Show HERE HER E IS S WEATHER STORY weather during 1953 1053 was relatively warm and dry but the monotony of predominantly lair fair weather was broken by a lew few unusual snow storms a few damaging wind storms along the tire wasatch front a tornado in june the third ever reported in this state and an unseasonably cold spell accompanying frost in may which severely damaged damaged early fruits and strawberries throughout the state lack of moisture during the year was detrimental to range lands dry farms and some pastures but most irrigated crops were were adequately supplied from good reserves of irrigation water the tire winter season which end ed d with february will be remembered n i e n i as a mild ild 0 o open w winter i r it e alered II 11 tie tied d for for t the he apin driest e s sl since 1036 1936 and was the warm warmest e since rince 1940 only four winters in tit the climatological record of the state have been warmer with the coming corning of spring the tile tern tem ner lure trend reversed to give the tile state one of its coldest spring seasons only twelve have been colder in the la last lait it ixta years while some storms were associated with tile tire cold weather hii the seasonal precipitation was below average agricultural interests suffered from killing rost frost and arid retarded growth of crops the close of this spring also saw the close of the highest snowfall season in twenty years vears this season september 1052 1952 may 1953 recorded only 37 2 inches of snowfall compared to a seasonal mean of about 53 inches in only y ten years since 1 1892 have lighter snowfalls snowballs snow falls been recorded the mild dry winter and cold spring were followed by the warmest summer in thirteen years numerous showers and thunderstorms boosted this sea cons lons precipitation total to slightly above normal that materi materially improved range lands and cro crop prospects respects autumn was unusual unusually f y warm only three auch such sea fins have been warmer since 1881 1801 only eleven autumns since that time have been drier january januar june in J january andary 1 was the general theme tor for the state this month the average temperature was mare more than two degrees above the former record established in 1909 february february was comparatively ively mild and dry except locally in the central portion of the state where some rather unusual extremes occurred march march roared in on a stormy note and departed in much the same some fashion however the month as a whole was comparatively dry and mild april april was cold and stormy a very unfavorable month for agricultural interests cold weather and freezing temperatures pera tures the first part of the month caused extensive damage to early fruit cro crops 3 and retarded all plant grow growls rl h may this was the coldest may that utah has seen in twenty years and only three years in the history of the tha state have had a colder may the state overage average temperature was approximately five degrees below normal june showers which occurred during tile th first half of the tire month were nut not adequate to save all crops in drougal strick en southern thern utah but they did beatly greatly relieve conditions the most unusual feature of this months weather was wa ft occur unco ance of a near farm ington on the ath no damage was rc reported ported september the pleasant weather during september was dav arable for harvesting and maturing crops but lack of precipitation has been detrimental to pa pastures s lures and ranges with only on one e tenth of the usual moisture this was the driest september since 1899 but iri gadon saved most farm crops in an fn ItTig litigable able areas temperatures were generally above normal november except for a cool period shortly past the middle of the month almost every day was above normal resulting in an average temperature lor the state of degrees or 4 4 degrees grees above abw the monthly normal december temperatures in northern areas were near normal while southern sections w were ere relatively cool snowfall and precipitation were relatively light throughout the state slate mrs bus hatch drove to salt lake december 24 where she met her son pat ted hatch who arrived on the plane from ft ord california where he had been stationed with the army her son frank who is attending the university of oi utah and her sons don and gus and their families mr hatch who is working in moab on construction with bri brig swain came to salt lake to I join in his family lor christmas mrs hatch ted and frank came to vernal december 26 for the new years holiday and mr hatch returned to moab frank left jan 3 to return to school and ted left by plane jan 6 for ft sill okla for completion of his basic training and for further special schooling |