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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Mean Average Winter Temperature in Sacramento. 



The tabulated statement below shows the average temperature for the 

 winter months, and for the season also. The winter seasons, beginning 

 with the season of 1853-4, and ending with the one of 1887-8; giving a 

 mean average for the thirty-five years. Judging from the average tem- 

 perature for each season, we must conclude that the season of 1879-80 was 

 the coldest, 44.5°; and the warmest that of 1865-6, 51.4°; the mean aver- 

 age of the thirty-five years being 48.3°. 



