Climatic Conditions in Oregon. 89 



KLAMATH COUNTY. 



Klamath County is on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains, 

 on the southern boundary of the State. The elevation of most of the 

 county is above 4,000 feet. Klamath Falls, the county seat, is at an 

 elevation of 4,100 feet. The annual temperature is 48.2 degrees; that 

 of January, 30.3; April, 47.2; July, 67.7; October, 49.2. The annual 

 rainfall is 14 inches. 



LANE COUNTY. 



Lane County includes the upper portion of the Willamette Valley 

 with the addition of the portion of the section on the Coast drained 

 by the Siuslaw River. Eugene, the county seat, is at an elevation of 

 449 feet. The annual temperature is 52.6 degrees; January, 39.9; 

 April, 50.3; July, 65.6; October, 53.7; annual period between killing 

 frosts, 196 days or about the same as at Washington, D. C; annual 

 rainfall, 37.49 inches. The conditions near the coast are practically 

 the same as at Gardiner, Douglas County. 



LAKE COUNTY. 



Lake County is on the southern boundary of Oregon, in the eastern 

 portion of the State. The general elevation of the county is above 

 4,000 feet. Lakeview, the county seat, is at an elevation of 4,825 feet. 

 The annual temperature is 46.7 degrees; January, 28.2; April, 43.7; 

 July, 66.7; October, 50.9. The annual rainfall is 17.18 inches. 



LINCOLN COUNTY. 



Lincoln County fronts on the ocean and is on the western slope of 

 the Coast Range Mountains. Toledo, the county seat, is a few miles 

 from the ocean at an elevation of 75 feet. The annual temperature is 

 51.7 degrees; January, 43.2; April, 49.1; July, 61.1; October, 54.5; 

 annual rainfall, 75 inches. 



LINN COUNTY. 



Linn County extends from the Willamette Valley to the summit 

 of the Cascade Mountains. The greater part of the arable land lies 

 below 500 feet elevation, but as in all other Willamette Valley counties 

 there is in the aggregate a large area of good farming and fruit land 

 at elevations of from 500 to 1,500 feet. Albany the county seat, is at an 

 elevation of 212 feet. The annual temperature is 52.5 degrees; January, 

 38.9; April, 51.8; July, 66.3; October, 52.4; annual rainfall, 42.98 inches. 



MALHEUR COUNTY. 



Malheur County is one of the very large counties of the State. It 

 is on the eastern boundary and extends to the southern boundary. There 

 is a comparatively small portion of the county which is below 2,500 

 feet elevation and where the Summers are quite long and warm. Vale, 

 the county seat, is at an elevation of 2,242 feet. Its annual temperature 

 is 49.4 inches; January, 27.8; April, 48.5; July, 70.4; October, 48.4; 

 annual rainfall, 9.90. At Beulah, in the eastern part of the county, at 

 a much higher elevation than Vale, two years Observation show an 

 annual temperature of 44.8 degrees, and an annual rainfall of 10.32 

 inches. 



