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Show i I jPresent I , I i [ | Present Winter Is IsI IsWarmest IsWarmest I Warmest on Record RecordThe 'I I 'IThe ' , The present winter wmter is probably probablythe probablythe probablythe I the r i nidest I1ldest uldest evei evel exppnenced experienced exppnence m in ml1oab inMoab inMoab I l\1oab l 1oab Moab \ : since smce . weather v.eather veather records have havebeen havebeen havebeen been kept according accordingr ) to J W Cor Corbm Corbin Corbin bm bin \ wlunteer olunteer volunteer cooperative obser obserrer obserrerThe obser/erThe obser erThe f ( / r I The co dest mark recorded recordf'd recordfd ' so far farI farduring farduring farduring during the " season "eason eason was \ w \ as i ' ! . n orIl1Ilg ornmg orIl1Ilgm ornmgin ornmgin I I . m in December when the thermome thermometer thermomeI thermomeAter Ater I ter dropped to 12 degiees deglees degrees above aboveI abovezel abovezero abovezeio I II zel zero 0 The mmlmm minimi mmlm\ mmlm minims \ m foi fm January Januaryas Januarywas Januarywas \\as as was \ \ 13 degrees During Dunn ? ! ; the pa past past\ past pasteek t 1\ 1 1eek \ eek there thpre have been no freezingemperatures fret'zmg fretzmg freezing fret'zmgemperatures ' emperatures and all snow and ice iceha icehave icehave I iceI ha have ve disappeared disappearedIn In spite of the warmth , , , there has hasbeen hasbeen been a normal amount of preclpl precept precepttatron preclpltatlon precipitation I Ibeen tatlon tatron duiing dUling during the " winter "mter mter Mr Cor Car Corbm Carbin Corbin ! bm bin reports The total precIpitatIOn precipitationfor precIpitatIOnI I . for November D December cember \ ind S\nd S nd and Janu Januasy'sa Januaiy alYa asy'sa asysa alY ' \ wa \\a a \ . . , 158 1 58 Inches comparing comparmg wIth wIthI with17o with1 I 17 17o 7o ; ) inches mches during durmg the same months monthsa a year ago Most of the preclplta precrpita preclpltatlOn precrpitation precipitation tlOn tion at Moab has been In the form formor formor formor or rain ram with only a few light flurne flurrle flurries flurriesof flurneof : of snow v . While hlle the tpe precIDlt'1.tI precIDlt1.tI precIDlt1tI precioititun precmititiyn ' . . n > in inthe Inthe inthe the mountains has no doubt been beennormal beennormal beennormal beenI I normal much of it also was ram rain ramwIth rainwith wIth the lesult iesult that the depth of oft oftsnow ofsnow I Isnow snow is below normal About a foot footof tootof I Iof of ' snow ; > now is reported from Wilson Wilsonmesa Wilsonmesa Wilsonmesa mesa while Mmer Miners s Basin Basm has t"o to two t"oand twoand twoand " and . . one half feetFollowing feetFollowing feet feetFollowing WilsonI I Following is the prpcipltabon precipitation prpcipltabonrecord precipitationrecord precipitationrecord record for the past three months monthscompared monthscompared monthscompared . compared with the recoid recold record for the thesame thesame agoI same months a year agoThis ago agoThis I This Year Yeai Yeal Yeas AgoNovember AgoNovember Ago AgoI AgoNovember November 10 41 41December 41December 41December I December 1 140 40 75 75January 75January 75January January 42 25Total 25 - - Total 1 158 58 1 175 75 |