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ready and profitable market, and the county more rapidly built up; while 

 the miner rejoices that the sight which greets his eye as he conies up from 

 u the bowels of the earth " is a pleasing one, as it reveals to his eye the 

 green grass, growing grain, and smiling orchard and vineyard. 



Average Precipitation in Amador County. 



SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COUNTIES. 



Showing the resources and climatic conditions of the following counties: 

 San Joaquin, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Mariposa, Merced, Fresno, 

 Tulare, and Kern. 



SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. 



The following table, compiled from observations taken by Ezra Fisk, three 

 miles south of Lodi, shows the mean temperature of San Joaquin County 

 at sunrise, at 2 p. m., and at sunset, for every month for five consecutive 

 years, including 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, and 1886. Very few localities on 

 the coast possess so equable and moderate a climate as these figures indi- 

 cate: 



Month. 



At Sunrise. 



At 2 p. m. 



At Sunset. 



Mean. 



1882— January .. 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December . 



34.54 

 34.67 

 41.19 

 42.62 

 48.71 

 51.13 

 55.45 

 52.29 

 51.33 

 46.45 

 37.50 

 36.48 



53.19 

 54.85 

 63.28 

 67.53 

 79.80 

 83.06 

 90.19 

 89.38 

 83.36 

 68.25 

 58.13 

 57.00 



47.73 

 49.39 

 55.74 

 56.80 

 65.58 

 68.10 

 70.41 

 77.10 

 74.00 

 66.06 

 52.96 

 52.09 



Yearly mean. 



45.15 



46.30 

 53.40 

 55.65 

 64.69 

 67.43 

 72.05 

 72.92 

 69.56 

 60.25 

 49.53 

 48.52 



5S.7S 



1883— January _. 

 February . 

 March -I.- 

 April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 

 December. 



34.10 

 32.78 

 42.12 

 41.60 

 49.48 

 53.93 

 55.45 

 52.25 

 53.60 

 44.54 

 36.90 

 :;i;.so 



49.32 

 57.03 

 69.93 

 67.56 

 74.16 

 S9.IW 

 89.61 

 81. ST 



87.30 

 69.6] 

 6tT46 



52.67 



Yearly mean. 



45.32 

 50.50 

 6(1.48 

 57.03 

 62.35 

 72.93 

 75.42 

 75.83 

 77.70 

 63.64 

 56.60 

 48.77 



42.91 

 46.77 

 57.51 

 55.39 

 61.99 

 71.85 

 73.49 



69.98 



72.86 

 59.26 

 51.32 

 46.08 



59.11 



