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Show WEATHER OF A MONTH. Some lntf ri-stlDs Inta That Comes From Observer Suliitlmry of the l.oru.1 Signal Service Iturean. "Monthly Keview of the Utah Weather Service, for January, UfB," is the title of an artistic little pamphlet that hears the name of George X. Salisbury, local weather sharp, on its title page. It is an interesting production and contains the following facts; Pressure A high atmospheric pressure prevailed over l'tah during the erealer part nf the mouth and controlled the wind movc-metit movc-metit and temperature. Tiie area of the 9M, Wrd and -Ullx was very high, the sea. level pressure n-aching .Ki.S inches. Low-anas Low-anas of s light tat Batty affected this region on the 4th, 5th, lr.th, 26th and 31st. The average pressuro, reduced to sea level, for Salt Lake City was :jo,:t54 inches, which i in excess of tin; normal. This is probably a fair average for the territory. Temperature The temperature was, in general, below the normal, the mean of twculy stations beiug St. George had the highest temperature, 6V, ou the 7th. Nephi had the lowest temperature reported, lit' below zero, on the 11th. The greatest monthly range was 04 at Cisco. The least range was :;:t at Snow vl lie. A decided cold wave swept over the territory from the 11th to the 13th, reaching the northerly stations on the I li li , and the easterly and southerly ones on the UKh and 13th. Precipitation The precipitation was mostly most-ly In the form of snow, with the exception of rata at some stations on the closing days of the month. The average amount of water from both ruin and snow was 0.K5 averaged fr.itn tw. ntv one stations. The greatest amount, 1.70 inches, fell at Lake Park, Davis county. The least amount for any station was a trace at Richfield, Sevier county. Fourteen inches of snow fell at Salt Lake City, thirteen at Provo, seventeen at Lake Park, a trace at Ml. Carmel, none at all at St. George and varying uraouut at other stations. Twenty.eight incite remained OB the ground nt the eud of the m.,i.- , at Soldier's Sol-dier's Summit, seventeen at Stolield, twelve and a halt a Levari, eleven at Kcphi. lesser amounts at other ststuius, none at all at Mt. Carmel and St. George. SleB occurred at suowville on the MUtli. Thumipr and lightning light-ning on the i'th at Ogden. Weather The weather for the mouth was unusually cloudy, and the prevailing wind direction northwest. |