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ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS 



TABLE 2 



VOL. 13 



PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE RECORDS 

 FOR THE MARITIME CLIMATE* 



Islands 



San Miguel 



Santa Rosa 



Santa Cruz 



Anacapa 



Santa Barbara.. 

 Santa Catalina. 



San Nicolas 



San Clemente... 



10.56 



59.4 



62.3 



5.6 



Mainland 



Point Loma 



San Diego 



Chula Vista 



Oceanside 



Long Beach 



San Pedro 



Los Angeles 



Oxnard , 



Santa Monica 



Santa Barbara.... 

 San Luis Obispo. 



*Data obtained from the following sources: San Miguel, San Nicolas, and 

 Santa Catalina, U.S. Weather Bureau, Regional Office, San Francisco; San 

 Clemente, Aerological Office, Naval Air Station, San Diego; Anacapa, Coast 

 Guard Station, Anacapa; Santa Rosa, Dr. Ford Carpenter and H. M. Hall, 

 Los Angeles; Santa Barbara, adjusted instrumental records; Mainland cities, 

 Climatic Summary, U.S. Weather Bureau, Washington. 



In addition to these, meteorological data, correlative studies of the 

 life forms, and the distribution of the island plants have been made, and 

 the interpretation of this evidence adds additional information bearing 

 upon the nature of the insular climate and its sub-divisions. This is 

 in accordance with Tihomirov who states (1940) that studies of vegeta- 

 tion may give dependable corroboration of meteorological records and 

 assist in delimiting boundaries in areas where no other data are available. 



A seaman, cruising about the islands, is forcibly impressed by the 

 differences of wind and fog, even between different parts of the same 



