Miscellaneous Intelligence. \ 2 
March was of moderate temperature. The mean at sunrise was 
47-23, at 9 a. m. 52:06, at noon 60-97, at10 p. m. 49-45, The ex- 
treme of heat was 72, of cold 38. Rain fell on 10 days 3:17 inches, a 
“erage supply for March. Most of the rain was duringacold storm 
e 13th, 14th and 15th, the wind blowing moderately part of the 
tit me sieaia Northeast, which is a rare direction for a  rain-wind, 
The Westerly winds increased in frequency, as usual in this month. 
Those from S, NW and N, divided among them one-half the month, 
There were no high win 
he warmest April on my book was that of 1854. The mean at 
sunrise was 51°10, 9 a. m. 59°83, noon, 68:43, 10 pv. um. 52°90. The 
extreme of heat was 83, of cold 45. Rain on 6 days, 3:31 inches, 
nearly two inches of which fell on the 28ith,—the last rain of the sea- 
son. ‘The sea-breeze came nearly every day, though with moderate 
force. On 10 days the winds were from other quarters than West. 
During this month the hills and fields assumed the array of 
flowers which marks a California landscape in the s 
was a very unpleasant month, cold and winagioalea cloudy and 
threatening rain. On one day only Pe was rain, and then but two- 
hundredths of an inch, in the form of mist. he mean weg: 
at sunrise was 48-95, at 9 a.m. 59-00, ioe noon 64°61, at 10 p 6 
—being three degrees below April. The mercury rose no he than 
73, and the lowest extreme was 43. There were light frosts on sev- 
Sacramento on the 6th. e winds were westerly on 25 days. On8 
days they were high. 
June, also, was a cold bi rather below April in nee 
Mean at sunrise 50:10,9 a.m. 61-83, noon, 66°80, 10 vp. m. 51°50. 
The warmest day was 74, and ‘an peal morning 47. There was an 
unusual tendency to rain, and several times a few large drops deigned 
. eee the law of the season. On the 17th it rained moderately for 
wo hours, four-tenths of an inch electitie: in the gauge. On the 131 
nee a heavy storm of rain and hail in Utah. On 23 days the wind was 
87, which is near the extreme heat of our climate. The lowest ex- 
treme was 46. The first week was beautifully clear, but afterwards 
there was scarcely a morning or evening without cloud and mist. The 
wind bt constantly West, and on six days it was high. 
August was a trifle below the average temperature. Mean at sun- 
rise 52-42, 9 4. m. 62°39, noon wees 10 P. mM. vsslona oa were two 
toes above. 80, the highest being 85. The minimum temperature was 
Mer climate can afford. ‘The mornings were generally cloudy and the 
€venings misty. A light shower of rain fell on the 27th. At Los An- 
eles and San Diego it rained heavily on the 20th and 21st, and on the 
