Absolute maximum. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. : 77.0 82.0 86.0 96.0 110.0 110.0 112.0 114.0 107.0 97.0 88.0 79.0 114.0 ! Absolute minimum. TemDate. perature. 27, 1899 9, 1892 24, 1898 29, 1887 30, 1891 8, 1887 22, 1891 1, 1891 5, 1892 PRECIPITATION EXCEEDING 2.50 INCHES IN ANY CONSECUTIVE 24 HOURS. 18.0 28.0 34.0 46.0 32.0 Inches. Date. 2.89 2.88 14, 1888 16, 1880 1,1881 22, 1881 9, 1884 14, 1881 30, 1880 13, 1884 MONTHLY AND ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS). Mean daily range. 15.6 18.9 19.2 22.2 24.1 27.1 30.5 30.6 26.7 21.4 13.4 December 15, 1896 January 10, 1899 Mean daily Mean Mean varia- relative relative bility humidity humidity of mean temper. ature. at 5 a. m. at 5 p. m. June. July. Aug. Sept. 20.71 16.66 4.16 2.26 0.89 0.00 2.12 2.18 0.04 2.81 3.94 0.51 0.15 T 0.97 2.67 0.87 0.39 2.60 i 3.55 2.21 7.81 1.84 1.19 0.62 0.64 T 1.31 4.85 0.18 4.12 0.73 3.92 0.57 5.21 1.13 T 0.00 4.08 2.17 3.47 0.51 0.71 6.83 1.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42 1.56 1.66 0.69 1.76 0.77 6.55 3.67 6.14 1.36 10.68 4.30 3.11 1.42 7.25 8.21 3.82 3.22 1.09 2.42 1.86 Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual. 49.1 33.64 26.53 24.93 21.82 13.76 28.06 29.63 17.21 13.60 24.94 32.87 25. €0 23.04 33.48 24.26 26.98 22.57 28.46 20.08 12.91 28.07 21.77 25.40 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. January. February March April May June.. July Year. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891 1892. Greatest monthly GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION (INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS) IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. I Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. Jan. Clear days. 2.41 0.96 1.36 0.10 1.84 0.50 3.25 0.76 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22 1.38 1.20 0.45 0.33 0.41 0.78 2.03 2.89 0.91 0.13 0.37 1.05 2.88 0.62 0.26 I 0.76 0.00 1.04 1.03 0.43 0.40 1.12 1.06 2.17 1.47. 0.14 0.56 0.17 0.68 0.04 2.00 0.63 0.45 T. 0.22 0.58 0.71 0.00 0.00 0.06 1.83 1.89 0.18 0.43 1.01 0.22 2.91 4.73 | 0.30 1.59 0.62 0.82 T. 0.04 0.66 0.96 1.25 0.39 0.14 0.53 0.15 0.84 0.31 0.85 0.58 0.06 0.16 0.45 1.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.70. 1.70 1.83 2.02 1.16 1.71 1.51 1.67 0.00 0.00 1.40 0.01 0.00 1.48 0.92 3.80 0.56 0.82 0.48 0.32 0.16 0.10 0.44 0.19 0.81 1.44 1.36 0.91 0.22 T. 0.00 0.29 1.89 1.40 1.20 0.00 0.03 0.81 2.00 0.86 0.02 T. 1.11 2.36 1.70 0.10 T. 0.96 1.26 1.38 0.00 0.54 0.58 1.04 1.12 1.56 0.72 2.30 1.79 1.08 0.25 0.23 4.04 0.01 1.58 1.56 0.69 0.83 3.80 2.17 5.11 0.10 I 11 12 13 13 2 2 1 Average number of 28 5.11 1.54 0.94 Partly cloudy days. 1 2 2 .... 2 10 9 10 11 9 6 3 1 Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total. 1 1 2 1 Cloudy Rainy days. days. 10 7 8 6 5 1: 0 1 1 4 1 11 9 11 8 6 4 1 1 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS. Mean cloudiness. 1 August 5.0 4.4 4.6 September.. October.. 4.1 November 3.5 December 2.1 0.5 7 1893. 7 1894. 1895. 2 5 1896. 10 1897. 5 1898. 4 1899. 2 1900. 7 T. 113 Year. Annual. 2 21 Jan. | Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total. 1 1 1 3 4 6 12 1 1 .... 75 1 Greatest annual. 5.11 5.04 2.03 3.25 2.88 1.72 2.17 4.73 1.89 1.59 1.61 1.95 2.02 3.80 2.30 1.89 2.00 2.36 2.64 1.04 1.54 4.04 1.58 Mean cloudiness. 0.9 1.7 2.6 4.0 5.5 3.3 Month. 1899. January.. April.. June July August... Year.... 1900. January.. April.... June July 1882. 1883.. 1884. 1885. 1886.. 1887. 1888.. Monthly mean. Year 8 p. m. C Last in First in Temperature. Mean. Maximum. Minimum. Mar. 20 Nov. 12 1889. 1891. Feb. 9 Mar. 11 Dec. 11 Mar. 1 1893.. 1894. In. In. In. 29.78 30.03 28.89 43.9 53.756.2 41.4 48.8 77 60.8 87 65.9 82.0 109 60 29.79 30.16 29.31 43.4 60.2 62.0 41.1 51.6 79 73.4 Monthly. Extremes. Year. Maximum. O Minimum. Dew point. 8 a. m. In. In. 0.231 0.236 34 0.185 0.173 36 40 40 81 56 0.250 0.261 39 44 26 32 30 51 44 27 55 44 53 39 42 40 73 41 47 70 109 39 26 41 46 60 8 p. m. 8 a. m. 8 p. m. 55.4 67.0 92 63.1 76.8 104 53 50 49 60 30 82.6 109 29.78 29.99 29.45 49.9 52.6 54.4 43.2 48.8 69! 33 29.77 30.02 29.47 45.1 58.2 59.5 42.7 51.1 73 35 29.62 29.93 29.40 50.1 67.4 68.6 48.6 58.6 29.59 29.78 29.33 49.2 65.8 67.9 47.3 57.6 84 29.58 29.75 29.37 56.5 76.7 78.5 29.51 29.73 29.35 64.5 87.9 90.4 29.44 29.70 29.23 68.6 96.8 98.2 67.0 August.. 29.51 29.76 29.26 65.2 88.9 90.5 63.5 September 29.55 29.83 29.26 60.4 79.5 81.2 58.6 69.9 100 October. 29.61 29.89 29.30 51.5 67.8 69.9 50.1 60.0 87 November 29.67 29.99 29.00 47.7 60.6 64.1 45.4 54.8 82 December...... 29.84 29.99 29.53 41.8 49.2 51.4 39.5 45.4 67 29.62 30.02 29.00 53.8 71.0 72.9 52.0 62.5 109 Year 48 Last in spring. Feb. 17 Feb. 25 Feb. 9 Mar. 13 Mar. 4 Rela tive hu midity. 37 64 30 40 50 21 45 93 78 84 38 42 45 78 50 In. In. 9.29 4.04 4.6 6.26.0 0.01 0.01 1.6 4.1 3.0 6.22 1.56 5.3 5.5 5.9 41 79 43 0.291 0.310 46 16 0.72 0.48 2.2 4.1 3.4 0.252 0.226 0.69 0.34 2.8 4.3 3.5 0.294 0.261 0.94 0.79 1.3 1.1 1.2 0.304 0.282 0.00 0.00 0.2 0.8 0.4 24 0.297 0.288 0.02 0.02 0.9 2.2 1.6 0.246 0.227 0.00 0.00 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.250 0.248 3.02 1.02 3.1 4.2 3.6 92 76 0.327 0.362 4.08 1.00 5.9 6.7 6.9 0.233 0.254 3.80 1.54 3.4 4.3 5.7 42 0.263, 0.261 28.79 4.04 2.7 3.7 3.5 42 16 66 42 75 82 65 40 ཚ་་་་་་ 52 0.277 0.303 4.15 1.58 4.6 4.2 6.6 0.248 0.275 1.62 0.69 2.8 5.2 4.9 0.278 0.314 2.38 0.83 3.8 4.8 4.2 0.261 0.259 2.69 0.90 2.7 4.4 3.8 1 0.304 0.279 1.18 0.43 3.6 4.3 3.9 0.363 0.356 0.94 0.54 2.0 3.0 2.2 0.334 0.303 0.00 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.316 0.281 0.05. 0.05 0.6 1.4 1.0 52 45 40 61 28 0.315 0.266 0.21 0.14 3.3 2.4 2.3 40 46 46 83 49 0.314 0.316 38 44 48 90 66 0.295 0.338 29 39 42 92 78 0.244 0.269 29 44 44 74 46 0.296 0.297 3.25 0.88 2.8 4.0 3.8 i I I 3.23 1.76 4.1 5.2 5.1 2.07 1.25 4.2 3.9 6.3 21.77 1.76 2.9 3.6 3.7 45 42 69 34 76 43 45: 48 77.0 104 56 46 43 53 22 First in autumn. Vapor pressure. 8 a. m. 18 Moisture. DATES OF FIRST AND LAST KILLING FROSTS FROM 1882 TO 1899, INCLUSIVE. 8 p. m. 1 Dec. 27 1895. Precipita tion. Total. Year. Maximum in 24 hours. Month. 1899. January March April May June July August Year..... 1900. January March April May June July August ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEARS 1899 AND 1900—Continued. [H= 332 ft.; h = 54 ft.; h. = 44 ft.; h1 = 58 ft.] Year...... 5.7 SE. 37 Number of days North. 0 21 0 0 Wind. 0 26 0 Number of winds, 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. 1 0 09 14 2 0 i 0 0 13 0 19 Northeast. 0 11 1 0 27 0 21 5 3 0 16 0 17 East. 8 3 3 18 10 14 3 13 0 13 0 3 1 0 26 0 Southeast. South. Southwest. 2 50 1! 9 2 3 2 2 6 17 5 1 13 11 8 5 14 9 1 0 5 12 0 15 2 5 17 3 11 1 197 17 46 127 2. 10 21 2 12 0 1 31 10 4 1 2234 3 1 18 1 4 13 1 19 22 0 21 0 1 18 4 26 203 84 22 4 1 ' 1 0 21 8 3 18 5 74 Northwest. 03 20 6 1 18 5 0 2 26 11 4 3 8 20 0 3 6 1 30 7 1 2 2 0 21 6 0 3 3 0 23 1 1 18! 4 0 1 2 4 14 0 0 2 16 0 20 0 22 I 0 4 25 1 3 2 2 0 231 17 28 240 54 93 12 35 7 7 10 2 ! 4 2 2 11 0 12 3 3 8 0 15 6 1 14 0 27 ∞ ∞ 0 Partly cloudy. 0.01 inch and over. 0.04 inch and over. Calm. Clear. Cloudy. 97 1000 0 | 19 8 300 SACRAMENTO. 18 0 19 30. 8 2 31 I 1 24 0 19 I 5 0 8 219 74 72 17: 615 8 0 75 9 15 11 5 8 17 8 1 21 7 7 7 77 Precipi- 8 0 18 1 4 22 0 31 0 1 29 2 0 1 3 662999 11 3 18 4 I 2 14 6 10 6 2 0 Number of days. 16 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 342 15 14 13 01 0 3 0 2 9 i 9 ! 12 8 8 9 5 7 6 10 8 5 5 4 0 010 60 Minimum temperature low 32°. Snow. Below 32°. Above 90°. Fog. 0 123 0 10 8. 0 0 1 13 12. 0 0 11 79 70 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00 0 0 0 Maxi mum temp. 121 00 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 0 0 13 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 6 16 9 8 0 14 0 17 212 67 86 78 63 0 0 33 0 00 00 0 22 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -){ 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0. 1 5 0 00 Electricity. 65 Thunderstorms. 0 0 0 1 2 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 Auroras. 1 0 0 0 0 This Excellent records of temperature and rainfall are available for the city of Sacramento. city may in a climatological sense be called the most representative city of the great valley. San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton form as it were the three central points of the bay and valley district. It will be noticed that the mean annual temperatures are respectively about 56, 60, and 60%. In other words the valley cities have a mean annual temperature about 4 higher than the coast city has. In January the mean temperature of the interior cities is nearly 4 below that of San Francisco. In March it is slightly above. In April nearly 4° above, which increase continues until October. During July there is a difference of nearly 15°. While the annual rainfall at San Francisco is 23 inches, that at Sacramento is 19.21 inches, and at Stockton 15.54 inches. There is thus a gradual decrease in the rainfall from the coast inland. December is the month of heaviest rainfall at all stations and August the month of least precipitation. With regard to the seasonal rainfall it may be stated that years in which the rainfall is well distributed, particularly where good rains fall in March and April, are years of large wheat yields. 1176-Bull. L-03—7 The following data, showing the temperature and weather conditions of Sacramento, were compiled by Mr. J. A. Barwick, of the Weather Bureau, from the records of Dr. T. A. Logan; Dr. F. M. Hatch; Mr. S. H. Gerrish; and the Weather Bureau. MEAN MONTHLY AND ANNUAL TEMPERATURE (DEGREES FAHRENHEIT). 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. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. Years. Means for 48 years.. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. 46.8 47.3 75.1 69.6 45.0 52.2 53.7 59.8 i 44.9 50.5 51.5 46.2 49.8 53.3 47.1 52.2 55.0 46.4 47.5 53.6 i 70.4 67.6 53.2 46.4 46.9 48.0 57.6 49.2 53.6 47.4 49.0 46.5 53.5 76.2 48.2 47.8 47.0 50.5 47.6 49.9 48.6 48.3 48.5 53.3 52.7 48.2 45.7 46.9 52.7 48.8 50.2 43.0 50.0 59.8 61.0 68.0 77.0 75.0 71.0 76.0 78.0. 53.0 48.0 49.1 48.6 46.0 44.8 43.0 45.7 49.0 45.8 47.9 41.8 44.8 47.5 48.9 54.4 54.2 46.5 47.4 48.2 48.4 42.1 48.3 44.4 47.5 55.0 70.3 46.2 48.6 42.8 44.7 42.6 46.9 May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual. ! 63.3 59.5 59.5 60.1 60.7 59.5 58.7 59.0 60.1 60.2 60.4 62.8 61.0 62.1 59.9 60.1 60.4 59.6 59.6 60.4 60.7 59.8 62.2 61.2 62.0 60.9 60.4 58.1 60.1 59.4 59.9 59.8 62.5 60.3 60.3 61.4 60.9 59.4 60.6 60.2 58.8 60.3 60.2 60.7 59.8 59.5 59.6 59.9 60.0 |