SANTA BARBARA. In con Santa Barbara is situated in latitude 34° 23′ north and longitude 119° 40′ west. sidering the entire coast line of California from Point St. George to San Diego one is struck by several marked changes of direction. The most noticeable bend occurs at Point Arguello, where the coast runs nearly due east to Santa Barbara and there bends southeast again with a short stretch running east and west between Point Dume and Santa Monica. Santa Barbara occupies a central position on that part of the coast of California which distinctively faces southward. Santa Barbara Channel, with a depth of water varying from 25 to 365 fathoms, lies between the mainland and San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, and Anacapa Island. The Santa Ynez Mountains traverse this section of California running east and west, and embrace a number of valleys, the Santa Maria, Lompoc, Los Alamos, and Santa Ynez in the north and the Santa Barbara in the south. The city itself lies encircled by foothills except to the south, where it fronts the sea. Because of these topographical features the climatic conditions approach the ideal. For many years temperature and rainfall records were maintained by the late Mr. Hugh D. Vail. At the request of the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, Dr. C. Max Richter has carefully gone over these records and compiled the following data, covering a period of fifteen years for Santa Barbara. The records for a period of three years maintained at his own stationPine Crest, Santa Barbara foothills are also given. To illustrate the differences in rainfall existing within short distances where topographical conditions are so varied as they are here, Dr. Richter calls attention to the rainfall at Santa Barbara during the month of October, 1901. 2.42 inches of rain fell on October 26, while at Pine Crest, 2 miles away, 2.86 inches fell on the 26th, 0.66 of an inch on the 27th, and 0.03 inch on the 28th. The rainfall at the upper station, elevation 850 feet, exceeded that at the lower station, elevation 100 feet, in the ratio of 3 to 2. The highest temperature recorded at Santa Barbara is 107° and the lowest 28.5°. The temperatures of winter and spring months approximate 56°; summer and fall months 63°. annual mean temperature is about 60°. Months. January April May June. August October.. November Annual Winter Spring Summer Months. January February April May June. July August October.. Winter Spring. Summer Fall With 40° or below. Minimum. With minimum 32° to 39.5°. Warmest day. Mean number of days Mean With minimum 40° to 49.5°. THE CLIMATE OF SANTA BARBARA. [By Dr. C. M. Richter.] With maximum 70° to 79.5°. Coldest day. Three consecutive warmest days. Temperature-Continued. 1176-Bull. L-03—5 Lowest absolute maxima. Daily range. Temperature. Highest absolute minima. Mean number days with highest Number of days with frost. 53.0 62.4 43.4 73.5 5.0 I 41.0 66.4 42.4 18.3 35.5 0.6 85.0 28.5 79.0 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 54.6 64.4 45.2 73.0 40.5 68.7 43.7 18.0 36.0 1.0 85.5 29.0 83.0 34.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 55.3 64.1 46.4 69.5 42.5 67.3 44.0 17.1 37.0 2.0 86.0 34.0 82.3 35.3 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 57.9 67.0 48.8 74.5 47.0 71.8 48.3 17.9 41.0 1.0 95.0 36.5 90.0 37.8 1.7 1.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 59.4 67.6 51.1 79.8 51.5 75.8 47.0 16.4 40.0 4.0 98.0 40.0 92.1 42.6 1.4 1.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 62.6 71.0 54.1 79.0 55.0 75.7 56.0 17.0 39.0 4.5 95.0 44.0 92.0 46.6 2.1 2.1 8.0 0.0 0.0 65.5 72.8 57.2 84.0 59.5 77.4 60.8 16.9 46.0 3.5 107.0 49.0 92.1 50.7 3.3 3.3 4.0 1.0 0.0 66.9 75.9 58.4 83.3 60.0 80.1 60.1 17.1 32.0 5.0 98.0 50.0 95.0 52.3 5.9 5.9 8.0 0.0 0.0 66.1 75.0 57.1 78.8 56.7 76.9 59.0 18.5 49.0 4.0 103.5 48.0 95.0 51.2 5.2 5.2 10.0 1.0 0.0 62.6 72.4 53.4 77.0 51.7 79.4 55.5 18.7 40.0 2.0 95.5 42.0 91.4 43.6 3.7 3.7 9.0 0.0 0.0 59.1 69.6 48.7 73.0 47.5 72.1 50.0 19.7 39.0 1.0 91.0 37.5 89.0 38.8 2.7 2.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 55.6 65.1 46.1 69.0 43.5 67.3 46.6 19.0 36.0 1.0 84.0 32.0 82.7 34.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 59.9 68.9 52.1 84.0 40.5 80.1 42.4 17.2 49.0 0.6 107.0 28.5 95.0 30.0 52.0 2.0 7.0 54.4 64.0 44.9 69.8 40.5 68.7 42.4 18.5 36.0 0.6 85.5 28.5 83.0 30.0 66.2 48.8 75.0 42.5 75.8 44.0 17.1 41.0 1.0 98.0 34.0 92.1 35.3 65.0 73.2 56.6 83.8 55.0 80.1 56.0 17.0 3.5 107.0 44.0 95.0 46.6 62.6 72.3 53.1 63.5 47.5 79.4 50.0 19.1 1.0 103.5 37.5 91.4 38.8 57.5 46.0 49.0 Partly cloudy. Mean number of days Minimum. Cloudy. Mean of three consecutive highest maxima. Rainy. Mean of three consecutive lowest minima. 8.0 6.0 20.0 4.7 4.2 48.0 62.0 0.0 98.0 19.8 3.7 8.2 4.9 67.1 W. W. W. 4.0 22.0 3.1 5.1 2.5 66.0 W. W. 67.1 W. 71.4 W. 64.0 75.0 E. W. 71.0 W. 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.. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. Year. Mean of 33 years.. MONTHLY AND ANNUAL PRECIPITATION. (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS.) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual. 0.00 0.00 1.25 4.26 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00. 1.04 0.27 1.41 I 6.56 2.53 1.83 4.34 0.58 5.26 4.54 0.14 7.17 11.73 5.24 0.71 1.30 10.86 1.15 2.83 0.30 1.25 1.13 2.38 5.74 2.18 2.92 6.33 3.97 2.00 1.08 2.44 0.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.23 5.12 0.86 0.31 4.43 10.15 T. 5.59 0.29 1.29 0.45 7.92 1.10 2.55 4.41 0.99 6.25 4.35 3.65 2.73 0.00 0.00 1.44 0.00 0.00 1.97 T. 3.23 15.72 11.78 11.47 14.67 10.87 11.64 12.12 22.34 16.55 8.61 30.55 14.70 29.30 8.16 12.32 16.25 38.82 17.15 13.86 17.09 26.80 32.77 15.43 14.38 19.37 19.61 10.09 11.69 18.87 12.19 6.80 15.06 10.50 16.59 Months. January April May June. July August Novem Decem Spring. Months. January April May June. July August November Winter Spring. Monthly. With 400 or below. THE CLIMATE OF SANTA BARBARA FOOTHILLS-PINE CREST STATION. [By Dr. C. M. Richter.] Maximum. Minimum. With minimum 32° to 399.5. Mean number of days ! With minimum 40° to 49°.5. Mean Warmest day. Temperature. With maximum 70° to 79°.5. Coldest day. Three consecutive warmest days. Lowest absolute maximum. Three consecutive coldest days. Highest absolute minimum. Daily range. 55.4 61.8 49.0 69.2 42.5 12.7 22.0 4.0 79.0 34.0 75.7 35.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 58.0 66.1 50.0 65.6 49.1 59.3 68.8 49.8 | 70.0 42.0 74.0 39.5 72.0 41.7 16.0 28.0 2.0 82.0 31.0 79.3 33.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 i 76.5 45.5 74.3 46.2 16. 1 28.0 3.0 86.0 37.0 83.7 38.0 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 85.0 45.5 83.7 49.0 18.9 34.0 9.0 95.0 39.0 94.7 42.7 4.3 4.3 7.0 0.0 0.0 59.4 68.5 50.3 77.5 51.0 71.2 53.3 17.1 31.0 6.0 87.0 40.0 78.7 46.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.4 74.4 54.5 82.5 54.0 79.5 54.8 18.8 34.0 7.0 93.0 46.0 91.7 48.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 68.1 79.2 56.9 87.5 57.5 84.2 59.8 22.2 32.0 11.0 99.0 50.0 95.3 50.7 13.3 13.3 7.0 0.0 0.0 68.9 78.1 58.1 87.0 59.5 82.7 61.0 21.4 33.0 9.0 99.0 51.0 93.3 52.0 11.3 11.3 9.0 0.0 0.0 69.9 79.7 60.1 90.0 60.0 86.8 61.5 19.2 34.0 10.0 101.0 49.0 97.3 52.0 15.0 14.3 17.0 2.0 0.0 64.8 72.4 55.3 84.5 52.5 82.8 54.0 17.0 29.0 4.0 93.0 46.0 92.0 47.7 6.3 6.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 64.7 71.8 55.6 80.5 52.0 79.5 52.2 16.1 25.0 5.0 91.0 43.0 89.0 46.0 5.7 5.7 2.0 0.0 58.4 65.5 51.4 73.0 46.0 72.5 46.8 13.7 23.0 3.0 83.0 39.0 82.0 40.0 1.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 62.3 71.0 53.3 90.0 39.5 86.8 41.7 17.4 34.0 2.0 101.0 31.0 97.3 33.0 58 5.8 50.0 2.0 57.3 64.5 50.1 74.0 39.5 72.5 41.7 14.1 28.0 2.0 83.0 31.0 82.0 33.0 7.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 59.7 67.6 49.7 85.0 45.5 83.7 46.2 17.3 34.0 3.0 95.0 37.0 94.7 38.0 2.7 2.7 7.0 0.0 66.8 77.2 56.5 87.5 54.0 84.2 54.8 20.8 34.0 7.0 99.0 46.0 95.3 48.0 9.5 21.0 i 2.0 63.3 74.6 57.0 90.0 52.0 86.8 52.2 17.4 97.3 46.0 8.1 22.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 9.5 0.0 34.0 4.0 101.0: 43.0 7.9 0.0 0.0 Mean number of days with highest absolute maximum 60° or above. Temperature. Number of days with frost. 3.0 2.3 16.3 6.3 64.0 47.0 4.0 0.7 17.3 6.3 7.0 3.0 2.3 1.7 13.3 17.3 ! 10.0 66.0 48.0 3.3 0.0 20.0 4.0 4.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.7 12.7 0.0 0.0 5.3 13.0 7.7 0.0 20.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 I 1.3 1.3 11.3 7.0 7.0 7.3 8.8 25.0 60.0 51.0 2.4 10.3 5.3 4.1 3,3 0.0 0.0 2.7 49.0 78.0 58.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 38.7 81.0 55.0 Minimum. Rainy. LOS ANGELES. By Mr. G. E. FRANKLIN, Local Forecaster. Los Angeles City is located in a valley of the same name, 18 miles from the Pacific Ocean. Its chief topographical feature is a range of hills of moderate elevation on the western side, with a general trend north to south, which separates it from the Cahuenga Valley, that extends to the ocean on the west. The eastern side is slightly undulating and broadens out into the Los Angeles Valley, which reaches the ocean on the south. A great variety of climate may be found within a small radius. A traveler may start from the ocean at Santa Monica, Redondo, Long Beach, or other seaside places in the morning and within two or three hours' ride by rail and cable railway attain an altitude of 2,000 feet, whence by trails he can ascend to 6,000 feet. The rain storms do not last usually more than two or three days at a time; occasionally they continue a week, and are followed by periods of fine weather lasting two or three weeks. An average of three hundred and seventeen clear days, or days when the sun is but partly obscured, is the record for the past twenty-three and a half years; the sunshine averages 75 per cent. The first rains wash the atmosphere of the summer's dust, when the sky becomes beautifully clear; the later rains are heavier and snow falls in the mountains, though a light fall may occur with the first rain. The prevailing wind is west, which, coming from the ocean, causes the humidity to average quite high. The nights as a rule are cool and damp and the days warm and dry, or moderately so. Morning fogs are frequent from spring to autumn, but they disappear in the early forenoon. During heavy fogs the air is so saturated with moisture that it is not uncommon to find a precipitation of one-hundredth of an inch in the gauge. On the other hand, the humidity falls as low as 9 per cent during "northers," which occasionally occur in the summer and autumn months. These "northers" last from one to five days, usually three, and are accompanied by high temperature, which is so modified by the dryness of the air as to be neither oppressive nor debilitating. In consulting the accompanying temperature tables it should be borne in mind that the instruments from which the data were obtained were located on roofs of buildings, 60 to 70 feet above ground, exposed in standard shelters and above the stratum of colder air which settles on low ground. The temperature so obtained is appreciably different from that on the surface, lower maxima and higher minima resulting. For the above reasons the temperature seldom falls to freezing or below at the Weather Bureau station, while in the low grounds it frequently reaches 32° or several degrees below in winter, when a much higher temperature obtains at the station; this corresponds to the foothill belts, where frost seldom if ever happens. Frost occurs in the low sections of the city when in the hill portions there is not the least trace, and where delicate flowers, such as calla lillies, may be seen in full flower. |