Months. Months. January May 53.0 62.4 43.4 73.5 June. 62.6 71.0 54.1 79.0 55.0 75.7 56.0 17.0 July 65.5 72.8 57.2 84.0 59.5 77.4 60.8 16.9 46.0 August 66.9 75.9 58.4 83.3 60.0 80.1 60.1 17.1 32.0 66.1 75.0 57.1 78.8 56.7 76.9 59.0 18.5 49.0 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 39.0 4.5 95.0 44.0 92.0 46.6 2.1 2.1 8.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 107.0 49.0 92.1 50.7 3.3 3.3 4.0 1.0 0.0 5.0 98.0 50.0 95.0 52.3 5.9 5.9 8.0 4.0 103.5 48.0 95.0 51.2 5.2 5.2 10.0 43.6 69.8 40.5 68.7 42.4 18.5 65.0 73.2 56.6 83.8 55.0 80.1 56.0 17.0 62.6 72.3 53.1 63.5 47.5 79.4 50.0 19.1 46.0 49.0 Year. MONTHLY AND ANNUAL PRECIPITATION. (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS.) Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 0.86 0.37 1872. 2.53 1.81 0.18 1.80 0.00 1873. 0.58 5.48 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.97 2.00 1.08 2.44 0.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.25 4.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.53 0.31 22.34 16.55 8.61 30.55 14.70 29.30 0.95 8.16 0.10 12.32 0.00 1.32 0.00 2.76 16.25 0.00 1.02 0.79 6.62 38.82 0.19 January 55.4 61.8 49.0 58.0 66.1 50.0 April May ! June. July August September.. October Novem Decem Annual... Winter Spring. Summer 70.0 42.0 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 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 i 57.4 65.6 49.1 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 59.3 68.8 49.8 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 66.8 77.2 56.5 87.5 54.0 84.2 54.8 20.8 34.0 7.0 99.0 46.0 63.3 74.6 57.0 90.0 52.0 86.8 52.2 17.4 34.0 4.0 101.0: 43.0 With 320 or below. 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. Year. MEAN MONTHLY AND ANNUAL TEMPERATURE (DEGREES FAHRENHEIT). Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual. 71 69 72 65 69 72 71 73 73 72 73 73 72 72 72 74 67 68 70 70 70 71 FEN FR N R R R R R N R R NFR SF 2 * 3 2 70 69 66 75 75 70 73 72 73 72 70 69 71 72 74 69 68 72 64 66 70 70 74 67 68 69 74 73 73 68 66 69 69 68 70 70 67 65 59 57 63 56 61 57 63 58 62 60 63 61 66 60 60 57 66 60 કું |