Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-27
Utah Brief Notes on Its Physical Fea-
NH PAUL lures Resources, s~d Development
STRIKING FEATURES OF OUR MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.

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plateaus, the following zones ara gu
en- by Merriam: flrnt the arid ~
below 5000 feet; second the nS,ell
belt, UP to 1000 feet; third, the nirnaa'yel
to 5000; fourth, the Douglas Ar vs. u
5000; NTH Englemann's spruce ny ny '
1850: SIXTH a narrow zone ~ AZ I
spruce. and seventh, the bare maF
mountain submits, which are eovn eN
with snow during the greater par,
the year. These are, In round nurnh. y
the attitudes for the northwest ~
OF the mountains, and the figures shos',
be Increased 325 feet for the son,hvu
and southwestern sides. and dec.snsia
from 500 to 1000 feet for the nor,Ss
side gulches. II Is found by Bons,a
that, in comparison with the loyvlssss
the same plants grown at higher NY
tudes contain more sugar, oils snI
loids, and coloring matter; the NM
SONS are more brightly colored. O q
leaves are thicker and OF ~
green; the tw'igs are shorter. and ni,.
more closely 10 the ground. Rut n.l
contain less salt in the ratio OF ~.
AZ, compared with plants at sea lo,.,
and the blood and milk of mouN,'qs
reared animals show a similar loss !,
salt.
DAILY RANGE OF TEMPER ATu,p,
In Europe the daily range Of fem,
erature, or tho amount of change NY,
occurs In "a hours, Is less ON n
mountains than in the vallevs ~.
grows smaller with each higher AN
tude, but is more marked on isols.,
peaks than on larger land masses b.,
our open valleys, though high. ~
have a large daily range. Thus a..
man, Wyoming, in an open pass. ~.
altitude of $500 feet has a men Il
urnal range of IS degrees F.; J.,
Georgetown, Col, has 80 degrees N,
alton in day. On certain monnn,
tops Of Europe, the daily range Is .
Bernard, 8 degrees Mount Blanc a,
Eiffel Tower, 6.6: Obir and SonnhlIA
(Austrla), 3 degrees, these being y.
highest, aout 1000 and 10. 900 feet, "a
spectively.
At height of 1000 feet ahOr
Paris, the daily range OF Temperate.
Is only about half that of the ces
itself. But elevated land masses n
variations. which increase with ii.
from the ocean, have great delh
dryness OF the air. Plateaus and hiss
valleys have. therefore, great dsiIv
ranges, which often amount d, u
much as 4b or even SO degrees in ID
hours, while the average daily chang,
on the plateau is believed to be from
w TO 36 degrees. AT st. Louis. m
the otner hand, the daily change from
a. m. and the afternoon maximum
rarely reaches 12 degrees. Thus law
attitudes are very Oppressive fron
heat in summer while the Highland,
cool off every evening, an altitude a
$500 feet in the western pIateaus har.
ing an average variation of 20 d..
grees. At San Diego. Cal, the mess
daily change for August is IL de-
grees, while on the interior, far from
the ocean, at Yuma, Ariz., the dailr
range Tor August is 29.34 degrees. h
Death valley. Cal, the average dallr
change In August was 32 degrees. and
the greatest change noticed was 1854
The striking contrast between tbs
dry plateau climate and the mols
climate of ocean shores. is better an.
preciated when we know that N.
average daily range over the troplcs
Atlantic ocean is less than three de.
grees and the monthly range less thar
twelve degrees. while the temperature
of the water itself varies only from
Z tenths to tenths of degree In a
day,
OTHER STRIKING CoNTRASTS
At Highlands N. c.. 3.S17 feet, ttsrst
an extreme variation from So above 70
10 degrees below zero in January; from
81 above to 10 below in February; from
rs above to Z below In March. TIE
next eight months are all above zero,
as follows: April varies between 81
and 10 degrees F.. May between 81 and
rs degrees; June, 81 and SO: July, q
and 80; August, So and 40; Soptember
81 and 81; October 70 and 10. and No
venber. between ~ and degrees F.
Then comes December. running from
SO above to 10 degrees below zero. The
North Carolina annual maximum Is
therefore 81 above. and the minimum
19 degrees below zero. On Pixies
Peak, H.lS4 feet, we have FOR January
from 80 above to 81 below zero: Febru.
airy, 20 above and 81 below; February
4S above and 30 below; March, As above
and 20 below; April. 80 above and q
below; May, AZ above and s below,
June. from SO to 2 above zero; July
from "a to Is above; August, from Z.
to 10 above; September, from 90 TO
above; October, from 81 above to Il
below; and December. from 80 above to
80 below; the annual maximum beins
Ga above and the minimum 80 below
lands is therefore greater G06 degrees
than that OF the Rocky mountain sum
nit Q03 degrees), which Is more thel
81 tines higher.
The mean annual range, or the dit
ference between the average tempera
ture of the coolest and of the warnles
months, In the interior valleys OF TN
Rocky mountain region is 40 to 30 de
srees; IN the shore cities of the Pacif
coast, tho mean annual range Is only !
degrees; In those of the Gulf aud Soutl
Atlantic coast states. 30 degrees; owe
the northeastern Rocky mountain slOp'
and thence eastward TO Lake Superior
1t ranges from So to Sc degrees. So
too, tho mean daily range of temper.
ture IL greatest go to IS degrees). III
the plateau region: and least Is 10 !!
degrees) along the Pacific and Cult
coasts. Yuma district, Aria. and
Death Valley. Cal, which have tho
greatest daily range IN the seml-aHs
southwest, show mean maximum ten
perature for July of los degrees; he
lightest summer heat, 10 degrees; The
moan minimum for January. 70 dc,
grees: and the lowest ever known, y
degrees below zero. The greatest az
golute range In any part OF the coun-
try IL at Havre, Mont, 1863 degrees
from a maximum OF los 10 q minimum
of IS below zero, Elsewhere In the
Rocky Mountain plateau the extreme
variations are about 100 degrees, and
diminish from north TO south TIL at
Phoenix. the annual range is ioI de-
grees