Salt Lake Herald | 1900-12-27 | Page 2 | Weather Conditions Forecast Another Drouth next Year

Weather Conditions Forecast Another Drouth Next Year The almost total absence of tation during the present month is as assuming assuming suming an alarming aspect according to the weather bureau and unless there is an unusual fall of snow or rain within the next month there will likely be a deficiency in the water sup ply for next year The records of the weather bureau show that up to the present time there has been only about 01 of an inch of precipitation This is j far below the lowest record ever chronicled during this month since the establish m en of the bureau in this thi place The least amount of precipitation tide tion ever recorded here in December in previous years was 11 of an inch which was several years ago Weather Director Murdoch said raid yes yesterday that there were no indications at present of any and if it did not come before the end of this month there would likely be none dur during durI I ing the greater part of January The I reports of the bureau show the present winter to be the driest on record and considerable uneasiness is being felt by the farmers over the prospective shortage in water which means no noI I crops and consequent hardships I In accordance with the observations I yesterday the local weather bureau I predicted light snow last night with I partly cloudy colder today