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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



The following table shows the seasonal and annual averages as deduced 

 from the foregoing data, and will be valuable as showing the yearly char- 

 acteristic of the Los Angeles climate: 



Mean average temperature 



Mean average humidity 



Mean average number of clear days .. 



Mean average number of fair days 



Mean average number of cloudy days 



Prevailing direction of wind 



Mean average daily velocity of wind.. 



Annual. 



61.0 

 70.3 

 180 

 136 

 49 



w. 



125.6 



Average annual precipitation, 16.10 inches. 



Average seasonal precipitation, 16.52 inches. 



Average annual number of days on which an appreciable rain fell, 42. 



Average beginning of rainy season is in October, and average ending in May. 



Riverside Weather — Comparison op Climates. 



From the " Riverside Press," 1888. 



The report of the State Board of Health, just received, furnishes a great 

 amount of readable matter upon a variety of topics relating to health con- 

 ditions. Opening at random, we find a table of temperatures at prominent 

 health resorts, from which we select a few for comparison with California 

 towns. The following table gives the mean temperatures of the seasons 

 and the mean annual temperature: 



The above would seem to indicate that in the main the temperatures do 

 not differ materially, and yet it is well known that a table giving merely 

 the mean temperature of a locality conveys very little idea of what the 

 climate really is. To illustrate: 



