1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885.. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900.. Month. January February. March. April May MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. Number of days maximum temperature 90° or May. 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 2 3 1 4 3 0 4 0 72 2 1 0 1 1 June. 41.8 1883 45.7 1880 49.2 1880 53.3 1896 58.5 1860 64.8 1894 69.1 1859 66.3 1873 65.0 1854 57.6 1881 49.3 1880 43.2 1890 41.8 1883 9 11 3 5 22 360 10 3 ∞ Tem Tem Tem pera- Date. pera- Date. pera- Date. ture. ture. ture. 10 23 13 23 16 16 17 15 10 14 14 3 6 72.0 80.0 80.0 89.0 30, 1899 18, 1899 30, 1882 į 28, 1888 € 98.0❘ 26, 1883 106.0 30, 1891 106.0 21, 1891 110.0 11, 1898 106.0 11, 1888 98.0 3,1885 f78.0 69.0 110.0 13 6 11 7 9 10 1 13 9 11 17 1 x 6 0 15 6 2 8 20 Highest month-Lowest month- Absolute maxi- Absolute mini- mum. 0 0 0 0 ! Tem pera- Date. ture. a 19.0 14-15,1888 21.0 13, 1884 29.0 15, 1880 b36.0 d39.0 44.0 48.0 48.0 17, 1892 12, 1880 1, 1890 17,1887 30, 1887 18, 1882 € 44.0 SUMMARIES OF MONTHLY MEANS AND EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE. 8 17 13 16 18 11 1 10 10 16 11 13 13 9 4 6 11 5 5 5 25 2 8 30.0 14.5 35.0 16.4 34.0 17.0 37.0 20.2 41.0 22.4 42.0 26.3 44.0 30.3 44.0 31.3 44.0 28.5 39.0 24.7 36.0 21.3 32.0 14.0 44.0 22.2 13 10 15 10 15 40 27 11 4 7 6 3 5 0 0 1 1 Greatest Mean Mean daily daily variarange. bility. range. Number of days minimum temperature 40° or below. Mar. Apr. Nov. 2.5 2.4 2.3 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 June. July August October November Annual. Year. 52.7 1873 55.0 1877 60.4 1885 63.3 1857 70.2 1865 77.0 1853 80.6 1854 76.8 1888 76.0 1853 78.0 1853 58.2 1894 50.9 1861 80.6 1854 a Also January, 1854. b Also April 15, 1896. e Also May 29, 1885, and May 28,1887. d Also May 7, 1887, and May 9, 1896. 1,1890 8-9, 1893 (h) i January 14-15, 1888. 36.0 27.0 y 24.0 14, 1881 28, 1880 29, 1878 (i) a 19.0 h August 11, 1898. 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7 e Also September 12, 1893. f Also November 4, 1892, and November 7, 1894. Also December 14, 1883. 52.8 56.6 63.8 62.0 75.0 78.3 81.7 81.5 77.2 69.8 60.4 54.4 67.8 Mean of 3 Mean of 3 consecu- | consecutive tive warmest coldest days. days. 39.5 43.3 48.1 51.8 55.9 62.2 67.1 67.1 62.9 55.1 42.0 40.5 53.0 January March April. May June. July Year. 1869-70 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 Month. First light frost of season. Date. Nov. 8, 1869 Oct. 24, 1870 Oct. 25, 1871 Oct. 22, 1872 Oct. 16, 1873 Oct. 29, 1874 Oct. 28, 1875 Nov. 3, 1876 Oct. 31, 1877 Oct. 18, 1878 Nov. 8, 1879 Oct. 31, 1880 Oct. 4, 1881 Oct. 5, 1882 Oct. 16, 1883 Sept. 30, 1884 Oct. 11, 1885 Oct. 9, 1886 Oct. 20, 1887 Oct. 19, 1888 Oct. 29, 1889 Oct. 11, 1890 Oct. 29, 1891 Minimum 8 9 9 10 8 5 2 Cloudy Rainy days. days. 11 Date. 42 0 33.0 °F. 36.0 37.0 36.0 42.0 39.0 41.0 38.0 40.0 Nov. 4, 1886 Nov. 14, 1891 36.0 (5) WEATHER. First killing frost of season. 9 8 5 October. 6 4 1 0 DATES OF FIRST AND LAST LIGHT AND KILLING FROSTS, WITH LOWEST TEMPERATURE AND SNOWFALL, AND DATES OF BLOOMING FRUIT TREES, FROM 1869 TO 1901. [From the records of Mr. Samuel H. Gerrish, voluntary observer of the Weather Bureau.] August September.. November December Minimum °F. Month. Annual. 29.0 25.0 28.0 27.0 Last light frost of season. Date. 31.0 May 17, 1870 Apr. 15, 1879 Apr. 18, 1880 Mar. 18, 1881 30.0 May 15, 1882 27.0 May 2, 1883 31.0 Apr. 17, 1884 31.0 Apr. 22, 1885 34.0 Apr. 14, 1886 32,0 May 10, 1887 28.0 Apr. 26, 1888 28.0 Mar. 19, 1889 Apr. 14, 1890 Mar. 30, 1891 30.0 May 11, 1892 29.0 Apr. 12, 1893 28.0 May 16, 1894 31.0 Apr. 12, 1895 30.0 May 17, 1896 32.0 Apr. 2, 1897 32.0 Apr. 7, 1898 32.0 May 18, 1899 34.0 Apr. 13, 1900 32.0 Apr. 10, 1901 Minimum ¡ °F. Minimum 0 1 2 5 11 56 0 3 6 9 53 First appearance of blossoming fruit trees. °F. 31.0 Feb. 21, 1870 31.0 Feb. 8, 1871 27.0 Feb. 26, 1872 27.0 Feb. 16, 1873 28.0 Feb. 14, 1874 24.0 Feb. 21, 1875 29.0 Feb. 20, 1879 32.0 Feb. 2, 1877 30.0 Feb. 1, 1878 27.0 Feb. 15, 1879 28.0 Feb. 29, 1880 31.0 Feb. 22, 1881 29.0 Feb. 28, 1882 29.0 Feb. 19, 1883 31.0 Feb. 20, 1884 31.0 Feb. 10, 1885 27.0 Feb. 8, 1886 26.0 Jan. 28, 1887 28.0 Feb. 20, 1888 26.0 Feb. 3, 1889 25.0 Feb. 13, 1890 26.0 Feb. 17, 1891 32.0 Feb. 16, 1892 28.0 Feb. 16, 1893 30.0 Feb. 12, 1894 33.0 Feb. 13, 1895 32.0 Feb. 1, 1896 30.0 Feb. 16, 1897 30.0 Feb. 16, 1898 30.0 Feb. 14, 1899 34.0 33.0 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895--96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900. 1900-1901 Oct. 13, 1892 Oct. 11, 1893 Oct. 28, 1894 Nov. 4, 1895 Oct. 13, 1896 Oct. 15, 1897 Oct. 1, 1898 I Nov. 16, 1892 Nov. 3, 1893 39.0 Dec. 25, 1894 36.0 41.0 41.0 Nov. 24, 1895 41.0 a Coldest ever known. b No killing frost; coldest on December 21, 1875. d No killing frost; coldest December 19, 1899. Feb. 8, 1900 Feb. 10, 1901 Dates of snowfall in Sacramento, and the amount precipitated.-January 29, 1862, 0.75 of an inch. January 12, 1868, 1.62 inches. December 3, 1873, 6 inches. April 5, 1875, a trace; enough to whiten the ground before it melted. This was the coldest April ever known. A very light trace on January 13, 1879. January 26, 1880, estimated about 0.25 of an inch; it mostly melted as it fell. February 17 and 18, 1882, trace. December 31, 1882, estimated about 4 inches; measured 1.50 inches actual measurement. February 1 and 6, 1883, a very light fall of snow. January 4, 1888, 2.89 inches. January 5, 1888, 3 inches. The snow that fell on the 5th was very damp, and packed hard; if it had been as light as that on the 4th, I think we would have had over 6 inches. January 16, 1888, a trace. January 12 and 21, 1890, a few flakes of snow, melting as fast as they fell. March 2, 1896, during the rain the air was filled with large flakes of snow for ten minutes, which melted as it fell. A few flakes of snow fell February 2, 1899. Mr. Gerrish states that the frost of April 4, 1901, did more damage than the frost on February 11, 1901, when the temperature fell to 32°. 1849.. 1850. 1851 1852. 1853. 1854. 1855.. 1856. 1857 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885.. 1886. 1887 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891.. 1892. 1893. 1894. Year. MONTHLY, ANNUAL, AND SEASONAL PRECIPITATION (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS). [From Dr. T. M. Logan, Dr. F. W. Hatch, and Weather Bureau Records.] 0.58 3.00 3.25 2.67 4.50 0.50 10.00 4.25 0.25 0.65 0.35 1.88 1.14 0.69 0.12 6.40 0.19 0.30 2.00 7.00 3.50 1.45 T. 8.50 3.25 1.50 0.21 0.31 3.46 4.20 4.32 1.15 0.01 4.92 0.69 1.40 2.13 1.84 0.03 1.38 4.80 0.68 T. T. 0.35 2.44 2.46 2.88 1.21 0.20 0.10 0.01 3.91 1.64 0.98 1.04 5.11 2.87 2.49 0.02 0.63 3.32 0.48 0.59 0.14 0.55 0.96 2.31 0.93 2.67 2.92 15.04 4.26 2.80 0.82 1.81 0.01 1.73 2.75 2.36 1.69 0.36 3.44 6.04 3.15 4.79 3.63 1.08 0.19 1.30 1.08 0.74 0.09 4.99 9.26 3.18 1.64 6.14 5.06 1.37 1.64 T. 0.50 1.89 2.40 3.78 1.99 0.35 0.10 2.23 1.11 3.70 0.67 2.85 3.43 4.46 8.14 4.32 0.06 1.45 2.16 0.49 0.08 0.68 T. 0.11 7.95 0.29 2.68 4.08 0.07 1.12 6.28 0.94 2.53 T. 4.81 0.57 3.04 0.10 0.40 0.15 0.33 6.25 0.26 3.25 6.62 4.06 3.00 1.33 1.80 0.53 6.61 1.78 2.04 0.66 1.78 2.84 3.02 1.20 2.38 3.27 2.66 3.51 1.08 1.05 4.17 3.92 0.74 0.34 1.70 1.84 1.20 0.86 0.51 9.76 0.09 2.57 5.34 0.92 3.66 4.15 2.54 0.25 0.30 0.98 3.19 0.04 0.28 1.50 3.94 0.04 6.02 0.10 0.54 3.54 0.32 1.61 1.88 2.88 3.70 5.32 0.48 2.23 0.80 2.80 2.78 1.76 0.08 0.25 0.05 T. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 0.46 Ꭲ . Ꭲ . 0.02 T. 0.02 T. 0.21 T. Ꭲ . T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. 0.25 1.50 2.25 12.50 1849-50 1851-52 1852-53 1853-54 1854-55 T. 1.50 1.54 0.65 1.15 0.75 I 2.00 0.20 0.65 2.40 1855-56 0.66 2.41 2.63 1856-57 3.01 0.15 4.34 1857-58 6.48 1.83 1858-59 0.18 4.28 1859-60 2.17 8.64 1860-61 T. 2.33 1861-62 T. 1.49 1.82 1862-63 T. 0.12 6.72 7.87 1863-64 0.08 0.48 2.43! 0.36 1864-65 2.43 9.51 1865-66 3.81 12.85 1866-67 0.77 2.61 1867-68 2.12 0.85 1.96 1868-69 0.02 0.58 0.97 1869-70 0.21 1.22 10.59 1870-71 0.22 1.93 5.39 1871-72 0.31 1.21 10.01 1872-73 0.05 2.26 3.80 0.44 1873-74 0.44 6.20 5.52 1874-75 T. 3.45 0.30 1875-76 0.73 1.07 1.43 1876-77 0.55 0.51 0.47 1877-78 0.88 2.05 3.41 1878-79 0.05 11.81 1879-80 0.30 0.55 1.88 3.27 1880-81 0.57 2.63 3.22 1.13 1881-82 0.90 0.97 0.61 0.44 1882-83 T. 0.60 2.01 10.45 1883-84 11.34 5.76 1884-85 0.21 2.21 1885-86 0.45 2.09 1886-87 4.28 4.63 1887-88 6.02 3.15 7.82 1888-89 0.80 T. 3.34 1889-90 0.10 0.10 0.48 3.28 1890-91 0.18 0.70; 6.60 4.90 1891-92 0.22 0.12 2.92 1.76 1892-93 Season Seasonal. of 36.00 4.71 17.98 36.35 20.06 18.62 13.76 10.46 14.99 16.04 22.06 16.18 36.10 11.59 7.79 22.59 17.91 25.32 32.79 16.64 13.57 8.47 23.65 14.19 22.92 17.70 26.30 Annual. 19.50 15.10 26.99 19.99 19.83 18.56 14.26 12.91 16.80 16.86 19.79 21.48 27.44 12.20 19.27 11.15 26.52 30.03 19.50 18.19 10.21 18.92 19.17 18.20 17.92 23.31 18.12 8.44 9.19 24.86 17.85 23.45 22.37 31.99 26.47 34.92 20.72 13.97 11.56 19.95 33.80 23.95 16.35 18.17 13.43 18.46 27.48 20.95 15.63 23.60 16.59 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. Averages for 52 years.. 8.42 0.04 T. 3.82 0.84 0.12 0.04 0 0.08 0.02 0.88 1.06 0.48 8.86 1893-94 0 4.46 2.62 2.91 1898-99 1.38 1899-1900 Ꭲ . T. T. T. 0.20 0.01 0.02 0 T. a Average for fifty-one years. T. 0.02 24.11 23.23 17.32 10.51 15.04 20.24 22.61 17.38 25.06 15.32 10.04 21.14 17.91 17:88 a 19.41 T March May June 1858-68 36.36 1868-69 L 1864-65 1870-71 8.47 1876-77 1882-83 16 1888-89 1894-95 1897-98 170.57 1898-99 15.04 20.24 1900-1901 FIG. 11.-Seasonal rainfall at Sacramento, Cal., from 1849 to 1901. 1995-96 23.23 1877.. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. Greatest Date. Year. Month. Year. January April May GREATEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. 0.81 0.62 0.32 0.35 0.00 0.58 1.47 1.96 2.66 1.72 0.00 0.30 0.25 1.10 1.41 0.57 0.65 1.30 0.00 1.90 0.98 1.61 0.40 1.00 1.36 2.94 0.00 1.10 0.28 0.07 2.50 0.00 2.44 0.20 1.15 0.00 0.00 0.90 2.48 0.31 0.65 T. 0.88 1.90 0.20 0.90 0.43 0.08 0.20 T. 0.00 T. 0.00 1.40 1.80 T. 0.80 0.38 2.14 0.00 0.06 1.00 1.10 0.94 0.00 1.06 0.92 2.25 2.20 0.26 0.86 1.36 1.00 0.54 2.96 Greatest monthly precipitation. Inches. 15.04 1862 8.50 1854 10.00 1850 14.20 1880 3.25 1889 1.45 1884 4-5 1887 Amount. Date. Amount. Date. Inches. Least monthly precipitation. April 19, and 20, 1880, from 8.02 p. m. 19 to 8.02 p. m. 20. November 17 and 18, 1885, from 8.30 a. m. 17 to 7 a. m. 18 T. 8-9 0.15 1889 0.04 1899 0.00 (a) (a) 1884 Number of times monthly precipitation has exceeded normal in 50 years. In first 25 years. 1880 DATES WHEN PRECIPITATION EQUALED OR EXCEEDED 2.50 INCHES IN ANY CONSECUTIVE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Inches. 5.28 3.09 2.58 2.66 2.94 4.29 2.81 2.50 2.57 3.26 2.66 MONTHLY EXTREMES OF PRECIPITATION. 21 In second 25 years.' 8 86 1889 9 Total. 16 1884 1895 1896 20 July Month. 4 August 16 11 December 30 June. a Many years. 29 Greatest monthly precipitation. Inches. 1894 1889 1885 1880 0.63 1860 0.20 1896 21-22 17-18 Amount. Date. Amount. Date. 11.34 1885 Nov. Dec. 13.40 1852 Least monthly precipitation. 2 In first 25 years. Number of times monthly precipitation has exceeded normal in 50 years. 11 Greatest 10 2126 2228 In second 25 years. 12 April 21 1880 8 1.63 1.97 7.24 2.66 1.82 1.90 2.94 4.29 2.50 2.48 2.12 2.57 2.35 2.14 3.26 1.18 2.25 2.66 2.18 1.36 1.12 2.20 2.32 7.24 Total. 4 3 14 14 19 18 |