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The following is a summary of the thermometrical and other observa- 

 tions of the weather at Santa Barbara during the year 1888: 



Month. 



Mean Tem- 

 perature of 

 Mouth. 



Mean of the 

 Warmest Day. 



Mean of tho 

 Coldest Day. 



Rainfall, 

 Inches. 



Wind Move- 

 ment, Miles. 



January.. 

 February. 

 March.."... 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October .. 

 November 

 December 



49.0 

 53.8 

 53.0 

 59.9 

 57.6 

 64.4 

 67.0 

 66.3 

 (17.!) 

 63.5 

 59.8 

 50.5 



58.7 

 57.5 

 60.5 

 75.0 

 (14.5 

 69.0 

 72.0 

 72.0 

 76.2 

 7(1.9 

 64.3 

 63.0 



41.0 

 49.0 

 4(5.0 

 53.0 

 51.7 

 59.5 

 63.0 

 63.5 

 63.2 

 59.0 

 54.5 

 52.0 



10.15 

 1.30 

 3.86 

 0.16 

 0.02 



0.03 

 0.07 

 5.62 

 5.05 



2,703 

 2,977 

 2,971 

 3,115 

 3,292 

 2,sol 

 2,705 

 2,193 

 2,409 

 2,433 



The mean temperature of the whole year was 59.9°, and that of three 

 summer months 65.9°, a difference of only 6°. There were but 28 days 

 during the year when the temperature rose above 80° in the warmest part of 

 the day, and only 16 when it fell below 40° at night. On the warmest night 

 in the year it fell to 62.5°, and there were only 8 nights when it did not fall 

 as low as 60°. The number of clear days in the year were 251; fair ones, 

 34; cloudy, 81. Rain fell on 28 days (not counting those in which the 

 rainfall was less than .1 of an inch), with a total rainfall of 26.26 inches. 

 For the season of 1887-88 it was 21.73 inches. The rains were mostly at 

 night. There were but 10 days during the year that could be called rainy. 

 The mean relative humidity for the year was 77. The movement of the 

 wind in the ten months of which the record was kept was 27,599 miles; the 

 meaning of which will be best understood by comparing this with the 

 movement in the corresponding ten months at some other well known places 

 not supposed to be windy, as Philadelphia on the Atlantic Coast, and San 

 Diego on the Pacific, which, according to the official " Weather Review," 

 was 74,930 miles at the former, and 40,223 at the latter. 



Climatic Comparisons of Santa Barbara with that of San Remo 



and Mentone. 



By Sergeant James A. Barwick, Observer Signal Corps, Sacramento, California. 



Mentone and San Remo's climate, compared with Santa Barbara during 

 each month of the year, shows that that of Santa Barbara is far superior 

 as a summer and winter resort. The summers of San Remo and Mentone 

 are as hot as those of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, and there- 

 fore cannot compare favorably with Santa Barbara, which has the finest 

 and best summer temperature of any place on the Pacific Coast. The fol- 

 lowing temperature tables of Santa Barbara were compiled from Mr. Hugh 

 D. Vail's records for 1885, 1886, and 1887, and is the average of these years. 

 Those at Mentone are from M. de Brae's record of ten years. They are a 

 valuable addition to tables already published for comparison with the Cal- 

 ifornia climate. Santa Barbara will be seen to far excel either San Remo 

 or Mentone as a winter resort. Comparing Santa Barbara in summer, with 

 the Italian climate, is simply a waste of words and space; for the table of 

 comparison tells more plainly and more eloquently the great superiority of 



