The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-09-25
Sunday, Sept. %. 1881.
CLIMATE or THE UNITED STATES.

Table Of q recent United States
census bulletin shows the distribution
of population in accordance with the
mean annual temperature by groups
of degrees eacn. No less than % per
cent Of the total population lives be
tween 400 and 100 Fahrenheit of mean
annual temperature. leaving g very
small proportion 10 be distributed
among the other sections. OF these
groups, those having temperature
above $50 contain the entire cotton re-
gion; those above TOE, the sugar and
rice regions; while between so and
600 is comprised most Of the tobacco
region. The prairie region Of the
Mississippi valley lies almost entirely
below $50. while the great wheat re-
gion of Minnesota and Dakota is mainly
below 40 degrees Of mean annual TEN
perature.
The hotties. part OF the country is.
naturally. the southern end Of Florida,
while southern Texas and southwestern
Arizona come next 10 degree Of tenn
peratrre.
The greatest percentage OF gain in
population since 1870 10 found in the
extreme temperatures north and south.
The greatest absolute gains are. OF
course, found in the medium tempera,
lures. class 500 to $50 having made
tho greatest gain in density Of popula-
ton. There is slight relative increase
in the lowest class. decrease in the
two classes between 400 and go. while
10 the higher temperatures there has
been slight corresponding increase.
A rough computation shows that the
mean annual temperature Of the coun-
try is about So degrees Fahrenheit, to
which the location Of the population
almost precisely corresponds. differing
from it by only fraction of degree.
Table shows the distribution of the
population in 1870 and 1880 into
groups Of 8 degrees each. classified ac-
cording to the mean temperature of the
hottest month, that is, July.
II will be seen that 81 per cent Of the
population live within range Of 90
degrees, that is from Go to $50, leav.
ing only scattering fringe outside.
The greatest density of the popula-
ton Ia between 100 and 500, where it
reaches about "a to the square mile.
This section includes the middle belt
OF the country in an cast and west
direction, and comprises nearly every
large city.
Examining the regions Of the couns
try which fall within the individual
classes. II 10 found that the cotton re-
gion Is comprised in the two groups
between 75s and $50. The sugar and
rice districts lie between 500 and So.
The classes from s5' to So appear to
comprise all the country which is liable
to epidemics Of yellow fever.
The prairie regions are found be-
tween 70s and s0e; the wheat sections
OF Minnesota and Dakota between Csc
and 70s. The extreme OF heat is
found in the arid regions Of south
western Arizona aud southeastern Cali.
fornis. where the range 10 between IS
and 90 degrees.
The coolest regions are found in the
northern part Of New England. and
northern Michigan. Wisconsin and
Minnesota, sni the high mountain re.
gion Of the Cordilleras.
The highest maximum temperature
10 in southwestern Arizona and SOUTH
eastern California. where the thermom-
eter 10 said to have registered 1852 in
the shade. The maximum on tho Pa.
cifie coast ranges from 90 to 100
degrees. bat back from the coast, in
the great valley Of California, great OK
tremes have been observed.
The whole wheat region Of pskota
and Minnesota has a midwlnter TEN.
perature below 10 degrees. The
prairie region Of the Mississippi valley
lies between 10 and 30 degrees. The
lower limit Of the cotton region is the
iscthermal Of IS degrees; that Of tho
sugar and rice sections. the othermal
Of 80 degrees.
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