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.]

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°.

MONTHLY, ANNUAL, AND SEASONAL PRECIPITATION (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS). [From Dr. T. M. Logan, Dr. F. W. Hatch, and Weather Bureau Records.]

GREATEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.

DATES WHEN PRECIPITATION EQUALED OR EXCEEDED 2.50 INCHES IN ANY CONSECUTIVE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.

April 19, and 20, 1880, from 8.02 p. m. 19 to 8.02 p. m. 20.
April 20 and 21, 1880, from 8.02 p. m. 20 to 9.55 a. m. 21.
December 1 and 2, 1880, from 12.02 p. m. 1 to 12.02 p. m. 2
January 28 and 29, 1881, from 8.02 p. m. 28 to 8.02 p. m. 29
March 8 and 9, 1884, from 3 p. m. 8 to 7 a. m. 9
November 17 and 18, 1885, from 8.30 a. m. 17 to 7 a. m. 18

December 21, 1885, from 4 a. m. 21 to 2.55 p. m. 21
January 23, 1886, from 8.30 a. m. 23 to 11 p. m. 23.
March 12 and 13, 1889, from 4 p. m. 12 to 9 a. m. 13.
November 29 and 30, 1892, from 10 p. m. 29 to 8 p. m. 30.
January 3 and 4, 1895, from 6.20 p. m. 3 to 6.20 p. m. 4

MONTHLY EXTREMES OF PRECIPITATION.

Number of

Inches.

5.28

3.09

2.58

2.66

2.94

4.29

2.81

2.50

2.57

3.26

2.66

Number of

January

February
March
April

May

June

July

August..

September

October

November

December..

Total

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION, FROM JULY 1, 1877, TO DECEMBER 31, 1900.

NUMBER OF CLEAR, PARTLY CLOUDY, CLOUDY, RAINY, AND FOGGY DAYS, AND TOTAL NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS AND AURORAS FROM JULY 1, 1877, TO DECEMBER 31, 1900.