STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



•_'s:, 



Dates of Snowfall in Sacramento and the Amount Precipitated. 



January 29, 1862— .75 of an inch. 



January 12, 1868— 1.62 inches. 



December 3, 1873—6.00 inches. 



April 5, 1875— A trace; enough to whiten the ground before it melted. This was the 

 coldest April ever known. 



A very light trace on January 13, 1879. 



January 26, 1880— Estimated about .25 of an inch. It mostly melted as it fell. 



February 17 and is, 1882— Light trace. 



December 31, 1882 — Estimated about four inches ; measured 1.50 inches actual measure- 

 ment. 



February 1 and '5, 1883— A very light fall of snow. 



January 4, 1888—2.89 inches. 



January 5, 1888 — 3.00 inches. The snow that fell on the fifth was very damp and packed 

 hard; if it had been as light as that on the fifth, I think we would have had over six 

 inches. 



January 10, 1888— A trace. 



The following Signal Service data, from the Sacramento Signal Office 

 records, show the number of days during each winter upon which the 

 mean average daily temperature was less than 40°, along with the lowest 

 daily average during each winter; also the highest and lowest temperature 

 and total rainfall for each winter in ten years: 



*Up to March 1, 1888. 



The table above shows that generally speaking the winters whose records 

 give a decided preponderance of days whose average temperatures are less 

 than 40°, coincide with the winters of least rain; and those having none, 

 or but a day or so, with an average daily temperature below 40°, cor- 

 respond with the winters of copious precipitation, there being but two ex- 

 ceptions to the above rule. The winters of 1878-79, and 1881-82, were 

 comparatively warm, and moderately dry ones. 



The average winters' rain in thirty -eight years was 11.25 inches. The 

 table shows that four winters have been excessively dry ones; while the 

 winters that were wet were noted for their warmth. 



NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TEMPERATURE. 



Editors Bee: In your paper yesterday (February 10, 1888), in giving 

 the comparison of the weather at Los Angeles, Oroville, etc., I find a very 

 grave error in favor of Los Angeles. Now, your table gives the mean win- 

 ter temperature at Los Angeles as 56.6°, and for the year as 61.4°. I would 

 like any one in Los Angeles to produce the figures that will give that city 

 a mean average winter temperature of 56.6°, and an average yearly temper- 

 ature of 61.4°. Why, Mr. Editor, that would make the winter average at 



