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Show ANOTHER RAIN RECORD. Trcscnt April the Wettest In Utah Since 1880. (Sunday's Dall) ) Tho heavy l.llnfall of Thursday night ngaln broke tho recoid foi tho country, 109 Indies pieclnllatlon leglstcrlug In tho loial wtaiher bureau olllce. Chicago Chi-cago hud Ihe next heuvlist lain with .70 Inch, while Pocntello took third honors with ,DU Inch. Thn mill ceased falling cutl) )eslerday foienoon. These llguies swell the precipitation for the month to 3 10 Inches, making 1 Jl Inches above the average for tho month nnd bringing the preclpltutlon of the )car to .32 Inch below tho overage. The he ivy lain had tho cftett of reducing re-ducing the tenipeiaturo of Hlah and western Colorado conslderabl), so much so that fiost has been piedlcted foi this morning While the fiost will ho light In tho vlclnlt) of this clt) It will bo heavy throughout the Htnte. IJespllo this no serious dnmiigo to tho crops Is expected to lesult as tho or-chardlsls or-chardlsls nie thoroughl) piepired Tho present month has, nccordlng to Director Muidodi, been ono of the most rtinaiknble In the hlstoi) of the weather weath-er bureau, having no loss th ui threo iccnid bieaklng ralnstoims Tho one between tho 7lh and Sth giving u pie-clpllatloii pie-clpllatloii of SR Inch, I lint of lluco di)s ago 111 Inches and Thuiaday night's btoim only M Inch less. Tho present month nlsn holds tho rec-o-ii ror being the wettest since 1S88, when the iccord of the weather department depart-ment was reached, 4 43 Inches being leached Hint month. |