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Show RECORD MONTH IN PRECIPITATION When the snowstorm ceased shortly before noon yesterday measurements taken by A. H. Thlessen, director of the United States weather bureau, showed that the total precipitation for the month of January to date is 3. OS inches, or more than any previous previ-ous January in the history of the local lo-cal bureau. The previous high record rec-ord was held bv January, 1S90, with H.07 inchos. The first month of 1S75 was a close second, with 3.05 inches. inch-es. There was only .SI of an inch last January. There has been sixty-one inches of snow this month at Park. City, making mak-ing a total of 7.2S inches of precipitation, precipi-tation, according to a report received yesterday at the local weather office of-fice from the Rev. Hoyt E. Henriques. Park City observer. The report states that a storm bearing much snow and rain, which began there last Sunday afternoon, deposited 2.25 inches of moisture In Hwenty-four hours. Vesterday's temperatures were remarkably re-markably high in the east, especially in the Mississippi valley, to which region re-gion the snow and rainstorm of the last two days has moved. In the ln-tcrmountain ln-tcrmountain region generally colder weather has come in tne wake of the storm. At San Francisco yesterday morning frost was reported. |