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Show - - 18 } (877 877 ( 8 77 Inches of MOisture MoistureAt MoistureAt At Moab in 1943The 1943 1943The The : } sear year ear 1943 will go down downIn downin downin In the annals of southeasternUtah southeastern southeasternUtah 1 ] 1Utah < Utah as a drought yearAccording yearAccordmg year yearAccording According Accordmg to the records of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Midland Telephone com corn company cornpany cornpany pany local cooperative weather weatherstation \ weatherstation eather eatherstatIon statIon the total precipitation at atMoab atMoab atMoab Moab last year was only 8 77 77l11ches 77inches 77inches l11ches inches The average preclplta precipita preclpltatIon precipitation precipitation tIon at Moab since smce weather records re records records cords have been kept is slight slightlv slightt Ight IghtJ IghtI I ly lv y under 10 mches inches mchesThe inchesThe inchesThe J inches\ inches \ The coldest coldest'day coldestday ' day ay during durmg 1943 1943was 1943was 1943iwas was on Jan 19 when the thermometer ther ( mometer dropped to one degreeabove degree degreeS . above zero The hottest days dayswere daystwere dayswere twere , were July 7 and 11 when a amaxunum amaximum ma'Cll11um maCll11um maxunum ' temperature of 102degrees 102 102degrees 102degrees alma'Cll11um al S degrees was recorded recordedThe " The coldest temperature so sofar sofar sofar far registered during durmg 1944 was wason wason I Ion on Jan 29 when the mercury ' dropped mercurydropped to 7 degrees above zero |