Arizona republican., 1907-07-31
WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN.
For the Week Ending July 29, 1907.
GENERAL SUMMARY.

Partly cloudy TO cloudy weather
prevailed from Tuesday to Friday
Wednesday and Thursday being gen.
erally cloudy Copious to heavy
showers occurred over the northern.
central and southeastern counties. ex-
cept the extreme western counties.
Several washouts occurred in the CEN
trail and southeastern counties. An
excessive rainfall OF 1.50 inches was
recorded at Jerome. on the 25th. There
were two clear DAYS, 3 partly cloudy
days. and cloudy days. The sun
shine was greatly deficient until Fri
day. and excessive on Saturday and
Sunday. Thunderstorms were numer-
Gus. The total weekly amounts OF
precipitation were as follows: AT
Flagstaff 100 inches. being an excess
of O.S5 inch. At Phoenix, L41 inches.
being an excess OF LIP inches. AT
Yuma, 600 inch. or normal. There was
increased wind-movement over the
northern counties. The prevailing
wind direction and the average wind
velocity We're as follows: For the
northern counties. the prevailing wind
direction was west, and the average
hourly wind velocity. 3 miles per hour;
central counties, southwest, Z miles
per hour; southern counties. south
west, miles per hour. At Phoenix,
the weekly mean humidity was 60 per
cent. or "a per cent greater than the
normal for July. and "a per cent great
err than the mean humidity of the pre-
vious week.
Unseasonably low temperature con-
tinued to Saturday. on Wednesday
and Thursday there were small daily.
ranges in temperature. with an ac-
cumulated deficiency in daily mean
temperature ranging from 90 to IS de-
grees. The temperature increased
slowly on Sunday. The average daily
deficiency in daily mean temperature
for the Territory during the week was
degrees For the northern counties.
the weekly mean temperature was So
degrees. being a deficiency of de-
grees; for the central counties. 50 de-
grees. being a deficiency of 9 degrees;
for the southern counties. 81 degrees.
being n deficiency of degrees. The
extreme ranges in temperature We're
as follows: At Flagstaff. the maxi
mum temperature was so degrees. on
the add; the minimum temperature
was 46 degrees. on the 9th. At Phoe-
nix, the maximum temperature was
100 degrees. on the 2Sth: the minimum
was SO degrees. on the
27th. At Yuma, the maximum tenn
perature was 100 degrees. on the 26th:
the minimum temperature was GO de-
grees, on the 27th. The night tenn
peratures over the northern section
ranged from "A degrees to So de-
grees; over the central section. from
80 degrees to as degrees: over the
southern section, from IS degrees to
so degrees.
The copious rainfall of Wednesday
and Thursday filled the river beds to
moderate depths. The lower San Pc
dro. the lower Aqua Fria. the lower
the Bill Williams Fork,
the lower Salt and lower ella river
beds contained fair volumes OF flow
ing water on Friday and Saturday. on
the upper ella. the upper Salt and up
per Verde water sheds. the depths OF
water were variously estimated to be
feet TO 10 feet. The present water
supply is fully as great as that of The
week of the summer of
1906. The run of water at the in
takes and in the canals. dams and
bitches. has been continuous. at max
mum flow, since Tuesday. last. The
Colorado river continues at a high
stage. and has receded rapidly during
the entire week.