Show IDAHO MARCH WEATHER D P mccallum Mo Callum section director idaho falls idano abe weather during the month of march was very stormy and unusually cold preCI PIts tiso tiou almost entirely in the be form ot of enow was general over the entire tate throughout gnout we the period large quantities ol of snow have accumulated in 10 the mountains and bills especially IQ in we be eastern southern section where here Is said to bra be more snow than for jean beark unusually high water lie la ex in ID the snake river valley dur lug may aad jane some complaints of small email streams being beyond their banks have bave already been received from caf various 1008 parts of the state late but bat no dam age has bas as yet been re departed parted at the dad of the month more than halt bait of the state was covered with snow to lo depths ranging from two to thirty nias aches the latter depth being reported reporter eu at ai gimlet in some localities in the m jun taina it la is said to be from ten to twenty last feet deep little or no plowing was done during the month owing to 10 the presence ot of snow in places where the snow had bad disappeared the ground was too loo wet for working the mean temperature for or the state was degreed degre ei esi 62 52 degrees cooler than march of last year the highest monthly mean temperature was wag degrees at lewiston Lewie too and the lowest at as lake the highest temperature reached during daring the month was 67 doi derece de cress reee at oakley on the and the be lowest 80 below zero lero at marys mary ville on the making an absolute abao lute range of 97 degrees for the mouth month the greatest rea teat local joost monthly range of temperature pera per ture sture was at martin 88 degrees degree and the least at downey 87 37 degrees deg reea the tb average precipitation was waa inches an excess of loch inch over march 1896 the greatest prea teat am aunt was at ideas idano city inches aud and the least at blackfoot and Oa haaley raley inch the he greatest in atey any twenty four period was waa inches at gimlet on the average number of days day with 01 mob inch or in re of precipitation 12 clear days day 10 partly cloudy 10 lid and cloudy 11 prevailing wind ad direction direct io west average hourly velocity rom records at idaho falls and nampa miles mile maximim maxim jm velocity at idano idaho falls fails 48 aniles an aa hour from tug coutu outu on me lag burnside the mouth month of marob march was mure more stormy than any other during toe gas winter gimlet The storm on the and was waa time worst wont of the adon turn into a regular blis blizzard 17 inches ot or snow being depo deposited in less le than 84 noure hours Murray The was the coldest night of the winter kentle gentle and warm east breeze very rate rare here tor for the be post pact 48 hours houra we have had the severest storms etorma of the me winter yesterday ruay and last night nigh were the coldest and bardelt wind storms that I 1 have ever seen in 84 yeara residence reaid enoe to la idaho had bad quite a 11 chinook chio ook thle this afternoon and snow gettlein gett setti leil etl fast for awhile Sa salubria lubria this first indication ot of a breakup break apol up was waa on an the the streams stream ro roce severy very rapidly and most moat of ef the lowlands Jow landa were the bojar halo balo ou served on the 22 ad was waft the most moat peculiar one I 1 ever saw aw it was waa at first gasped ahue |