STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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RAINFALL, TEMPERATURE, ETC., AT SACRAMENTO, CAL 



Sacramento is situated in north latitude, 38° 35'; longitude west from 

 Greenwich, 121° 30'; above sea level, 30 feet; height of barometer cistern 

 above sea level, 64 feet. 



RAINFALL FOR THE WINTER SEASONS. 



The following tabulated statement shows the rainfall and number of days 

 that rain fell for each Winter month; also, the total rainfall and total num- 

 ber of days that rain fell during the entire Winter seasons; the Winter 

 seasons beginning with the Winter of 1852-3, and ending with the Winter 

 of 1885-6. The three Winter months composing the Winter season that 

 gave the heaviest rainfall was during the Winter of 1861-2: 27.94 inches. 

 The driest Winter was that of 1863-4 : 3.09 inches: 



Winter of- 



Total No. 

 Days for 

 Winter. 



1852-3 . 



1853-1 _ 

 1854-5 . 

 1855-6 . 

 1856-7 - 

 1*57-8 . 

 1858-9 . 

 1859-60 

 1860-1 . 

 1861-2 . 

 1862-3 . 

 1863-4 _ 

 1864-5 . 

 1865-6 . 

 1866-7 . 

 1867-8 . 

 1868-9 _ 

 1869-70 

 1870-1 . 

 1871-2 . 

 1872-3 . 

 1873-4 . 

 1874-5 _ 

 .1875-6 . 

 1876-7 _ 

 1877-8 _ 

 1878-9 _ 

 1879-80 

 1880-1 . 

 1881-2 . 

 1882-3 _ 

 1883-4 . 

 1884-5 . 

 1885-6 . 



Totals 



13.41 

 1.54 

 1.15 

 2.00 

 2.40 

 2.63 

 4.34 

 1.83 

 4.28 

 8.64 

 2.33 

 1.82 

 7.87 

 .36 

 9.51 



12.85 



2.61 



1.96 



.97 



10.49 

 5.39 



10.01 



.44 



5.52 



1.43 



.47 



3.41 



11.81 



3.27 



1.13 



.44 



10.45 



5.76 



152.75 



Averages for 34 years . . 



4.493 



20 



4 



8 



13 



13 



13 



17 



17 



20 



22 



11 



10 



16 



9 



21 



18 



11 



7 



6 



22 



13 



21 



17 



14 



5 



3 



12 



21 



11 



8 



6 



11 



10 



430 



12.6 



::.hh 

 3.25 

 2.67 

 4.92 

 1.38 

 2.44 

 .96 

 2.31 

 2.67 

 15.04 

 1.73 

 1.08 

 4.78 

 7.70 

 3.44 

 fl.ot 

 4.79 

 1.37 

 2.08 

 4.04 

 1.23 

 5.20 

 8.70 

 4.99 

 2.77 

 9.26 

 3.18 

 1.64 

 6.14 

 1.89 

 2.23 

 3.43 

 2.16 

 7.95 



136.46 



4.014 



12 

 6 

 15 

 16 

 14 

 21 

 19 

 15 

 10 

 20 

 10 

 7 



13 



18 



15 



17 



14 



9 



8 



11 



10 



14 



14 



13 



11 



17 



11 



7 



9 



8 



4 



9 



8 



13 



418 



12.3 



2.00 

 8.50 



3.46 



.69 

 4, so 

 2.46 

 3.91 



.93 

 2.92 

 4.26 

 2.75 

 .19 

 .71 

 2.01 

 7.10 

 3.15 

 3.63 

 3.24 

 1.92 

 4.74 

 4.46 

 1.86 

 .55 

 3.75 

 1.04 

 8.04 

 3.88 

 1.83 

 5.06 

 2.40 

 1.11 

 4.46 

 .49 

 .29 



102.59 



3.017 



38 

 24 

 30 

 35 

 44 

 47 

 54 

 46 

 39 

 53 

 32 

 19 

 35 

 38 

 45 

 44 

 30 

 27 

 25 

 51 

 40 

 44 

 33 

 37 

 20 

 39 

 23 

 29 

 43 

 25 

 15 

 25 

 25 

 28 



1,182 

 34.8 



