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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



MONTHLY RAINFALL. 



As taken in Oakland by Mr. James Hutchison, of the Bay Nursery, for the Consecutive Years 



Mentioned. 



Months. 



1873. 



1874. 



p 



187.".. 



<C 



1871-,. 



July 



August ..- 

 September 

 October . . . 

 November 

 December . 



January . 



February 

 March _.. 



April 



May 



June 



.60 



.60 



10.18 



1874. 



5.60 

 1.80 



5.25 

 1.25 



.75 



.10 



2.24 



9.18 



.31 



.30 

 7.83 



4.10 



1875. 1876. 



6.15 



.30 



1.65 



.10 



1.64 



5.28 

 4.87 



4.55 

 .93 

 .45 

 .24 



Amount . 



26.03 21.67 



2-..V, 



.15 



4.74 



.25 



1877. 



4.19 



1.42 



.96 



.22 



!33 



1 

 5 



10 



9 



.18 



.45 4 

 1.62 8 



1.75 I 8 



1*7*. 



10.82 

 11.63 



4.30 



1.18 



.40 



16 



17 



16 



6 



2 



12.36 51 32.33 79 



.57 



1.85 



.65 



.31 



1879. 



3.84 

 5.65 

 7.96 

 1.17 

 1.39 

 .16 



Months. 



23.55 74 23.84 i 82 



July 



August 



September . . 



October 



November - . 

 December -. 



January _ 

 February 

 March... 



April 



May 



June 



Amount . 



.05 



.35 



12.57 



1881. 



10.48 



3.95 

 .88 



1.40 

 .50 



1.16 



31.24 



1 



2 



18 



11 



14 



3 



8 

 (i 

 2 



65 



.40 



.82 



1.49 



5.09 



1882. 



2.42 

 2.05 

 4.20 

 1.51 

 .15 



is.13 



5 

 10 



9 

 10 



11 

 8 

 3 

 2 



66 



.42 

 2.65 

 4.33 



1.14 



1883. 



1.95 

 .70 

 3.33 

 2.20 

 3.50 



20.22 



3 

 5 



8 



8 



11 



<;i 



1.00 



1.03 



.90 



1.15 



1884. 



3.81 

 5.25 

 8.59 

 5.71 » 

 .55 

 3.03 





9 

 10 



11 



10 



5 



Hi 



31.10 78 



.25 



.35 

 2.80 



.05 

 7.33 



1885. 



1.92 



.48 



1.07 



3.12 



.10 



.08 



1 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 13 



17.95 ! .54 



.02 

 .00 

 .05 

 .30 

 11.11 

 4.33 



1886. 



6.77 



.30 



• 22.88 



2 

 

 2 

 2 

 17 

 8 



Season of 1885-86, up to March 1, 1886. * Mean, twelve years, 23.89 inches. 



The rainfall in California is rather phenomenal, and depending greatly 

 upon latitude and topograph}*. The average difference of annual rainfall 

 in the State, extending from northwest to southeast, is a little over two 

 inches for every degree, being thirty-four inches at Crescent City, and ten 

 inches at San Diego. It is said to increase about one inch for every hun- 

 dred feet in elevation in ascending the Sierra Nevada. 



MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL SYNOPSIS FOR THE YEAR 1885. 



January — The weather was not unusual for the month — rain and light 

 showers were quite prevalent during the first half, and hazy, frosty morn- 

 ings the last half. The morning of the twenty-sixth was very hazy, and a 



