| Show UTAH S S Brief Notes on Its It hys cal Fe Dy By J 11 Patti tures turc S SS 1 S 0 OU oU CLIMATE The ot of siring Is very ct dif forent Over Oer te the plateau regIon froni lint l over r th the valley Ovel Over tho brisk southerly wInds mid high temperatures the tho tIter B registering 0 as bight II 89 70 In the tho or spring whIle within to Ito nock mount moun lain area aren the front the north 11 and time the registers froni 30 10 to 40 degrees on holy wIth fro tro quent snows on the mountains ol anti ens eastern ter nn mid wih with Into hate spring tro frosts tl tl lit lh time valleys S Mountains have hao both their coldest coldest Onti warmest hours of tim day 11 ant hur hour or two earlier than II 10 tine the s Thus tIm tho IUd amid summits of oC show 4 30 a aI ain I in nn and to 3 p I ni are aro the st stand and warmest times respectively of the thc dl day In most ot of the tho lowlands tho I hur hour Is Crom to 6 look ook and the coldest Is i just before sun sunrIse rIse S OF Throughout tho plateau where wo we aro so so much ac to seek tho ho mountaIns tOI tOn Coolness In lum sum summer mer it seems contradictory to say Rny that In whiter lie places nt at an intermediate altitude are warmest I It must bo be remembered that the overo winter cold Is not usually imported by o cold or hr northeast winds but Is Joel locallY produced b by radiation under the thecle cle sk sky o of the long ong nights especially It if the gould ground fa i covered Wih with snow Tim The cooling ot oC lie tho nil air these coin proceeds from below uld anti thu cold strata have at first VOl very lIttle vertical CoM Cold al air flows down from the mountains In calm cairn II Is replaced b by oth other other er ull from ob above c which Is not so cOld coid antI being eing by y Is Its descent b becomes comes still warmer so that warm n 1 weather 11 prevail on n the tho mountain mountaintops tops while frosts r 11 in the valleys alo s These temperature inversions In the plateau region occur whenever In the tho winter season thO thc clear weather eather that follows u a cyclonic storm moves eastward along th the eastern slope of tint Rocky mountains just at the when the tho southern portion or of the lie Great Basin Is o occupied by a cyclone or storm cen cenor tel or One slows shows that Haiim Gulch at ant an elevation ot of 1000 feet in February 1905 1001 had for Cor U 14 successive 0 a mean macan tem temperature only halt half a degree tower lower than at Denver whIch Is iii moro morn than I a mie mile nearer sea sea level In detail th the mean Of there Inversions for tor the 14 las days beginning Fob Feb 1 1 were ni as folos follows In degoes degrees Fi F FEast Elst East ot of the divide to toot foot at Fort Collins SprIngs Denver Dulder Boulder etc cite 7 2 3 13 21 16 16 2221 21 16 10 2 11 7 14 At oro to nt at and Idao springs the tempera urea tures on art the same days doy were 18 13 29 32 02 s 84 26 23 2 0 0 17 4 1 t 1 8 21 Observe that theRo iy Y erge mich mitch higher titan thom given for tor the lower altitude om 8 to 1200 feet at Longs Peak Frances Lako and Hals Halls Gulch the tho readings ivere 18 37 26 26 20 SO 20 19 2 I 6 1 11 2 9 2 ad and 13 Even those temperatures are higher than th those so lt mit of this altitude Valto of tho Divide the average ten em on these dates mit l Fruita Grand Grund Valley and amid Springs varying train from 1601 to tet feet were iere as follows 31 33 36 30 36 30 36 30 33 2827 28 21 18 26 24 6 S 8 ild and 3 I It wi will be observed that the tho III air was considerably warmer hol here than In time tho named region east ot of the Ito Divide ut at the altitude At to teet feet west ot or the Divide at Pagoda the s tar far higher thal than those ot of the tho Fort Collins region were 26 20 21 ii 22 2 25 1 14 16 15 13 6 16 16 4 10 From sro to Ceel feet lt at ridge anti White Pine the tho welt ivest ot of the tho DIvida were 27 IS ES 28 2 24 3 21 19 iS 13 i 1 16 16 O 0 2 10 th the between the tho temperature lt at groat altitudes welt m ot of the tho Divide ns its compared with that ot of tho lie Fort Cast ot of the tho moul nina Is 18 so great reat us as to bo particularly ot of this law ot of to the general rule rulo that lint the fells somewhat regularly with elevation bovo the tho SM sea OF S The atmosphere 0 at high Th contains most moisture SOI ater after noomi ottO luat il In the tho early l morning and storms oc occur occur bouts changes cur Clou Clouds form Corm at the tho sum sum molts duo to winds rising qt from th the valley over the tho mOun louis tue he Is so u dry that t hands lutc tt o and blend anti 1 iS keenly felt is 19 great grent because ot of the tho all air pressure Melt drel wIthout decy decay decaying In ing and amI OVI even dead may 10 be 1 On tino tho high time noon hours tto clearest il mi winter itt In Rainfall is Ig than thun In the valleys and aind the cultivation ot of tho latter is 10 the amount ot of the tho winten naI stored hy by tho In tine tho whole plateau al nIl the country loner than thun feet II is 1 a desert and between and Loot itt Is mu lie ho rainfall with lh time II tlde At greater elott time tho Is more 1111 more moru with ala anti nt at aiti aches tude ot of I 1100 OO tutu 11 80 feet thoro itro virgin COr forests tl with anul Wat r rIf If H thIs LIds region 11 all helow 3 feet It would lie ho one yost which ull on nn ox extent tent greater Or tItan hat ot of I TitO Tho loun sins have 1111 usually I a folter ld I a drier side upon the tho tHree ton tine o of tue tho wind The Tho of nC rainfall wih wIth altitude It pat con untie to Iho Ito ot of Uto UIO hOll Above 1 a curtain h the tho lon tiomi decreases Vapor II is carried up UI tin on by the tho wind Ild timid IllY the wintle thO they roue I tho Time Im ot of tine tho greatest rainfall it In out OUI hll huts not ot boon hoon determIned but It mus vur vary 1 U Rood floOd dell deal wIth local II In I ii hal ln to occur nl at less feet above lie tho son l but ut would I ho vastY hilier lucre 11 tilt or our oum lon iou tram front lie Ea 01 01 Ar too lIme Iho which neat thu buss u a ivell HI until reeL reuL It itt Quito anti tl in tIne tho 1800 feet ts is ni cit Mount only feat teet TIme hi ot of I glacIer 01 on side Nela Nehie cami muot I hid II h But jn tural nut have n no line rime evaporation II Is so III lr tho Ito Ino ry air that time the omi n pI or elopes or where snow has lii III amid banks or r ito 1111 leq or 11 ll 11 as In iii comb of lie higher In STOW n homes are pot tOlI nd Lit at altitudes II OVO feet teet In ti th tIme Orlier anti and ut at O 3 cot teet In tint the tilpa la hay cause Ut u summer tU II mit At hats trees at ft t plateaus s the tho following m I In eu ur uren en by fIrst the d gly below feet second e th r belt Ill up to feet third the tho Pine ii p J eft to fourth the tho Douglas Quillan lIr up spruce ug u U Ii sixth n a zone zono j tip ti spruce seventh the 10 I which are aro J with sno snow durin during I ho Part year r Ire In round num t time the altitudes for tue tho ot of the anti tho JI be increased 32 foot Ceet for tor tho ho shou fluid aides and tOm SOO to 1000 feet teet for the north I It Il Is i found by non 1111 that in with tho ito 1 grown nt at higher moro inure Sugar lugar oils aW holds amid Inn matter tier tine the bl ennui 1 uro ro nole brightly colored loaves lenvell are 1110 thiCket hod tuf ot II a agreen d rk Ll green the twigs nie shorter more closely to tue tho ground But Dilt th contain less salt sull in III tho thi cit at 18 Z 41 Compared plants at Ie s sAnd I And nd the blood anti Ami milk of oC reared a shoW it 1 IOu salt DAILY RANGE OF F In I u YIpo the tho range o or tho ho amount of t it occurs in 24 hours lit Is less leslI on t mountains In the tho yr alley at grows smaller with each higher tilde tudO bUt It A moro more on boit peaks on n larger land landour B our open II though high bight have havo a 11 large daily run go Thua Thiu sf aunt Wyoming In un nit open altitude or of fact teet hiatt a 0 IT 11 range ot of 1 F u Georgetown Col has hIlA 30 egl ni atlon In it 1 alII day On certain t is of the tho 1011 daily range i it Bernard Dernard degrees S Mount Blanc IlIone tl Eurel Tower 66 and Austria degrees t those highest amid At II a height of 1000 feeL Paris the tho dall daily range of oC tomp iii 11 onlY about loUt that ot thin the city itself Hilt But elevated land Iii fi variations which Increase with th frOm the tho have great dal dr dryness ef the air hll ht Valleys lIlIos haLve roal groat dally ranges which often otten U o u a touch much as a 46 or even OOn 6 55 Ii In I incurs whIle the thc average daily Champ Oil on the plateau Is believed to bo b roa roaS S 31 to Q 16 3 At St Louis tl t tine the other hand the tho doily dally change 7 n a m and tho afternoon rorey rarey reaches reach s 12 Thu lo altitudes are aro ver very oppressive heat hent In summer WillIe the cool ort oft every evening an an altitude Q it foot Coet In the western plateaus itt hat lag Ing a average variation of 20 dt di grel grees At San SlIn Diego Diogo Cal the m mitt Q daily chango for tor August is Ie 11 dt di grace greCI while on the Interior far from free the tho ocean at Yuma Arix the Oat range for August Is 2034 degrees 4 1 Death Valley Cal the tho average dt change chango In August WM was 32 art ito greatest change noticed The Th striking contrast between the dr dry plateau climate and the tho moW t cUm climate of ocean shores Is better a predated when tva know that itt average daily mango over the Atlantic ocean is Iss than three di and the monthly range less that twelve degrees while the or Ito water itself varies only tr 7 tenths to 9 of a degree in a aday day OTHER STRIKING At C feet tini tinian an extreme variation frOm 63 10 below zero in January 67 to 10 below In from 7 above to 7 helen in March its next months are all above ero tu follows April varies between hl and 16 F May between St act 26 degrees June 87 and 32 M timid 30 August 85 and 40 It amid 27 October 79 antI II No 72 and 2 degrees h Thou conies December running tree 69 above to 10 below zero Thi North annual ii therefore im above and the 19 degrees below zero On Peak feet we have or from 30 above to 37 below zero February ary 29 above and 37 below 48 above and 20 below March 43 20 below April 83 and hi below May 47 above anti S belos JUnG from thO to 2 above zero July tom Cl to 18 above August fronti G to 15 rout rI to above ri above to 17 below and front 30 ii 39 below the heinZ 64 above and the 30 below Tho range in ho N C high highlands lands Is therefore greater than that of tine mountain degrees which Is more 34 The menu annual range or the between the average tempera tuto of the coldest t iii time interior of lit hooky Is 40 to ZO d grees lit the shore cities of the coast ito haunt range is only 13 itt of and South coast states 00 ever the and thence eastward to Lako Superior It front 55 to or degrees 3 too the dully range ot is 30 to 35 degrees in antI least 8 to H degrees lie Pacific and coasts Yama Aria an mayo in tire southwest tee for July of 10 lightest summer heat degrees itt menu for 40 dC and lowest over known 20 degrees eno ab ongo hi any at lie try is at Mont front ft of to a if below zero in thO hooky plateau hum aru degrees titi diminish to south till at the is dt S S Silver SilverBrook Brook Anthracite New Coal NoW S BEST TIME ro FILL FILLS S ANI GET READY FOR WINTER WINTERS S Central 38 So Main St Bali 2600 |
