Show FAIR SKIES GENERAL THROUGHOUT COUNTRY Lack of Precipitation Characteristic Characteristic Characteristic Charac Charac- of Day and of Preceding Month Wasn't an any precipitation to speak of or nn anywhere yesterday according to the weather reports received at the local lorol office The highest amount reported was 12 12 of an amt Inch which fell tell In the shape of an inch of snow at Swift SwiftCurrent SwiftCurrent Current Sas and that Is not In the United States Buffalo and Northfield each reported less than an Inch of or snow the 24 hours preceding yesterday yester estl day morning Salt SnIt Lake was Vas in the running with a trace of or precipitation which came camf in the form of oC s sleet early arh yesterday morning Most people did not know anything about it ft but It la Is lashown shown on tIme the weather bulletin Tho The v. antl bulletin hla r. r nl also shows hov IA Ugh light t snowfall mi fOS tor or January all aU over oer Most of the 90 or so places reporting reporting- show a n deficiency for tho the month The deepest snow reported in ln Utah for January was In the tho hills near Newton In Cache county count where the depth was 10 feet But that is far tar larger titan than anywhere else and only the time average for tor Newton Near Thistle the depth I 15 is reported as ns seven feet which Is above the aV average In the mountains Hound Nephi the tIme depth of the snow Is placed at five fire feet and the same depth obtains near Annabella In Millard count county Taken Talen altogether the prospective pros pros- water supply for tor Utah Is rather less than the average so far this year car This Ibis Is particularly so of tho the Green en and Colorado rivers watersheds ds Sevier lake watershed fares a n little better beller with three places reporting snowfalls above e the average and Salt Lake vat wat- shed ct-shed ha has comparatively comparative the mos most Snowfall of all Yuma Ariz had the warmest temperature tem tern to report 68 and Sault Ste Ste. Marie Mich lIch the tho coldest 18 IS dl degrees rees below Lelow zero Cold weather was as prett pretty pro prevalent all nIl over the northern part pan of the time United States The highest wind reported was 26 miles nn an hour at Chicago Chi ca cago o. o Oklahoma and New York There Is still an area aren of ot low Jow pressure pres pres- sure suro coming from over tho the North Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- elfie which Is expected to cause to-cause cause a fallIng fallIng falling fall- fall Ing barometer and unsettled weather In n the vicinity ot Salt Lake to today a Record at the tho local office United States weather bureau for 24 21 hours ending at 6 G p. p m. m toda today today- Temperature at 6 G p. p m. m 42 maximum temperature 19 9 minimum temperature 32 mean menn temperature 10 which Is 9 degrees above normal Total excess of temperature since the tho first of or the tho month 10 Accumulated excess of oC temperature temperature tem tern since January Januar 1 l 80 SO degrees Total precipitation trace Total precipitation pre pro since first of month 16 16 of ot otan an Inch which Is 26 of or an Inch belo below normal Accumulated deficiency since January Januar 1 I 98 98 of an inch Relative humidity at al 6 p. p m. m 75 per cent |