Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-12 | Page 5 | Weather Favorable on Winter Ranges

WEATHER FAVORABLE ON WINTER RANGES Weekly Weather Report Declares Precipitation Ample in All Sections. Favorable weather prevailed on all of the winter ranges of the hit ermoun tain district during the past week, according f to the weekly range report of the local weather bureau, and precipitation was ample everywhere. The storm of last Saturday was particular!:' heavy in the central and southern portions of Utah, and, while the precipitation was largely in the form of lain, there was a heavy layer of snow over the higher elevations. The snow has generally disappeared from the western Utah ranges, and southwestern southwest-ern Wyoming was generally bare until Monday, when an inch or two of snow fell. Kxeept in western-central Utah the snow lay from one to seven inches deep. In Idaho there was only a trae of snow. Most of the stock has left the Modena iatif?e In Utah. The monthly weather report, which was completed yesterday, shows that temperatures tempera-tures were below the average for November Novem-ber throughout the state except in Washington Wash-ington county. The deficiency exceeded 4 degrees a dav along most of the western west-ern slope of Die Wasatch mountains from Weber to Iron county, except in Tooeie and Salt I.air counties. An unusually cold period opened on November No-vember 22 and continued until the end of the month, freezing the soil and causing caus-ing zero temperature In the colder sections. sec-tions. Precipitation, which averaged considerably con-siderably below normal for the state, was generally above normal in the central counties from Morgan to northern Millard, Mil-lard, and below normal elsewhere. The average number of rainy days was ono more than normal, and the average snowfall was the greatest since 1906. The greatest pajt of the precipitation fell during dur-ing the last half of the month, with fewer clear days and sunshine deficient. The first half of the month was generally gen-erally fair, with moderate temperatures, leaving the soil in good condition. Good progress was made In plowing and seeding seed-ing and In the digging of beets, but this work was stopped after the middle of the month by the freezing weather. Some beets still remain In the ground. Most I of the fall grain received a moderate covering of snow before the coming of the low temperatures, and the snowfall on the winter ranges after the 22nd was sufficient suf-ficient to make available much additional grazing land.