| Show APRIL BREAKER monthly mete meteoroid meteor oi cical report April A april 1896 the month of april 1896 was wag a record breaker for cold stormy die agreeable weather the coldest weather ever experienced during the month of april in utah of which thre there ie a avy any record occurred on the let pmj ud caused great dama adamae a to the fru fruit i t vegetable and grain crops throughout the southern portion of the state in tue northern bern portion vegetation was not far enough advanced to be on eu cep tibie tible of muon damage farm operations were practically suspended curing the lat last half of the month and crops mude made little or no progress in ID growth the average temperature for the state was as 41 degrees highest monthly meau mean 56 degrees ue grees at moab and I 1 the lie luwe jowe t 82 degrees deg reea at park cl cay y I 1 abr he maximum temperature 37 87 recorded aeu at cisco on the and the 1 degree below zero at grover on the let making the bauge ol of temperature for the state 88 degrees the mean of the maximum temperature was 74 degree and minimum 12 degrees at A I 1 the majority of 0 stations the temperature occurred on the alb and the lowest on the let lat average monthly range of temperature for the state 62 dez dell delorees reee rees greatest local monthly range 74 degrees at mammoth least monthly range 41 degrees at park city the precipitation for the state was inches the greatest amount recorded deu was US inches at park city and the least a trace at Cast castlegate legate cisco and giles as the principal part of the precipitation which was in the form of raio rain and snow fell from the to the and during the last three days of the mouth month the average number of clear days day was 14 partly cloudy 9 cloudy 7 and days on which one hundredth of an inch or more of rain or melted snow fell 5 there was 68 58 per cent of sun abdine at salt lake city and 67 57 percent estimated at grover wayne county during the month the prevailing winds were from the southwest the total movement of the wind at salt lake city was wais miles and the maximum velocity 37 87 miles per hour from the west on the glies giles ath killing frost grover nearly eon COB staw lievan levan loth ma mantl u ti 28 th st george let 2nd and sleet grover letb reber heber both b scipio hall hail levad Pah reah salt ball lake city st george washington county st george has not had bad such cold april weather as characterized the past mouth month since its first settlement 1861 2 jame 0 bles bleak k grover way wayne no cou county nty the climate and weather conditions here are somewhat in a state of anarchy from the advent of mareb march to the present the be weather has been repulsive to the farmer with the exception of a very few days squally equally and windy with shiow and sleet and frequent freeze upa has bus been the general rule in short the weather to Is very unpropitious propitious ua for either sowing or of watering farmers are baylog over for bottler better weather to turn up not halt half our small email grain in yet an the high winds fill the air with sand which prevents plowing and as a matter of course sowing besides giving rise to the fear that the wind will out cut out outtie the snow prematurely and render reader the supply of water short lucero lucern just sprouting and barely that no signs of willows or birches budding d ing march came in like a lion 1100 and is remaining through april henrj henri cullum J H SMITH observer and section director |
