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Show Year Year's Years ' Precipitation PrecipitationTopo PrecipitationTops IYear's IYears Tops Topo Normal NormalBy Normal'By NormalBy IBY ' By FortY Forty-Three Forty Three - - Three Per CentAbnormal Cent Oent CentAbnormal Abnormal precipl precipitation ta Uon in all allbut allbut allbut , but one month of the seasonaJ seasonal seasonalwater seasonalwater water year from October 1 1940 1940to 1940to 1840to to September 30 1941 gave Utah Utahan Utahan Utahan an average precipitation of 1874 1874Inches 1874Inches 1874Inches Inches which t la 5 665 65 Inches tnches or 43 43per 43per 43per per cent above normal nonna nonnal . ! according accordingto to the report Issued I&sued Isued & Tuesday by byC byC byC C K Greening Greenlntr Greenlg meteorologist in incharge incharge Incharge charge of ot the Salt SaU Lake weather weatherbureau weatherbureau weatherbureau weatherbureauThe bureau bureauThe The average for the state for forSeptember forSeptember torSeptember September based on 126 stations stationswas stationswas stationswas was 1 17 Inches 1nches , . or 110 per cent ot of ofnormal otnormai ofjiormal normai normal the report said I Fignrca Fta-ures Fta ures Flgw-es Flgw es - - for lor YearReterring YearReferring Year YearReferring Referring Reterring to the yearly figuresthe figures figuresthe figuresthe the report stated'TIlts statedThis stated statedThis ' This 'TIlts TIlts above normal preclpita preclpitalion preclpitation preclpltatlon | lion tion following followtng aa as it does a rathei rathm ratheL rathmprolonged ratheLprolonged | prolonged period of 01 average deft defi deftclent deficient detlI dent clent cient years yeara since 1023 1923 has replen replenIshed replenished replenIshed Ished ground water supplies to toI tosuch tosuch tosuch I such an extent that stream flowthroughout flow flowthroughout flowthroughout throughout the state steW has been beenbuilt beenbuilt ! buUt built up to near normal and in inmany inmany Inmany many cases above normal flow and andhas andhas andhas has greatly Improved range con cob condiUons cobditbons condttlona diUons ditbons In 10 valleya valleys valleye as well as In the themountaJns themountains themountains mountaJns mountains | mountaJnsThe mountainsThe The general distribution dstrtbuUon . , with withregard withregard withregard regard to the two climatic cl1maUc divis div1s- div1s div1s10ns divis- divis divisIons divisions - - ions 10ns la 1.5 15 Is . as follows tollows For Por . the t.he north northwestern northwestern northwestern western or Oreat Great Basin Basm division div1.slon div1slon . anaverage an anaverage anaverage average of ot 16 1660 60 Inches which 18 is 18an isan Isan an excess of 548 5 48 Inches or 149 per percent percent percent cent ot of normal and tor for the southesn south southem southern em es-n es n - and eastern or Colorado River Riverba.s1n Riverbasin River'basin Riverbasin ' ba.s1n bas1n basin . an average of 2008 Inche inches inchesan InchesI ' ! an excess of 01 5 564 64 Inches or 139 per percent percent percent cent of normalJanuary normalJanuary normal normalJanuary January was the on only Iv month monthduring monthduring monthi during the year that precipItation precipitationwas precipItationWI8 WI\8 WI 8 was \ below normal nonnal the report saidand said saidand saidand and the 1 120 20 Inches average forthat forthat for forthat that month was only 3 per cent centdeficient centdeficient centLdeflclent deficient Most Rain In April AprU Aprililie AprilI I 1 ' ilie tie he month having the greatest greatestamount greatestamount greatestamount amount of precipitation preclpitation was April Aprilwith Aprilwith AprUwith with 2 287 81 Inches or 240 per cem cent cemof centof eemof of normal the report continued continuedbllt continuedbut continuedbut bllt but June with 1 169 69 Inches lnches ex cx ex'cef'df"d cxceeded exceeded 'cef'df"d cefdfd ' ceeded ' " April In per cent of nonn norm nonnal normal normal al the figure tor for that month being being287 being287Precipitation 287 287Precipitation Precipitation during September Septembervaried & > Septembervaried ptember ptembervaried varied widely over ovt"r ovtr " the state ac according according according cording to the report with only 15 15tnch 15inch 15Inch tnch inch recorded at Hanksvllle Hanksville in inWayne InWayne InWayne Wayne county which Is only 2f 2fper 2fper 2fper per cent of ot normal 396 3 96 Inches lnches at atMa atMassey atMaasey Ma . < lsey Massey s ranch In Ulntah U1ntah countyIn countyIn county countyIn In general precipitation for the themonth themonth themonth month was heavier In the moun mountains mountains mountains tains than In the valleys valley 'I I ' which Ie Iean I Ian Ian * an R.dvanta Rdvanta . advantage In ln soil 5011 pruning priming Q a Qthts athis athis thts this season In tn higher altitude'l altitudel altitudes altitude'lthe altitudesthe altitudesthe ' the report said The heavy snow snowfaU snowfall snowfall faU fall occurring this month In ad advance advance advance vance of the usual season will w1ll can con cantribute contribute contribute tribute favorably tavorably to a good runoH runoff runoHIn runoffIn runoffin | In ensuing ensutng winter months and andnext andnext andnext next sprIngDistribution spring springDbtrlbuUon springOlitrtbuUon DbtrlbuUon Distribution VariesThe VarleThe Varies Varle VariesThe The rain rainfall tall varied varled In dLstrl dLstri dLstrlbuUon dLstributlon dLstrlbutlon buUon butlon O\er O er Oser 01 \ er the state due again to tothe tothe tothe the scattered thunder thundf"r thundfr " 'l l ' shower thower 10\\ 10 10er \ er type typeof typeof typeof of storms storm.s . The desert area In the thenorthwest thenorthwest thenorthwest northwest section secUon and practically practicallythe the entire eastern easlern portion porl1on of the thestater thesister thestater stater sister eoelved ecelved eceived abo\e abo e abote \ normal pre preclpitaUon precipltatlon re recipitatlon clpitaUon cipitatlon whereas wherea'l whereal ' the lhe Wa'lacth Walacth Wasacth Wa'lacthmountains Wasacthmountains Wasacthmountains ' mountains and adjacent adjac"nt adjacnt ( " areas area . < ; to together together together gether with the soulhwe.t soulhwet southwestern . rn cor corner corncr corner ner ncr of ot the state were deficient defictent A Adry Adry Adry dry pocket In the otherwise othf"rwl'le othfrwlle " ' moLst moist moLstsoutheastern moistsoutheastern moistsoutheastern southeastern portion ' was V'oIlS VoIlS IIppan apparent apparentIn > nl nlIn In the vlclnlt vicinity viclnlt1 } of Hanks\ Hanks Hankst1beThe Hanksville HanksIlle Hankst1be HanksvilleThe \ Ille IlleTht The Tht ' ' storm 'Itorm Itorm period from Irons " ' Septe 'eplt eplt cepte ' 1 i 1bE'r iher iber bE'r bEr her ' 21 to 23 accounted accountf'd accountfd ' for nio mo mu i l I or of orthe ofthe othe ( the precipitation prf"clpltaUon prfclpltaUon precipiiation " thr thri thn ( igh IJh 1gb ( it iI Ihl Ihlstate th thstate tinstate state with considerable con'lfderable conlfderable ' un IIn im I t Iof tof tof of ' snow 1now falling falJlng failing In I tl II I e f ' m III in i t I IA IsA 'I I ' 'IA A partic partie pnrttc ilarlv Ilarh darlt hpn lH'a lHa hen ' \ ra rail raii II f I ( I ) ] Icurred ) curred c\lrrro c lrrro \ In to Be'H BeH Bei\er Bei er Beser ' \ er co n 11 o II t I ii \I I \ II tic c { ' I \ Idolts 1clnlt\ 1clnlt 1clnltof clnlt\ clnlt dolts clnltof \ of ? 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TI TIThe 1 1The The same Infl Inn Iiifl ix x f r I m rn I L , tar tarco t I B s scox rcoi co c-ox c ox - ! trib trlb ted It'd Itd ' to Rhof abo Rho nho r f e ' i n rr nil nilcIpltBtlon II ii'ipilatlon I Iclpltlltlon ) cIpltBtlon clpltlltlon 'ipilatlon ipilatlon ' In lxi the thl ihe iheVasalct ' \ Wa-sntrh Wa sntrh Wa1RIC'h Wa1RICh \Vasalct Vasalct . - ' ' ) 1I1I i I I dhe it d I Ilhe ithe lhe he Ulnlan Ulntah Uintah mo 0)0 00 ) i tains tRilL taint ' t I r i j tJ tJtire t ttire I ) Iire tire ire eas eao ; erl\ erl erlt erldrali erldrall \ drali drall cirali ag aRf aRt * f I I ti 111 h ( 1 1oracio 1rado lorado oracio ) rado al at aid d ri ( rf neis r < en River Rlq'r Rlqr Rtter ' II l I 1 I > 1 I I IUlah ILltah iUtah Ulah Lltah The Thl ' tushar lushnr no n o i ai nil all baee b I Itupp 1\\ 1 1ef : aee \ ef ' i nea\er nea er Reaer Th > a \ I'r Ir ' anrl and 11 PI P1 * e r C ' t I cc ccserc ' es\erc es erc ' \erf erf serc \ 111erf ' inrtlcilaih artlc artic Ila1l\ Ila1l ilmlc Ila1lhltt \ \ white \\hltt hltt ahiie ' atx lib ats < 8 00 00feel 00Sect 00feet 111 feel Sect after this thl'l thll ' storm - |