STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 269 



Monthly Weather Summary at Sacramento for 1887. 



January — Average temperature, 48.5°, being 15° above the normal tem- 

 perature for thirty-four years. Rainfall, 1.12 inches, 2.55 inches below the 

 normal precipitation for thirty-eight years. There were 3 light frosts, 

 and 7 heavy ones. The number of days minimum temperature below 

 32°, 3. Highest and lowest river, 13.2 and 9 feet. Highest and lowest tem- 

 perature, 65° and 30°. Highest velocity of wind, 26 miles per hour, from the 

 northwest. There were 21 clear, 7 fair, and 3 cloudy days, and 6 upon 

 which rain fell. 



February — Average temperature, 44.7°, being 6.3° below the normal of 

 thirty-four years. This was the lowest average temperature for this month 

 ever before recorded. Rainfall, 6.28 inches- — 3.39 inches in excess of the 

 normal precipitation. There were 4 light and 6 heavy frosts and thin ice. 

 Number of days minimum temperature below 32°, 1. Highest and lowest 

 river, 18.6 and 10.3 feet. Highest and lowest temperature, 67° and 30°. 

 Highest wind velocity, 33 miles per hour, from the northwest. There were 

 8 clear, 11 fair, and 9 cloudy days, and 14 days upon which rain fell. 



March — Average temperature, 57.8°, being 2.8° below the normal of many 

 years. Rainfall, .94 of an inch, 1.97 inches below the normal precipitation. 

 No frosts. Highest and lowest river, 20.5 and 15.5 feet. Highest and lowest 

 temperature, 79° and 41°. Solar halos, 2. Clear days, 21; fair, 8; and 

 cloudy, 2. Days upon which rain fell, 6. Highest wind velocity, 24 miles, 

 from the northwest. 



April — Average temperature, 58.3°, being 0.9° below the normal. Rain- 

 fall, 2.53 inches, .60 of an inch above the normal precipitation. Light 

 frosts, 1. Highest and lowest river, 20.5 and 19.3 feet. Highest and 

 lowest temperature, 84° and 41°. Clear days, 20; fair, 7; cloudy, 3. Days 

 upon which rain fell, 10. Highest wind velocity, 30 miles per hour, from 

 the northwest and southeast. 



May — Average temperature, 62.9°, being 1.3° below the normal. Rain- 

 fall was but a sprinkle, being .70 of an inch below the normal precipita- 

 tion. Light frosts, 2. Highest and lowest river, 20.5 and 18 feet. Highest 

 and lowest temperature, 98° and 39°. Light frosts, 2. Solar halos, 3. 

 Clear days, 21; fair, 9; cloudy, 1. Days upon which rain fell, 1. Number 

 of days maximum temperature above 90°, 3. Highest wind velocity, 29 

 miles per hour, from the northwest. 



June — Average temperature, 69.1°; being 1.2° below the normal. Rainfall, 

 nothing, being .12 of an inch less than the normal precipitation. Highest 

 and lowest river, 18.3 and 10.7 feet. Highest and lowest temperature, 100° 

 and 47°. Number of days maximum temperature above 90°, 8. Solar 

 halos, 7; clear days, 24; fair, 6; cloudy, none; and no days on which rain 

 fell. Highest wind velocity, 30 miles per hour, from the southwest. 



July — Average temperature, 70.2°; being 2.9° below the normal. Rain- 

 fall, none; being .03 of an inch less than the normal precipitation. High- 

 est and lowest river, 11.0 and 8.1 feet. Highest and lowest temperature, 

 99° and 48°. Number of days maximum temperature above 90°, 13. Clear 

 days, 31; no fair and no cloudy days, and no days upon which rain fell. 

 Highest wind velocity, 24 miles per hour, from the south and southwest. 



August — Average temperature, 69.1°, being 2.6° below the normal. 

 Rainfall, a sprinkle, being about equal to the normal precipitation. High- 

 est and lowest river, 8.1 and 7.4 feet. Highest and lowest temperature, 

 100° and 48°. Number of days maximum temperature above 90°, 10. 



