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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



A RAINFALL TABLE FOR CALIFORNIA, 



AT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE DIFFERENT POINTS. 



The following is a report of the average rainfall for February for from 

 one to thirty-seven years, and the total rainfall for February, 1886; also, 

 the average precipitation of many seasons, up to and including the last 

 day of February, along with the total rainfall for the present season up to 

 March first. The data shows that considerable more rain has fallen this 

 season than the average amount due for many seasons up to an equal 

 date, with the exception of nine stations in the following table. Those 

 places are Point Reyes, average 13.04 inches, and for this season only 

 12.40 inches; Pigeon Point, average 10.45 inches, and for the present sea- 

 son 10.35 inches; Mojave, average 4.15 inches, and for this season only 

 3.61 inches; Keeler, average 2 inches, this season, 1.97 inches; Keene, 

 average 8.55 inches, and for this season 7.19 inches; Bishops Creek, aver- 

 age .58 of an inch, this season .24 of an inch; Point Conception, average 

 8.10 inches, and for this season 5.26 inches; Colton, average 6.25 inches, 

 and for this season 5.62 inches; Westport, average 38.71 inches, for this 

 season 37.82 inches. 



The records from which these tables were compiled are those of the South- 

 ern Pacific Railway, voluntary observers, Post Surgeons, and Signal Sendee 

 Stations, which give a good and comparable record of the rainfall of this 

 State, from latitude 32 to 42, and from the sea level to an altitude of from 

 7,000 to 8,000 feet. 



The tabulated matter was prepared at the Signal Service headquarters of 

 the Pacific Coast, at San Francisco, by Lieut. W. A. Glassford, U. S. A., 

 assistant officer in charge. The stations in this table are numbered ac- 

 cording to their geographical position in the State, Crescent City being the 

 extreme northernmost point and San Diego the most southern; the sta- 

 tions or places of observation following each other in their proper order 

 from north to south: 



No. 



Places. 



No. of Febs.j * Average „ , 

 Computed ! for past * i'™,^'' 

 in Av'ge. Februarys. 



* Average 



for 



Season. 



Total for 

 Season, 



1885-86. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



*>2 



Crescent City 



Yreka. -- 



Fort Jones 



Fort Bidwell 



Orleans 



Fort Gaston 



Humboldt Lighthouse 



Cape Mendocino 



Weaver ville 



Delta 



Redding 



Anderson 



Red Bluff 



Tehama 



Chico 



Oroville 



Orland 



Willows.. 



Princeton 



Little Stony 



Fout's Springs 



4 

 13 



2( i 

 29 



21 

 6 



3 



11 



1 



11 



8 



15 



15 



1 



2 



7 



11 



11.00 

 1.-:; 

 3.00 

 2.37 



8.27 

 4.92 

 2.06 

 6.20 



4.55 



4.06 



2.28 



3.62 



.73 



LOS 

 1.16 



2.18 



8.19 



.91 



1.32 



1.22 

 2^1 

 5.29 

 1.97 

 1.37 

 .80 

 .50 



".38 

 .18 

 .00 

 .75 

 .36 

 .50 

 t 

 .17 

 .00 

 .02 



69.40 

 11.89 

 18.21 

 13.43 



40.72 

 23.79 

 13.06 



31.67 



K>. i i 



20.60 

 11.68 



15.71 

 19.74 



KM IS 

 8.50 



1U.S5 



90.39 

 15.38 

 24.57 

 18.64 

 43.53 

 57.80 

 31.58 

 19.87 

 33.40 

 53.37 

 31.20 

 28.13 

 29.00 

 17.98 

 20.17 

 22.53 

 17.61 

 15.29 

 16.79 

 20.79 

 23.79 



