Show Current k Snowfall Piles Up tack Stack of New Never Records t Salt Lake City has now seen the greatest season snowfall in its history i Early season to the weather bureau ins Beans prior to Jan 1 Snowfall for the current curr cur cur- tm rent r t season had reached inches before ion lon n Tuesday eclipsing the inch record t t in 1924 The measurements are taken at Salt Lake City and county building pounds ands IOnly 1 other season early-season snowfall sn to pass inches since weather records were started re e e was the inches in 1922 Other ther records have been set with the help the current storm too December 1948 is 4 wettest December since 1924 A new mark 36 inches for December snow had been ed Tuesday and the 26 inches of snow h fell lell during the hour 24 period from 15 pm p.m. Monday until 1215 pm p.m. Tuesday u the most snow ever to fall here in a singlee single we e e period in any December The current storm to noon had brought 75 inch of moisture to run the total for the month to inches compared with the average average average av av- of inches Prior to the present storm the heaviest in hour 24 in December December December Decem Decem- snowfall a single period ber was 11 inches on Dec 4 of this year which had broken a record of inches set Dec 22 1924 Thus far in December 1948 the snowfall here has totaled inches compared with previous re record ord of inches set in 1924 The only other December to produce more than 30 inches of snow was in 1916 when inches fell The snow depth of ot inches on the ground at 9 am a.m. a. a Tuesday equaled a previous record set Dec 24 1932 The seasons season's current snow total of inches almost equals the average in Salt Lake City for the entire year inches the weather bureau said |