Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-15
WEATHER COMPARISON.

As usual, the 49srs, the tender feet, and
those who are not natives and to the manner
born, are complaining bitterly of the cold
weather of the last few days, saying it Is
colder than they ever felt in this portion OF
California. It ia well known physiological
fact that owing to the constitutional condi-
ton Of the human race they become st times
more susceptible to cold and heat than at
other times, for who has not noticed such
things? A person will say, Well, feel the
cold very much more to-day than yesterday,
and when the thermal condition of the at
mosphere on each day is found out II 10 no
ticsd to be warmer on the day that the cold
was felt to be the greatest. The came can
he said Of any heated term during the summer.
A few items have been culled from the United
States Signal Office records at this statl IN tor
1873 and 1882, and facts and figures show
that there have been spells Of cold weather of
longer duration and more continuous than
the present, and also lower temperature.
The following shows the number of days IN
the months of December and January OF each
year that the thermometer fell TO, and
below 3Z' Commencing with December, 1877,
in which only one day reached 32'. In JAM
uary, 1873, five days In successien-fronl the
LIST to the 5th-the thermometer fell below
80, the lowest being 29', on the Sd. In De-
cember, 1873, sixteen days in succession the
thermometer fell below 80, those days being
from the 14th to the 29sh; lowest 90, on the
29sh. January, 1879, gave eight days, four
in succession, with a minimum temperature
bslow 32', the lowest being 29'. In Deem
Der, 1879, there were nine days with mini
mum temperature below 32', the lowest being
%. January, 1880. gave nine days In sue
cessioa-from the 9th 20 the 3lst-below
freezing lowest, 25'. In December OF the
same year the thermometer only reached as
low as 49, In January. 1881, the
lowest was So. In December OF the
same year Que day reached 81. JaL-
uary, 1882, four days in succession the min
imum thermometer was below 81, the lowest
being 29' December, 1882, only twodays. Both
and 3lst, fell below freezing, lewest27'. the day
it showed. This month, 10 date, the month
that ell ere talking SO much abcut only four
days have reached minimum temperature
below 32', the lowest being 2So, on the Och.
judging IRON the mean temperature for each
day, the present month certainly gives more
days with loI mean temperature than any
month Of the same name for the past fivs
years. It gave seven days in succession that
the tenn perstUre was below &c., that il, the
temperature averaged each hour for seven
days no more than 39'
The following is synopsis of the number
of days that the minimum Thermometer re-
corded temperature below 800: 1877, De-
cember, day lowest, 800. 1873, January.
days; lowest, 29'. 1873, December, Is
days lowest, 23'. 1879, January. 8 days !;
lowest, S9'. 1872 December, 9 days lowest,
%. 1880, January, 9 days; lowest. 25'
1880, December, none; lowest. $50. 1881,
January, none; lowest, So. 1881, Deem
Der, l day lowest, 81. 1882. January, 5
days; lowest, 29'. 1882, December, days !;
lowest, 27'. 1888, January to the 145b,
days; lowest, 2So.