The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
DR.. HYATT FURNISHES
WEATHER DOPE COVERING
ENTIRE YEAR OF 1906

ton excess decreasing rapidly to the
southwark, where much more moder-
| ate conditions prevailod.A Numerous
| frosts of moderate severity marked the
change to fair weather after the pre-
cipitation periods that occurred at the
beginning, the middle and the close of
the month. Points On the Colorado
river and in Washington county aver
aged waTmest; and points in Sewer and
Box Elder counties were coolest The
cOpiouS precipitation at the close of
| the middle and last decades, together
| with the added volume of water from
| the melting mountain SHOWS, caused
considerable damage to lowland prop
erty by flooding. The~amount of pre-
| cipitation was unusually large over the
northeastern counties, but diminished
to very small quantities in the south
ern tier of counties.
The mean temperature of the state
was S.. degrees, or % degrees below
the normal. The highest temperature
recorded was 90 degrees, at thistle. on
the 21st; the lowest was Is degrees, at
Kelton, on the 10th. The absolute range
was SO degrees. The average rreciplta-
ton was 1876 inches, or LIS inches a bove
the normal, the excess being greatest
over the northern portion and tiecreas-
ing to the southwark. The greatest
monthly amount was 5.63 inches, at
Ogden No. 1 north side), and the least
a trace, at Lucin. There was an aver
age of six days with .01 inch or more
of precipitation. The prevailing direc-
ton of wind was from the southwest. +
killing Frost in June.
June-CooI, cloudy weather with some
frost prevailed during the first dec
ade' but this was followed by fair, and
much warmer weather in the second
decade. While the greater warmth was
generally helpful, it materially in
creased the stage of water III the snow
fed streams of the state, and consid-
cradle damage was caused by flooding
in the lowlands. Killing frost formed
IN many localities during the closing
decade. The regions of highest temper
AZURE include the lower Colorado River
valley, and Washington county, and the
regions of lowest temperature cover
Rich, Summit and Wasatch counties
The precipitation was confined princi-
pally to the north-centraI districts.
with very little or none over the great
er portion of the state The stormy
days occurred in the first ard last dec
AIDES principally. Snow was common
in the mountain districts.
The mean temperature of the STATE.
% d
normal. The highest temperature re-
corded was loo degrees at Rockville.
on the 3d. the lowest was % degrees.
at Soldier Summit. on the oath. The
absolute range was "a degrees. The
average precipitation was SO inch. o.
20 inch above the normal. The eS-
cess Was confined to the northern and
middle portions, there being a marked
deficiency over the southern portion.
The greatest monthly amount was Els
inches, at Pennington, and the least.
none, at Green River, Wellington.
Aneth. Escalante, Giles, Grayson. Ka-
nab, La Sal. LOa and Modena There
was an average of two days with %
inch or more of precipitation over the
state. The prevailing winds were fror..
the southwest
July Thundered Strangely.
July-Following a brief period of high
pressure with fair cool weather accom-
panying, at the beginning of the month.
the air pressure became relatively low.
causing abnormal cloudiness and unus-
ual sultriness. The valleys of Washing
ton county averaged warmest. and the
WaSatcn mountain districts coolest
The precipitation distribution was the
reverse of that for June, being consid-
erably greater over the middle and
southern portions of the state, with
very little in the northern counties.
The precipitation days were quite even
ly distributed throughout the month.
A new record of thunderstorm fire.
uqency was established at large num-
her of stations. local thunder-storms
occurring almost daily in some local
tiles.
The mean temperature of the state
was 1l.6 degrees. or L below the nor
NAL. The highest temperature recorded
was ITO degrees, at st. George, on the
9Th; the lowest was 20 degrees. at Cow
oto on the LIST. The absolute range WAS
81 degrees. The average precipitation |
was So inch, or .0S inch above the nor
NAL, the excess increasing slightly from |
north to south. The greatest monthly |
was 2.99 inches, at Tropic. and |
the least, a trace, at Pennington, Salt |
air and IndianOla. There was an aver |
age of five days with .O1 inch or more /