Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-03 | Page 32 | Utah Lake Goes over 1935 Peak

UTAH LAKE GOES OVER 1935 1 PEAK LEHI Utah LEHI-Utah Utah lake rose inches during March according to me measurements men mea by Fred Sh Shelton observer observer observer ver nt at the at-the the Jordan river outlet T Tho o first I 10 ip days of March Jh the lake ro rose e 3 3 inches i during the next 10 as It spread dyer dver ver a much larger area It ro rose o but inches arid and in inthe tho the last 10 10 days das gained another Inches The lake Jake now stands inches higher r than at at any nYi ny time during 1935 The M March r h 31 31 1935 re reading showed a height of feet below comp Tits compared with feet below compromise this y year a With the heaviest lest fall frill of snow In years still on the tho w watersheds and with the higher elevations losin losing as little as S third one of ot an ari inch moisture during March prospects continue bright for for fora a c continued gain A relatively heavy pr precipitation Tuesday gave March an official 52 inches of precipitation as compared compared com corn pared with with- witha a year 10 normal of 82 inches The accumulated total since October r 1 was inches compared compared com corn pared with a 1935 total of Inches a lO year 10 year average of inches a andja a year five av average oJ of S Inches The Tuesday storm d deposit deposited p 4 22 Inches of moisture at the mouth of American Fork canyon according to to weather observers observers' there and caus caused d several in the canyon Comparative Comparativo readings of ot Utah Uta h lake lake elevations elevations all given on a below compromise scale in feet follow 35 1934 36 36 1935 December 31 1086 1129 January 20 1001 1034 January January- 31 1004 F February 29 28 March 31 31 April 20 JI