the en - tire Territory on Wednesday. attain ing velocities of 26 to g miles per hour. from the southwest west and northwest. The prevailing wind direc- tions and average hourly wind-veloci- 1 ties were as follows: At Flagstaff, southwest, II miles per hour; Phoenix, east, miles per hour; Yuma, west. [ miles per hour Forest fires, on the Huachuca mountains, near Ft. Hua- chuca and Palmerlee, destroyed con siderable valuable timber. For the i entire Territory there were 2 clOudless
 days clear days, 1 partly cloudy day and l cloudy day. The humidity was ! slightly in excess of the normal per l centage. At Phoenix, the average hu- midity was as follows: In the morn ing. 46 per cent; at F noon. 16 per II cent: at night, 21 per cent. The total ! precipitation, with departures from the normal amount, is as follows: Al Flagstaff, OLA inch. departure. -O.1t inch: Phoenix, GOO inch, normal;
 Yuma. GOO inch, normal.
 There was just sufficient precipita-
 tion over the upper drainage areas ot
 the Salt and Gila water sheds on tn 23d to cause a small run-Off and . slight rise. which discOlored the waters
 of those streams. At the end of tho week The water became clear and th'
 streams were receding at a rapid rate The Little Colorado and Colorado re main at flood stages. The snowfall O
 the 23d over the Mt. Graham noun tains has almost disappeared, al though the higher peaks of that rang
 are still snOwcapped. It is estimated that there are some 10 to 60 inches O E snow remaining over the mountain E within the northern section of tn ! Territory. Stock-water upon the nor \ isolated sections and ranges is becom l ing scarce; otherwise. there is a bOun
 tiful supply of water. The acreage ir | rigated during the past week wa nearly twice the area of that under ir
 rigation at the corresponding date C I last year. Water service continued ia \ beyond the scheduled runs.