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The following table BhowE the total qumber of clear, fair, and cloudy 

 days; also, the number of days in which rain fell for each year, from 1878 

 to 1885 



WEATHER STATISTICS. 



SHOWING THE MONTHLY" RAINFALL, ETC., AT SACRAMENTO, FOR 1885, 

 AND JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH, 1866. 



January, 188.5 — Mean temperature, normal; rainfall. 2.16 inches, which 

 is 1.61 inches less than the average precipitation for 35 years; frost was 

 deposited on six days: highest water in the river, 23.5 feet; lowest, 17 feet; 

 earthquake shock on the thirtieth. 



February — Mean temperature, 4° higher than the average for 33 years; 

 rainfall, .49 of an inch, being 2.44 inches below the average for many years; 

 killing frost twice, and light frost four times; highest river, 18 feet; lowest, 

 16.1 feet. 



March — The mean temperature was about 4° warmer than the average 

 for 33 years. This was the driest month of March known here since 1849. 

 The rainfall was but .08 of an inch, while the average of many years was 3 

 inches; highest river, 16 feet; lowest, 13.9 feet; partial eclipse of the sun 

 on the sixteenth. 



April — The mean temperature was 1.4° above the average for many years; 

 rainfall, .68 of an inch, which was 1.23 inches less than the average for 35 

 years ; two earthquake shocks — one on the third and one on the eleventh ; 

 frost on four occasions: highest river, 15.2 feet; lowest, 13.5 feet; last frost 

 of Spring. April twentieth. 



May — The mean temperature was 1.5° above the average for 33 years; 

 rainfall, only a sprinkle, which was .74 of an inch below the average pre- 

 cipitation for many years; highest river, 13.9 feet; lowest, 11 feet. 



June — The mean temperature was 4.2° below the average for many years; 

 rainfall, very near the average, the latter being .13 of an inch, while the 

 rainfall for this month was .11 of an inch; solar halo on the twenty-fourth; 

 highest river, 11 feet; lowest, 9 feet. 



July — This was the windiest month on record, giving from 816 to 2,149 

 miles more wind than is usual for this month; mean temperature, 2.2° 

 below the average of 33 years; average rainfall for many years, .03 of an 



