AGENCY: Salt Lake City (Utah). Water Supply and Waterworks

SERIES: 8890
TITLE: Weather reading data
DATES: 1952-2015.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological

DESCRIPTION: These are a daily record of weather activity at the Brighton official weather station. They are used to determine annual precipitation for runoff and water content in snow. Copies of this report are sent to the National Weather Service. These reports include date, maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation amounts, new and total snow amounts, and wind velocity.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 03/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 10 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

The bureau has determined these files are needed administratively for 10 years for water projections. A summary of these reports are published by the National Weather Service. These report forms would be very useful to researchers and should be maintained permanently.