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Show Dixie Gets Belated i Storms; 1.66 In. Rain for St. George i Just when Dixieites were begin-i begin-i n;ag to wonder if it could ever ! rain again in this district, along J came, as California-would say, "a million dollar rain" and now the i skies are a lot brighter even though the sun isn't shinging. To-' To-' tdl rain for this storm, according to Urie Macfarlane, official observer, observ-er, is 1.66 inches. H Sixteen hundredths of an inch i fell last week-end, this week 'has brought 1.50. From all indica-K indica-K tions, the storm has been general r. throughout this section. Snow i has fallen on the higher elevations. eleva-tions. Reports from Pine Valley . state that there was 18 inches of snow there at one time but rain ' has packed it to about 5 inches. fi The ground is very wet under the 01 suow, it is said. Pine Valley moun-j moun-j , tain is white and every indication is that the 'water problem has " been greatly relieved, k This is also true of the water- shed of the Virgin river. There had been better snowfall at the head of this river before and with the storm of the past two weeks a good many more inches should , .Irave been added to the supply. While other sections of the country have had blizzards and. - subzero weather to mar the cheer-j ;ut aspects of the storm, Dixie t; has seen the temperatures rise; with the coldest night last week bsing thirty-one above and the warmest night showing a low ofj 4f?. The warmest day, 60 above,) ciate with the coldest night. Tem-I : prature change between day and i .. ,'.ms more even for Dixie due i Continued on page Ave) L RAIN IN COUNTY (Continued from first page) co the fact that the sun wasn't out in the day time and it was raining at night so that it didn't get cold. Following is the weather report re-port for the past two weeks: Week of February 5 to 12. High Low Thursday 5 6 19 Friday 5 7 21 Saturday 54 22 Sunday 60 19 Monday 60 20 Tuesday 50 34 Wednesday 64 30 Precipitaltion .16 Week of February 13 to 19.. Thursday 53 39 Friday 5S 43 Saturday .". 5 2 41 Sunday 57 42 Monday 60 81 Tuesday , 57 36 Wednesday 51 3 8 Precipitation .1.50 |