Show MONTHLY REPORT monthly report for january 1896 D P mccallum Mo Callum observer in charge idaho falls idaho Snow snowball Su lall was reported in all sections of the state oo on the lots ast 1st followed by a dry period which continued until the from which date to the precipitation was general and greatly in excess of the usual amount during the remainder of the mouth month the preel precipitation pita principally in the form of rain raid though not general was fairly well distributed mr prank frank adames adame observer at salubria Sa lubria adds the following dolfl for f or several days this month this section was visited by the heaviest and most constant downpour of rain that has ever occurred within the memory of the he oldest inhabitants or of this thin valley travel of all kinds had to be suspended for 48 hours the heavy rise lille of water on the caused the low lands to be about five feet under water doing consider considerable ablo damage washing out six reservoirs and three bridges bridge and spoiling a considerable amount of bay through this section of the 11 at the end of the month the extreme northern the central and the extreme southeastern sections of the state were covered with snow from two laches inches to six and one half bak feet deep the latter depth being reported at Alanta where the tb snow was wall hard enough to support tho ahw weight of man the first half of the month gave the usual january weather as regards temperature but with the came a succession oi of chinook winds which raised the temperature considerably above the normal and gave to everything the appearance of early spring in ift many places plowing wak begun during this ibis period the mean mea n dally daily temperature for or be second half of the ibe mouth month was 12 degrees higher than that of the brot half the ishii was the coldest day of the mouth month with a mean temperature or 14 degrees degree the warmest day was the mean temperature 86 the rhe mean temperature for the state was degrees 46 degrees higher than january of last jat year ties tae highest mean temperature iwas degrees at lewiston and the lowest at junction the highest dally daily temperature degrees was recorded at lewiston on the uh mod aad the lowest 25 below zero at junction on the making an absolute temperature range of 87 dt degross degrees for the ilmon month tb the greatest local range of temperature was at junction 71 decrees deR decrees rees and the least 28 degrees a moscow the average precipitation for the state was inches an excess of liach over january 1895 the be greatest amount was waa at soldier sand the lowest at junction the greatest daily precipitation was inches at salubria Ba Sa lubria on the the was waa an average of ten days with precipitation during the mouth month average number of clear days daye 10 partially cloudy 6 cloudy 15 prevailing wind direction south averlee aver a ae hour velocity from records of and idaho pal falls 1 8 10 5 maximum velocity at grange ville 60 allea per hour from the southwest on the |