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Show I Weather Man's Story of the Year I Nothing is looked for moro regularly In tho morning newspaper than is the Tvsather forecast whether it is going io bo fair, or 'whether it is going to bo stormy and yot how few realize or ven think of tho manner in which tho forecast is ascertained. It is marvelous, especially to those who do not under-mand under-mand the scientific principles which cn-nblo cn-nblo man to know whether or not it is eoing to bo fair or stormy thirty-six iours in advance. Of course there are times when the weather prediction fails to materialize and tho conditions arc even exactly tho reverse to thoso which iavo boon prognosticated, but this tvhen tho raoterological elements as-eumo as-eumo an abnormal nature. Just as long aB conditions remain normal, it is seldom that a mistake occurs on the fcart of the "weather man." The science of ascertaining what tho Scatter probabilities are consists principally prin-cipally in. the observation of a series of very sensitive instruments, among which some of the most common are the thermometor, barometer, aerometer, anemometer, an-emometer, and the triple register. Tho action the various conditions of the at-snosphcTG- has upon theso instruments .has been ascertained through tho study of physics and chemistry, and it is in this way that tho "weather mnu" ib ftble to tell what will probably bo the condition of the weather several days in fedvance. However, this weather subject is one Rn which most all people aro profoundly interested. During the past i 3car the tveathcr conditions in Zion have been Jtnore or less abnormal. Tho accumulat-d accumulat-d excess of temperature sinco tho first of the year has been approximately fivo incheswhile the accumulated dcficienc tof temperature has been about G25 degrees. de-grees. On November 12, 13 and 14 tho greatest great-est snowfall which has over been known to have occurred In this city took place, tthfl fall began on the evening of Monday, Mon-day, November 12, and continued almost three days, during which timo over twonty inches of snow fell. This broke all records since tho establishment of the local station thirty-five years ago. the largest previous fall having been 10J inches, occurring on February 8. 1S09. The largest previous snowfall "rrhich had ever occurred in the month of Novembor was eight inches, in tho yrar 1906. Tn November, 1S96. a snow- M tjh or six- inencs occurred. The BBBJI nion.lb.ly summary of the weather fol-BBpJ fol-BBpJ BBI January. During .Tantiary the mean tempera- BBpfl uro for tho middlo and. southern seo- BBBJ tions of the state, and the woslcrn half BBpJ of iho northern section of tho state was BBBJ nbovo the- normal, but over the district BBBJ 1 ing east of the "Wasatch mountains, in BBBJ tho northern section, it was decidedly BBBJ bHpw normal. Tho precipitation was ; BBpJ geucrally deficient throughout the en- BBBJ1 tire state. It was most in the form BBpJ of snow and practically all of it fell BBBJ during tho last half of tho month. The BBpl average precipitation was .79 of an BBBJ ' inch, which was .31 of an inch below BBfl February. B TVoruary opened with comparatively co'd weather over the entire- state. The BBBfl cold spell lasted until about the 12th, BBBl -when the weather moderated and the BBBfl remainder of tho month was about nor- flBBJ Tho prccipifhtiou was unovenly B distributed and more or less above nor- H mal over tho entire state. Tho averago B precipitation was about 1.1G inches. H Several high windstorms occurred dur- H InE tlie month and there was abundant B tsunshinc over the northern half of the B March. B ' The mean temperature for March was BBH bcve the normal and the precipitation was 3.10 inches, which was .40 inch below the normal. Unreasonably warm weather was general over the cntiro stato from tho 11th to the ISth. Tho precipitation was somewhat above 1 ho normnl in tho eastern portion of the stato and also over small areas in the central and southern sections. Ilijih winds were- general in all sections on numerous dates throughout tho month, but no damage was roported from tho cause. 2so injurious frosts occurred. I ApriL ' The mean temperature for the month was nbovo tho normal; while tho precipitation precip-itation was greatly deficient, being only slightly more than one-third ox tho average ave-rage amount for this month. Abnormally Abnor-mally cold weather prevailed on the 1st and 2nd of the month, but tho latter part of tho month was quite warm. Tho average- precipitation for .tho entire stato was .49 inch, which was .80 inch below normal. Hbwovor, in certain sections and especially in this city, tho precipitation was considerably abovo tho normal. 'High winds were of frequent occurrence over all portions of tho slate. May. Tho weather for tho month of May was remarkable for tho abnormal conditions con-ditions of temperature and precipitation precipita-tion which prevailed. Tho mean temperature tem-perature was lowest for tho month in question during the past t seventeen years. The average precipitation for tho stato was nearly twice tho normal amount and was greater thau that, of any other Mav. except that of 180S, since the establishment of the local station sta-tion of the "Uuited States weather bureau. bu-reau. The deficiency of temperature was nearly uniform over all portions of tho stato and the temperature was below be-low the normal nearly every day iu the month. The average precipitation for the stato was 2.35 inches, which is 1.30 inches above normal. June. The month was the coldest and wettest wet-test June, except that of J907. iu tho past soventeen j'ears. The doGcioncy in temperature extended throughout all portions of tho state, but was greatest m tho northern section. The precipitation precipita-tion whs very unevenly distributed. It was much in excess "of tho normal amount over the northern and middle ' scrtious, but deficient over the southern section. Tho heaviest precipitation in the state was over a limited area aloug I the eastern shore of the Great Salt lake, where moro than threo inches of rain were recorded during tho mouth. Comparatively low winds were general throughout the entire state during the greater part of the month. Tho aver-ago aver-ago precipitation for tho state was 1.09 inches, which is .97 inch above normal. July. The mean temperature for tho month of July waB nearly normal, but the precipitation was considerably above normal, especially considering the sea son. The average precipitation for tho stale was .90 inch, which is .41 inch" abovo normal. The temperature was genornlly deficient over tho north cm and middle sections, although the departures were but slight in nearly all instances. Sunshine was plentiful more or lees throughout tho month and light southwest winds prevailed. August. The mean temperature, of August was below the normal for tho stato while the precipitation was somewhat in excess ex-cess of tho seasonable average. The first half of the month was unusually warm, but the latter half was cool and pleasnnt. Tho amount of sunshine was nearly normal over all districts. The average precipitation for the stale was -' - Jiwjii .iiij ii in. u it . y i m 3.20 inches, which was .39 inch above the normal. I September, j The mean temperature for this month was slightlv below tho normal for the state, while on tho other hand the precipitation pre-cipitation was abnormal' heavy. The corresponding mouth in only four of the past seventeen .years was cooler than this. The precipitation for this month was greater in onh' ono year; namely. 1905, sinco 1S91. During the month tho amount of sunshino was slightly below the normal over practically ail districts. The average- preeiptation for tho stato was 3.S7 -inches, which was 1.02 inches above the normal. i October. I The mean temperature for the month j of October was much below tho normal; for the stale, whilo the precipitation was very heavy, being three limes tho average amount. The month was the coldest October during the past seventeen seven-teen years. The amount of Bunshinc was considerably less than normal fori the month. High winds accompanied the stormy couditions. The average precipitation was 2.22 inches, which is 1.4S inches above normal. November. Although November was the month iu which the record breaking snowfall occurred oc-curred in the vicinity of Salt Lako City, the nvcrago precipitation as well as the mean temperature for the state were below tho normal. Nearly the en-tiro en-tiro monthly amount of , precipitation was recorded during Iho big snowstorm which prevailed in this section from the 22nd to tho 25th. The sunshine was in excess of the average amount for the month. December. The mean temperature for the month of December was below normal as was also the precipitation. The first part of the month was very cold, the temperature temper-ature going to G degrees below the normal nor-mal at. Modcna on two occasions. During Dur-ing the latter half of the month, how-evftr, how-evftr, the temperature moderated, and for over a week waff abovo normal. Several Sev-eral days during the latter part of the monlh were almost as pleasant as spriug. |