Show WAS A WARM JANUARY january 1896 was wai much warmer than usual in all sections of at the stow state the be temperature during the last halt half of the ibe month averaging about 13 degrees above the normal the monthly mean temperature at salt lake city was 84 degrees which Is ia the highest for january si I 1 ce the establishment of the station in 1874 the precipitation was waa greatly deficient throughout the southern half of the state and slightly below the usual in tile the nori hura portions tion the snowfall during the month averaged about three inches which Is considerably less than the usual depta or bior january with the exception of ft a low few localities there was no snow on the grund ground at the close of the mouth the mean temperature tor for the state was waa degrees highest monthly mean 40 6 degrees at st george low ear ant 11 9 degrees at fort du Cli alienne enne highest temperature 66 degrees at fit george on the 2181 2191 lowest 17 degress below zero at fort du chesne on OB the tat range of temperature fur the state 83 degrees the warmest period during the month was during the be imbt imst decane and the coldest during the oreb first decade the average precipitation was 81 of an inch greatest amount Jeu was inches at huntsville and the least xa 05 of an inch at los loa there was an average of 4 days on which 01 of an inch or more of rain or melted snow fell the average of the seow fall all was three inches too principal part of the precipitation was to lor the form of rain and occasional snow enow flur rlee which occurred during the last half of the mouth there was an average of twelve clear olne nine partly cloudy and too tea cloudy days during the month alk ak salt dalt lake city there was 40 per cent ot sunshine and 60 per cent estimated at AL borover wayne count county y the prevailing direction of the wind was southwest the total movement at salt lake city was miles and the velocity 80 miles per hour on the from the south I 1 thu thunderstorms lader stor me Pa breah roan 21 scipio 21 farolan parowan Fa Pa rowan 22 grover 81 31 sleet KooB Koos harem barem 27 vernal 81 Castle guLt 29 lunar balue giles 1 24 26 25 29 solar halos balos giles 16 20 80 |