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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND RAIN- 

 FALL OF THE COAST RANGE COUNTIES. 



The following counties are represented in the following table; Hum- 

 boldt, Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San 

 Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, 

 and San Diego. The lowest recorded temperatures below 20° occur in 

 Sonoma, Napa, Alameda, Santa Clara, Monterey, Los Angeles, and San 

 Diego Counties, as follows: 18°, 15°, 18°, 14°, .18°, 16°, and 19°, respectively; 

 showing that our southern coast counties have nearly as low a temperature 

 as do the northern tier, the lowest (14°) being at Gilroy, Santa Clara 

 County, at an elevation of 261 feet above sea level, and 12° at Ravenna, 

 Los Angeles County, at an elevation of 2,358 feet. A glance at the column 

 of average winter temperature will show what an excellent and high mean 

 average is shown in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties, far excelling 

 in salubrity the far-famed winter resorts of the great Riviera of Italy, which 

 has so lately been shaken by severe earthquake shocks. There is not a 

 place in Santa Barbara or Los Angeles Counties (until an elevation of 

 1,000 feet has been reached) but what exceeds from 3° to 6° in its mean 

 average winter temperature that of any place in Italy. 



