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Average monthly rainfall, as deduced from fourteen years of observa- 

 tion, at Chico: 



Months. 



Inches. 



HONTIIS. 



Indies. 



January. 



February 

 March .. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



4.23 



3.74 

 2.04 

 1.58 



.80 

 .30 

 .04 



August... 

 September 

 October .. 

 November 

 December 



Seasonal 



.03 



26 



1.11 



2.19 



3.55 



20.32 



Average monthly temperature, as deduced from fourteen years of ob- 

 servation at Chico: 



Months. 



Degrees. 



Months. 



Degrees. 



January. 

 February 

 March .. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



44.0 

 49.8 

 56.5 

 61.9 



68.7 

 78.0 

 83.2 



August 



September 

 October .. 

 November 

 December 



Year 



81.9 

 75.3 

 64.8 

 52.3 

 46.1 



63.5 



Lowest temperature, 18°, in January, 1888, during the passage of the cold wave. 



Rainfall at Oroville, Butte County. 



The rainfall for Oroville was furnished by Mr. Hiram Arents, Signal 

 Service Observer at that place, from September, 1884, to date: 



Year: 



1884. 



1885. 



18S6. 



1887. 



1888. 



1889. 



January 



February 



March -. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August -. 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Total for year ... 



Season of 



Total for season 



2.27 



2.08 



.05 



9.33 



*13.73 



2.10 



.73 



.25 



1.64 



.65 



.39 



sprin. 



none 



.20 



sprin. 



11.27 



5.53 



22.76 



1884-85 



19.49 



6.13 



.36 



2.70 



5.48 



.50 



none 



sprin. 



sprin. 



none 



.63 



.29 



2.75 



18.84 



1885-86 



32.17 



1.02 



8.93 



.98 



2.81 



.08 



.18 



sprin. 



.01 



.15 



none 



1.21 



2.62 



17.99 



1886-87 



17.67 



7.72 



.99 



3.44 



.14 



.38 



1.16 



.07 



none 



.63 



none 



4.14 



8.91 



27.52 



1887-88 



17.82 



.16 



.57 



8.98 



1888-89 

 *19.46 



*Up to April, 1889. 



