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Weather Summary for the Years 1887 and 1888, near Fort Jones, 



Siskiyou County. 



Furnished by Isaac Titcomb, Observer. 



Snowfall in January was 25 inches; snowfall in February, 66 inches; snowfall in March, 

 inappreciable; snowfall in April, 5 inches; snowfall in May, 2 inches. Snowfall for the 

 season, 109 inches. Rainfall for the year ending July thirty-first, 25.75 inches. 



Summary for 1888. 



January — This month was chiefly remarkable for its cold term, which 

 commenced on the morning of the tenth and terminated on the morning 

 of the nineteenth, with an interval of two days (eleventh and twelfth) of 

 southerly wind. To explain: The previous month (December) was noted 

 for frequent falls of snow and some rain, amounting to 44 inches of snow, 

 and a total water-fall of 5.89 inches. This phase of weather continued 

 until the third of January, giving a foot more of snow and 2.39 inches more 

 of water-fall. It cleared off cold on the tenth, and continued below the 

 freezing point until the nineteenth (except on the eleventh and twelfth) , with 

 a mean temperature of 12.3°, the coldest day being the twenty-four hours 

 ending on the morning of the fifteenth, showing a mean temperature of 

 1.3° above zero. This period, according to reports received from various 

 points, was probably the coldest weather that has occurred in northern 

 California for thirty or more years. The remaining half of the month was 

 mild, with occasional moderate rains, except the last four days, which gave 

 a rainfall of 2.11 inches. The mean temperature of the month was 24.34°; 

 the maximum (twenty-sixth), 52°; minimum (fourteenth), 6° below zero. 



February — As January was unusually cold, so, on the other hand, Febru- 

 ary was unusally mild, and for the most part clear and pleasant, with but 

 a few rainy days near the middle of the month. Mean temperature 46°; 

 maximum temperature, 63° on the twenty-sixth, and the minimum, 16° 

 on the twenty-ninth. 



March — The weather was generally clear and pleasant, with but little 

 rain or snow, but not so mild as February. Mean temperature was 38.2°; 

 maximum, 67° on the twenty-seventh, and minimum, 14° on the ninth. 



April — The weather was almost uniformly dry, clear, and pleasant, with 

 very little rain — the first and last weeks being moderate in temperature, 

 while the middle of the month was quite warm and spring like. Mean 



