Show MAY WEATHER REPORT the mouth month was waa by dryness for the she season beacon the drought was most molt severely eve rely felt in the southern bouthern ou thern part of the territory where it hindered the growth of crops and dried up the ranges range the month an aa a whole was wan some come two degrees warmer than the average way may the he warmest spells were fram the loth to the and to slat the cold spelle were from the lot lat to ath tb and the the general date of temperature was the he or 27 of the mInli minimum durn the mer 3rd ard the snow seems to have disappeared from the mountain sides aides early tb this Is season monthly mean for the territory 30 eta sta lt degrees highest mean at st george lowest mean at silver lake maximum 98 at st george eth minimum 10 at silver lake ard 3rd and scofield on the loth greatest monthly range from self belt registering instruments 78 at scofield least monthly range 41 at mantl manti total of precipitation average of 29 sta inch greatest monthly at salt lake city least monthly none at st george only a light amount or of snow roll fell in toe the aln valleys which did not remain loag on the be ground the month was wag windy so much so 80 that farmers complained greatly of hot drying winda wind the prevailing diorec tion was sou southwest west the clear days day averaged 17 days with 01 of rain or snow 3 the sunshine Bun shine at salt like city was wag 69 ver oer cent of the possible singletree 68 58 per cent dates of sleet 15 30 80 dates of hail ball 8 as 9 15 21 2930 80 dates of thunderstorms 8 9 21 24 26 27 29 30 31 total amounts amount alpine city brigham city emery I 1 inch rain kamas kaman 15 snow besides rain Mil iville moroni oakley 15 inches inch of snow and 15 inch of rain scipio santaquin San 15 inches st SL goorge George Considerable wind OB es specially ally on the and blofield Bc So ofield patches of snow now are till still visible on the mountain mountainsides sides where they hey are more or low ie protected singletree nigabe of and a furious southeast wind blow blew estimated a fifty milan an hour which produced a regular sandstorm anda torm from the to the end of the month it was wac very unpleasant to handle lumber near the saw law when saw mill was running every board being heavily charged with electricity the rarity of this phenomenon in my experience calle for special mention of the occurrence |