294 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
Trinity river there was a eiprstor storm on the 26th, with heavy rain 
and snow on the mountain pea 
September, commonly the aioli month in the year, was do: as 
cold as August. Mean at sunrise 53:30, 9 a. Mm. 61:43, noon 67°73, 
10 p. m. 54-40. here were two warm days, on one of whiet the mer- 
cury, rose to 87. ‘The greatest depression was 6. Cloudy mornings 
and misty evenings prevailed, and sea breeze blew with great con- 
stancy and with more force than usual in September. This month sel- 
dom passes without rain, but on the present occasion the only rain was 
a trifling shower on the 15th. There was a heavy rain at Los Angeles 
about the same tim 
The weather of October was generally agreeable. Mean tempera- 
ture at sunrise 53°32, 9 a 
There were three days above 80, the ~kda being 83. The mini- 
mum temperature was 46. ~ It was the warmest month of the year ex- 
cept July. The winds were light, and distributed to W, NW, N, and 
S, the first predominating. The most extraordinary featare of the 
month was its frequent rains. Rain fell on no less than 10 days, quan- 
tity 2-12 inches. ‘The first rain was on the 4th. At Marysville the 
ground was covered with hail on the 23d. At the close of the month 
the hills around the city sei to look green, and the wise men pre- 
dicted a very rainy winte 
The climate of No sn was. fine. Mean at sunrise 50°67, 9 
’ a 
was most uninterruptedly clear. A single rain fell, amount- 
ing to four-tenths of an inch, and the wise men ab et: their predic- 
tion and promised a very dry winter instead of a wet on 
ecember furnished a continuation of the fine woatinsl of © Novem- 
at sunrise 47-03, 9 a.m. 51-32, noon 60-65, 10 p. m. 49°39. There 
were a number of slight frosts, and ice formed in favorable situations, 
though the minimum tempereure was 38, The warmest day was 71. 
s 
which was quickly —— over to the new year, sabia three-tenths 
of an inch to Decem 
The mean iemperaur of the whole year sums wh? as follows: Sun- 
rise 49-68 ; 9 A. He ll; noon, 64- 57; 10 P 51-76. 
degrees warmer than that of the corresponding latitude on the Atlantic 
coast, though it exhibits neither the extremes of heat or cold incident 
to the latter. 
ee extreme of heat in 1854 was 87. There were only twe Ive days 
year at or above 80, of which one was in April, 4 in July, 2 
