| Show CLIMATE OF SALT LAKE CITY I BY DB J C B KING It IB TvIUi no purpose of advertising the unapproachable merits of our climate cli-mate that the writer undertakes to state a few facts about the climatology of Salt Lake City But to write down the plainest of truthful otatements is to nralso it Perhaps it la fortunate the inhabItants Inhab-itants of Bait Lake City that thin locality b lo-cality hag never been widely advertised as a health resort but In spite of this fact owing to the preeminent healthfulness health-fulness of thIs place hundred of invalids in-valids come here every year In search of health For a city to become popular popu-lar as a health resort Is nothing less than a calamity The reason for this will bo apparent when we remember that oneseventh or more of all deaths are caused by tuberculosis which is a highly infectious disease and the fur ther fact that of all invalids In search of health and who change climate for that purpose over 90 per cent are cases of consumption Now to have on influx In-flux of several thousand people Buffering Buffer-ing with tuberculosis of the lungs Into any locality Is sure to spread tho infection In-fection This sometimes becomes BO serious a matter that certain municipalities munici-palities have taken steps to protect themselves against this moot dangerous of all diseases It is certainly to be hoped that until proper sanatoria are established for their care people euf fering from consumption will not bo advised to come hero for their health HUMIDITY Tho climatic features of Salt Lake City arc somewhat unique Compared with Denver Colorado Springs Santa Fe Phoenix Los Angeles and other health resorts In tho semiarid region Salt Lake City shows a greater precipitation precipi-tation than any of them tho yearly average being 1717 inches for the past five years while tho mean relative humidity hu-midity Is about the same as Denyer but not nearly as great as Lo Angeles WIND RATE Owing to tho protection afforded by tho surrounding mountain chains Salt Lake City han a very low wind rate the average hourly velocity being only 68 miles while at Denver it Is over 8 miles per hour In February 1900 however how-ever the wind at one time had a velocity ve-locity of 60 miles an hour which is the highest on record for many years Owing Ow-ing to the low average wind rate there Is much less dust In tho atmosphere than in other localities of the arid region re-gion TEMPERATURE Tho temperature of the air Is certainly cer-tainly modified by the close proximity of Great Salt lake extending 03 It does to the northwest for nearly 100 miles and reaching in a westerly direction direc-tion almost half that distance This large body of water doubtless in some degree prevents sudden changes in the temperature especially In winter when tho prevailing winds arc from that direction In the summer the heat Is modified to a great extent by tho snowcapped Wag tch mountains and every evening of the summer as tho sun sets behind the lake the pure cold air rushes down the canyons from tho mountain tops and spreads out over the valley to refresh Invigorate and purify Tho mean temperature of Salt Lake for the winter months Is 335 and for the summer 733 ALTITUDE j Tho altitude 4354 feet above sea level Is high enough to sty that stimulating effect usual in tho mountains and not too high for a person with weak hearl or nervouo temperament FOUR SEASONS The four seasons which are distinctly distinct-ly marked without however any violent vio-lent change from ono to the other afford af-ford a pleasing variety of climate and undoubtedly contribute largely to the healthfulness of tho locality The average aver-age death rate of Salt Lake City in very low being only 872 per thousand for tho past five years and it io A remarJo able fact that a very largo proportion of the deaths are from old ago or of people more than CO years old There are no prevailing diseases character Istlo of thIs place that Is none whloh are due to any climatic Influence In forming a Just estimate of E 3ll mate one must live In it throughout On whole year There are many things to be considered besides statistical tables tho chief of which are tho comforts or rather lack of discomforts which one experiences from the cllmaiio conditions con-ditions in which he resides and these are as marked I believe in Salt Lake City as in any climate of tho civilized world |
