Show U UTAH TAH WEATHER AND CROPS report for august 1897 the month was characterized by warm dry sunny ny days moderately cold nights and deficient precipitation in all sections of the state the mean temperature was degrees which is about the normal for august the highest monthly mean temperature was at st georgeana George and the lowest mean temperature degrees at park city the highest temperature recorded during the month was ill degrees at mount pleasant and the lowest 35 degrees at loa range of temperature for the state 76 degrees the average precipitation was of an inch which is of an inch below normal and 64 inches less than the average for august 1896 the he greatest monthly amount was inches at parowan carowan Pa rowan and the least a trace at corinne Corl the average number of days on which 01 of an inch or more of rain fell was 4 and were generally the 2nd and 3rd ard ath ath ath ath and lath there was an average of 17 clear days 10 partly cloudy days and 4 cloudy days during the month the prevailing direction of the wind was from the southwest total move meat of the wind at salt lake city was royes miles and the maxi maximum mum velocity 32 miles per hour from the northeast on the thunderstorms occurred at croydon on the frisco giles 2nd and 3rd ard ath ath heber 3rd ard ath ath levan 2nd and Miners minersville ville ath ath ath ath moab 2nd and 3rd ard ath Pah reah 2nd and ath ath parowan carowan Pa rowan ath st george ath ath snowville Snow ville ath scipio tooele thoele salt lake city ath and distant thunder at vernal ath and light frost was recorded at heber on the and an earthquake shock was felt at corinne on the 3rd ard at 2 p m were seen at giles on the bilth and at pinto on the ath an was observed at levan on the night of the ath condition of crops during the week ending august ath the growing and maturing crops were greatly benefited by refreshing showers which were fairly well distributed over the greater portion of the state in a few localities high winds caused some damage to orchards by blowing the fruit off the trees corn potatoes late grain and ranges improved under the influence of showers and high night temperatures the conditions during the second week continued favorable especially to corn potatoes sugar beets and other late crops which were invigorated by showers and made marked improvement light frost occurred in portions of summit Wasatch and counties on the but no damage resulted the last half of the month was hot and dry in all districts the weather was exceptionally fine for harvesting and threshing which was vigorously pushed in all sections J H SMITH observer and section director |