Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
THE YEARS CLIMATE.

The official report on tho climate OF
Utah during the year 1909 confirms the
general impression that It was an un-
usual year. 1t was generally declared
to be cooler and moister than any
other years within the memory OF ;hI
Oldest inhabitants. and the climate
logical report just issued corroborates
this conclusion.
According to the general summary
by Mr. rhussen. the mean tempera-
ture for the year averaged below nor
NAL. there being seven months whose
mean temperatures were below nor
NAL and the remainder whose mean
temperatures were above normal. The
precipitation averaged considerably
above normal
We have all kinds of climate in
Utah. except the very moist and the
very windy varieties, Thus the report
shows that the mean temperature for
the state as a whole was 46.6 degrees
which is 0.S degrees below normal. All
seasons were colder than usual except
summer which was Slightly warmer
than the normal, Tho temperatures
during December departed most widely
from the normal. the deficiency being
Sc degrees, and it was also the cold
est month OF the year The lowest
temperature reported was 35 degrees
below zero at Castledale on the oath
OF December, and at ScofeId on the
18th OF the same month. Scoheld also
reported a minimum temperature Of
81 degrees below zero on January 18th
and on February "a July was the
warmest month of the year as usual.
Its mean temperature was Ill degrees.
which is 09 degrees below normal. The
highest temperature reported for the
year was ITO degrees at Green River
on July 3Oth and at Experiment Farm
on July 1st
The extremes OF recorded cold from
the two high and exposed places (Cas-
tledale $500 feet and Scofield 1886 feet
altitude) are interesting In contrast
with the greatest cold in the lower
valleys. In Salt Lake valley, for ex-
ample. while the four seasons are al
orally strongly emphasized, the tenn
peraturc rarely descends to zero in the
coldcst weather.
AS to rainfall the summary states
that the precipitation for the State
averaged 1907 Inches. which is 5.9i
inches above the normal 1t was
above normal in all seasons except
spring. The greatest annual amount
reported was Ga &c inches at Scoheld;
the least was 3.49 inches at Lucin. The
greatest monthly amount at any sta
tion 1888 inches at Scofleld in January,
and several stations reported no pre-
cipitation in March, April. May, June
and October The snowfall for the
year was much more than normal.
Another of the records explains the |
heavy floods OF last June The de-
tails for the month are as follows:
'-June-This month was unusually |
warm and dry throughout all sections |
OF the State. Only in three previous |
years was the weather in June warm
er than during this month The tenn
perature averaged &C 02 degrees for the |
above the normal. The highest local |
monthly mean was 1914 degrees at |
Springdale. and the lowest was $50 |
degrees at Scofeld Records of the |
highest temperatures were broken, The |
highest maximum temperature report
ed was 10 degrees at Green River on |
the both. and the lowest minimum was |
20 degrees at Scofeld on the 10th The |
precipitation averaged Ola inch. which |
Is OBS Inch below the normal The |
greatest monthly amount was 10 inch |
at Government creek, while no preclpI- |
tation at all was reported at many |
stations. The greatest amount In any |
"a hours was 0.65 inch at Emery on |
the 7th."
For Salt Lake City the rainfall |
reached lS.6S inches during the year
an excess of 3.65 inches. January show
ing the greatest excess QS5) with Aug
ust. March and February following in !
the order named
The rain map accompanying the re-
port shows that the long series valley !
of valleys from Cache to Kane g,
extending in an irregular curve from
north to south through the central por-
ton OF the State. received the greatest
precipitation-from 10 to more than 9o
inches. and this rainfall was heaviest
toward the east. that is. among the
Wasatch ard Ulnta mountains Tho
raintall somewhat regularly decreases |
10 tho east and 10 the west ~ ,L,
zone from to 10 Inches prevailing
but just west Of tho lake diminIsbIoc
coyer the desert rcsion) to less than
five inches.
Iaten altogether the year 1909 was a
remarkable one in It's climatoloey and
1910 seems to have started ont wifi
similar indications.
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