Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-13
SETTLED.
There Certainly Was an Inch or TWO OF
Rain In September, 1850.

AS to what rain fell in 1850, in what
months. and as to rain in September, 1850.
continues to be an interesting question, andis
bringing out i'm portant communications from
old residents that will enable present meteor
olosists to make much more accurate tables
hereafter.
ND. Goodell, of this city, writes that in
1850 he kept a record of all the rainy days,
though he made no measurements of the
Quantity. He has his diary still, and from it
IN axes up for the RECORD UNION tine follow
ing statement:
March 81, 1850, arrived in Sacramento;
March 3lst, rained this forenoon; April
7Eh. showery pretty much all day some fears
that the city will be a 9oded. as the snow is
melting in the mountains. April Ssb, show
cry September 11Eh, rained very little this
evening; September 18th, had little
rain this evening, with thunder and
lightning - the second time l have
heard it thunder sircs I have bsen
in the State, now over year; September
20sh, rained slightly all day; September 231,
quite shower this evening; October S.h,
snowery this afternoon; November 20th,
rained last night; November 21st, rained this
afternoon and evening 22d, rained all day;
3d. rsined this forenoon, clear this after.
noon; 9th, rained this forenoon, pleasant
this afternoon 29Eh, rained little pretty
much all day 30sh, rained pretty much all
day; December 18th, rained all day; IA h,
rained most of the day; 10th. same; 18th,
rained all day January A, 1851, little rain
this evening 18th, rained pretty much all
day 9Th, same SGh, some rain to day Feb
rnsry 9Th, cloudy and little rain 18Th,
cloudy and showery all day; 20Eb, slight rain
all day 2l,t, rained most of the day oath,
somewhat showery; March 9th, cloudy;
10th, same 19sh, quite shower last hight,
showery all day to-day; 2lst, raining this
evening 23i, cloudy and some rain; oath,
cloEdy, cold and rainy 18th, raining this
afternoon 9th, rained all day; 28th. rained
hard this forenoon 30sh, rained this forenoon;
April I'd, cloudy and rainy; 81. showery
ali day 8'h, cloudy and rain; 16.h, rained
all day Is h, some rain to day; 2lst, cloudy
and very little rain. May 8.h, raiued this
forenoon 18th, rained this morning; 18th,
rained hard all day 10th, showery this fore
noon. June ID, showery this afternoon.
my diary continues to August LIST, but there
is no record OF rain after June 2. My mem
oranda show that almost all the Intermediates
days in the rainy season of the year were
pleasant For that reason, il for ne other,
know that my memoranda are correct. Ac-
cordipg to my memory, We had ten very
heavy storms during that year-probably none
heavier than we have had since last Septem.
Der, up to to-day february 11thl
On the same subject, Judge Niles Searles,
of Nevada City. writes as follows, under
date Of the 18th inst;
g have lead with much interest the sew
eral statements published by you in reference
to the rainfall at Sacramento in the early tall
of 1850. If there is any one thing in which
the pioneers excel, il is in the certainty and
accuracy with which they remember every
fact and circumstance occurring In AZ and
so. and, 1 may add, if there is any one thing
in which they radically disagree, it is in the
statement Of those very facts and cireum-
stances.
81. too, have some recollection in this
matter. On the LIST day of September, 1850.
l came to this place from Sacramento to find
home Some two or three weeks later l
made trip to San Francisco on business,
passed through Sacramento 10 drizzing
rain, was below some two or three days, and
on my return, found the river had risen two
feet; that the water was turbid. and the
streets of Sacramento, by the mud and pools
of standing water, indicated very plainly
that heavy rain had fallen. l had then no
exnsr;snce in determining the quantity of
rainfall from such evidences, but from OBJ
servations made since that time, coupled
with actual measurements, / incline to believe
that an inch or more of water must have
fallen, l have read the statement OF Mr..
FL. Arents, of Oroville, and have no doubt of
it's correctness IS to the date, viz, from Sep
TENDER 10Th to Dist, although have no date
at hand from which to determine the exact
time. | NAV add that the storm extended
throughout the valley of the upper Sscra-
mente and the mining region"