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east; wind from northwest, parts of 18 days; from east, parts of 13 days; 

 from north, parts of 7 days; from south and southeast, parts of 14 days. 

 Highest barometer, 29.995, on the first; lowest barometer, 29.220, on the 

 fourteenth. Elevation of point of observation, 366 feet above the level of 

 the sea, and 206 feet above the level of the depot of tbe Pacific Coast Rail- 

 way in the City of San Luis Obispo. Latitude, 35° 22' north, and longi- 

 tude 120° 38' west. January is the coldest month of the year. The 

 temperature at the hospital, where the Signal Service Station is located, 

 shows less variation than the lower lands of the city, the difference being 

 about 5° in extremes; the average being about the same. The rainfall is 

 also slightly less. 



Comparative Mean Temperature of Six Coldest Months at San Luis Obispo, 



California. 



Temperature of six coldest months as compared with the most noted 

 places in the world, regarding climate: 



Weather Report. 



The U. S. Signal Service established a station at San Luis Obispo, in 

 July, 1885, and a fire occasioned its removal after March, 1886. The fol- 

 lowing table gives the observations for the eight months of its existence. 

 The remaining four months are always uniformly fair and pleasant: 



*Rain usually falls during hours from sunset to sunrise. 



fFog and light frosts appear only late in the evening and early in the morning. 



piiles per hour. 



