FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1921 WERE WET PRECIPITATION MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT OF 1920 AND FAR ABOVE NORMAL.
There will be no shortage of moisture if the remaining months of keep up the pace set by the first two months, which have established new record for many years. The precipitation for January and February has been more than double that of the same two months in 1920, and is 1.84 inches above normal. The precipitation for January and February 1920 was 3.09 inches and for the same months in 1921 it was 6.66. The normal for the two months is 4.93 inches.
Last year there was but 30-100 of an inch of rainfall in February. This year the precipitation for February was 2.70. The normal, is 2.11 inches.
There was 19.5 inches of snowfall in the report for the last week of February, and the report for the two months of January and February, as issued by F.L. Burkhart weather observer at the University of Idaho, are interesting. They show that the year 1921 is starting off with a new record for precipitation, following an unusually mild winter which insures enough moisture in the soil to give the crops a good start. 