STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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Average Precipitation in Tulare County. 



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13 



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B 



S 





c 

 E 



Goshen 



Kingsburgh Railroad Bridge.. 



Lemoore 



Tulare 



Tuohy'a Ranch 



Visalia 



0.99 

 1.79 

 1.63 

 1.49 

 1.42 

 1.43 



1.55 



3.10 

 1.30 

 1.38 

 2.45 



1.82 



1.14 

 3.85 

 1.32 

 1.03 

 1.21 

 1.21 



1.14 

 2.54 

 1.15 

 1.04 

 2.12 

 L56 



0.20 

 O.S9 

 0.20 

 0.30 

 1.1G 

 0.38 



0.12 

 0.40 

 0.28 

 0.13 

 0.15 

 0.01 



none 

 none 

 none 

 0.01 

 none 

 none 



nunc 

 none 

 none 

 none 

 none 

 0.01 



0.09 

 0.08 



0.03 



0.04 

 0.04 

 0.05 



1 .03 



0.30 

 1 .26 



0.81 

 1.43 

 1.44 



KERN COUNTY. 



Kern is one of the largest counties in the State, and includes within its 

 boundaries the extreme upper (southern) end of the San Joaquin Valley, 

 as well as parts of the Sierra Mountains and Mojave Desert on the south- 

 east and south, and of the Coast Range of mountains on the southwest. 

 The two mountain chains unite on the south, and thus form a high border 

 of from 2,000 to 4,000 feet above the valley on all sides except the north, 

 their spurs often extending far into the plains. The county is bounded on 

 the north by Tulare, on the east by San Bernardino, south by Los Angeles, 

 southwest and west by San Luis Obispo. It has an area of 8,160 square 

 miles, divided as follows: San Joaquin Valley, 2,590 square miles; (tules 

 290 miles); lower foothills, 560 square miles; higher foothills and mount- 

 ains, 1,955 square miles; desert lands, 2,180 square miles; Coast Range 

 mountains, 885 square miles. 



Average Precipitation in Kern County. 



Caliente 



Delano 



Fort Tejon 



Keene 



McClung Ranch 



Mojave 



Sumner 



Tehachapi 



1.59 



.86 

 1.29 

 1.91 

 1.02 

 .62 

 .97 

 1.53 



*d 



2.30 

 1.31 

 1.69 

 3.67 



.94 

 1.03 



.98 

 3.39 



1.70 



1.01 



1.72 



2.20 



.66 



.41 



.68 



1.74 



I 



none 

 none 

 none 

 none 

 none 

 none 

 none 

 none 



none 

 none 

 .12 

 none 

 none 

 none 

 none 

 none 



5 



c 



.03 



.01 



1.31 



.08 

 .01 

 .04 

 none 

 .04 



B 



c 





.20 



.87 

 .48 

 .28 

 .01 

 .12 

 .40 



.48 

 .56 

 .02 

 .51 

 .36 

 .24 

 .47 

 .31 



1.29 



.59 

 3.96 

 1.75 

 1.49 

 1.11 



.47 

 1.60 



TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND RAIN- 

 FALL FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COUNTIES. 



The following named counties are represented in this table: San Joaquin, 

 Merced, Fresno, Tulare, and Kern. The lowest temperature below 20° was 

 recorded in the following named counties: Fresno, Tulare, and Kern. 

 The lowest being for each county named above, as follows: 15°, 10°, 16°, 

 respectively. Taking elevation in consideration, the southern end of the 

 San Joaquin Valley is much colder than any portion of the Sacramento 

 Valley. For instance, Auburn, in Placer County, Sacramento Valley, at 

 an elevation of 1,363 feet, has a minimum record of but 18°, while Delano, 

 only 319 feet, has a minimum record of 16°, or two (2) below Auburn. 

 This table will convince the wayfarer, though a stranger, that he must 



