Show DECEMBER WEATHER RECORD u S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau The following data covering a period of twentysix years have been compiled from tho weather bureau records < < at Salt Lake City Utah TEMPERATURE Mean or normal temperature 33 degrees Tho warmest month was that of 1SS9 with an average of 10 I degrees The coldest month was thnt of IMS with an average of 21 i degrees The iIghcst tomperaturo was 61 degrees on December 1 1S74 The lowest temperature was 10 de griiCH on December 23 IS70 Average dale on which first killing frost ofcurifed autumn October 18th Average date on which lapit killing frost occurred In spring April 23rd PRKCIPITATIONV I Rain melted snow Average for tho month li 1 inches I Avenge number of days with 01 of an Inch or more JO I The greatest monthly precipitation was I 437 imhiR in 1S9 The Nut monthly precipitation was 11 inches in ISiS The proato It amount of precipitation recorded in any twentyfour consecutive hours irocord oxlondlns to whiter of 1RSI 85 only wai 10 Inches on December 5 1532 CLOUDS AND WEATHER Average number of clear days S partly cloudy days 10 cloudy days 13 WIND Tho prevailing winds havo been from the southeast I Tho highest velocity of tho wind waft 18 I miles from Iho northeast on December S I 1 S CRlntlon Station Salt Lake City Utah Dale of Issue November 20 1WO L H 1 MURDOCH Section Director Weather Bureau |