Show 269 destroyed in a storm In the meantime another more permanent gauge had been established at Garfield This was in use for several years In 1900 the United States Weather Bureau took over the lake readings Gauges have since been established at various points the ones at Midlake and the Boat Harbor being the ones most commonly referred to Readings are made regularly on the first and fifteenth of every month study of the lake gauge readings shows a gradual rise in the lake from December to June The most noticeable increases occur during April and May while the peak is usually reached about June 15 After that date the decline A is quite rapid reaching the lowest point of' November when a new cycle begins about the middle The reason for the relative stability of the cycle is quite obvious evaporation is light and precipitation relatively heavy during the first half of the year During the spring months floodwater its greatest impression on little water reaches the lake from melting snows makes the lake From July to November and evaporation is relatively heavy naturally be expected there is a close correlation between precipitation in the Great Salt Lake drainAlage area and the rise and fall of the lake surface though only incomplete records are available for the early period an examination of complete records of more recent As would |