164 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



CLIMATOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, 



The following tables, compiled by Charles B. Turrill, from records 

 in the office of the Chief Engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad 

 Company, show the results of three daily observations (viz. : at 7 a. m., 

 2 p. M., and 9 p. m.), made at eighty-five stations in California, as 

 follows: 



1. Maximum temperatures in each month of 1883 and the yearly 

 mean maximum temperature. 



2. Minimum temperatures in each month of 1883 and the yearly 

 mean minimum temperature. 



8. Mean temperatures for each month of 1883. 



4. Rainfall for each month of 1883, and the total rainfall for the 

 year. 



5. Snowfall for each month of 1883, and the total snowfall for the 

 year. 



6. Direction of the prevailing wind during each month of 1883, and 

 direction of prevailing wind for the year. 



In presenting these tables the compiler regrets the lack of fuller 

 data on which to base these statistics of climatology. It was the 

 intention to elaborate these so as to include other important informa- 

 tion, but a lack of time and pressure of other duties has prevented. 

 Nevertheless, it is hoped that the information herein contained may 

 be of some service, and may incite observers throughout the State 

 to careful and methodical registration of those facts regarding the 

 climate of California, which are so eagerly sought after by inquiring 

 strangers who have an idea of coming here and building up homes 

 in our valleys and among our mountains. 



