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Show Spring Weather Hits Area, Mights Last Until Summer Don't look now, but it could do just that. Despite the long range forecasts and the predictions of Mr. Ground Hog, March might just possibly go out like a lamb. At any rate, spring arrived officially of-ficially on Monday, March 21 and a warm spring day it was with a high of 70 degrees. The skies were indigo blue from dawn until un-til dusk and not a rippla of wind ruffled the Monday washes on the line. Also, it's housecleaning time. Pickups are scurrying about town containing step ladders and paint buckets .and piloted by men in white overalls. This is the season when husbands hate to come home. A large barometric high was hovering' over 'the intermountain. area. Forecasters predicted more of the same fair slues, warm sunshine and above normal temperatures. tem-peratures. Any objections? Statistics for the week ending March 21, 1960. Date High Low -Pre. March 15 34 19 0.03 Maroh 16 43 22 0.15 March 17 44 24 0.00 March 18 56 28 0.00 Maroh 19 61 28 0.00 March 20 65 30 0.00 March 21 70 32 0.00 Summary Highest temperature tempera-ture for the week, 70 degrees on March 21. Lowest 19 deggrees on March 15. Precipitation for the week 0.18 of an inch. Total since January 1, 4.69 inches. Sun rises at 7:10 a.m. Sun sets at 6:20 p.m. |