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Show t : : ; i ; i v i i !' ;,' ; - ; i..;;;iui ;:!,viu.ii..i. ;!: nll'M. - ' I , , jj- MUM - ;.;.;:!:;.. : ;. J ! r j) ; i. , -i . T j rl : yr r j " T : ' : ; ': : ! ; ' " , ; -" 6 : I i ' -i : ..... f . . . . I , . I , . , -. t . t f M j : : : : i EX-iAriON IN jC2lAt . IT Jr ; , ! U : : ! ; ! I ! M : ; ; 1 : I ! ! : 5 ! ' ' : l" I , l ; i "" rH . 7 -1 1 f r i '!':'!' i ' -- j1:!; : ( ?r !;! , , . . . ...... ...... . . .. . r. .i ; M ; : i I j M I ! I : ! i : ! i : ! : : ! : . ' I-.:'-. ! : A i . . ITlTJ Hi:!:1! Iilil. Jjili !.:" r:'yr 1": T 11. 1'i . - 1 ' f R " ,, The above chart, prepared by Theron Ashcroft of the Branch Agricultural college, col-lege, gives a graphic illustration of the gradual decline of precipitation in this Forty-seven Year Record Shows Rainfall Decrease (By Theron Ashcroft) Everyone is interested in the weather. Everyone would like to know how much moisture we will have this summer, if the atomic bombs are making any difference, and if the rain makers mak-ers are doing us any good. These and many other questions cannot be answered with the meager knowledge we now have but we do have a pretty fair record of the past. Records of the weather in Cedar Ce-dar City have been kept consistently consist-ently since 1906. They bear out the stories of the "old timer" that we don't have the storms that we used to have. They show that the trend is definitely downward down-ward and if this trend is to continue con-tinue for another 148 years we would have no rain at all. Of course we all know, or hope we know, that this will not be the case and that the trend will soon turn upward and we will enjoy another wet cycle. The year 1952 was unusual in several respects. The month of March was one of the coldest and stormiest months in the his tory of the state. Nearly every snowfall record in the book was broken during the month. The state wide average was 27.6", or over 300r,c of normal and exceeded exceed-ed the former record of 1918 by 8.5". It was also the second coldest cold-est March on record. April and May saw some of the worst spring floods in the state's history and Utah Lake rose to its highest level in 30 years. October was the first complete October on record during which area since 1900. Interesting facts are revealed re-vealed in the accompanying article by Mr. Ashcroft. there was no precipitation measured mea-sured at any station in the state of Utah. The next lowest record was in October, 1917 when only 0.08" fell. October 1952 was second sec-ond warmest on record and was only one degree behind the record rec-ord set in 1950. . November was among the coldest cold-est Novembers on record, averaging averag-ing over 4 degrees below normal. This month also saw the end of one of the longest dry spells that the state as a whole has witnessed since weather records have been kept. A new record of 62 days with no rain was set at the Salt Lake airport and at a station 50 miles west of Salt Lake no rain was received between be-tween July 12 and Nov. 24, or 134 days. The long range forecast for 1953 sees Utah as being rather wet during May with storms on the 20th, 28th and 31st, and with the year's total slightly above normal. |