January. February March April May June. January February March April May NUMBER OF TIMES MONTHLY PRECIPITATION HAS EXCEEDED THE NORMAL FOR FIFTY YEARS. January 21, 1876.-Light snow fell for ten minutes. December 31, 1882.--Heavy snow fell from 11.30 a. m. to 4.20 p. m.; amount, 3.5 inches. February 7, 1884.-Snow fell at intervals during the day, depth varying from 1 to 2 inches. February 5, 1887.-Snow fell during the day; depth at office, 3.7 inches, while in the western portion of the city it was fully 7 inches deep. January 4, 1888.-A few flakes of snow fell during the day. January 16, 1888.-Light snow fell to the depth of 0.1 inch. March 2, 1894.—A few flakes of snow fell during the day. March 2, 1896.-Snow mixed with rain fell at intervals during the day. March 3, 1896.-Heavy snow fell during the night; depth at office at 8 a. m., 1 inch. February 3, 1903.-Snow and rain, large flakes, 11.16 to 11.20 a. m. THE GREAT RAINSTORM OF 1866. Mr. L. J. Le Conte, C. E., of Oakland, has kindly furnished the following relative to the great rainstorm in this city on the 19th and 20th of December, 1866: Our profession is interested in maximum rainfall in twenty-four hours. I inclose a copy of the record of the memorable rainfall of December 19 and 20, 1866, which is given in hourly subdivisions. The monthly rainfall was also the maximum on record-15.16 inches-while at Sacramento the record was 12.90 inches. I think this was published in full in the Evening Bulletin in December, 1885. |