Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-28
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA on A LARGE


The great interior hasins Of the Sacra-
mento and San JOAQUIN rivers are repro
auctions, on large scale, of that part Of
the State which is so well-known TO
Eastern people under the name of Southern
California. Here we find the same genial
winter climate, here grow the same fruits
and trees, and here are reproduced all
Of those climatic phenomena which have
made the southern portion of the State SO
delightful to all who have visited 1t. The
climatic map published by the State Board
of Trade shows by means of colors, the
regions which have the same yearly tenn
| perature. On it the comparatively small
area included between the coast and a
line drawn from Santa Barbara inland to
San Bernardino and Riverside, and then
south to the Mexican line, will be found to
have the same climate as the great interior
valleys of the San joaquin and Sacra
mento-the highest average temperature,
with the exception of that of the Mo
jave desert, of any part of the State. The
range of temperature of the two regions
| is identical The fact will be more
clearly seen by the following tables, which
show the highest and lowest temperature
recorded each day from the first Of last
December to the last day of June, at
Riverside, the center of the orange region
of Southern California, and Oroville, the
center of the northern orange region, the
latter distant in an airline 400 miles
uorth of the farmer, and b50 miles north
east of San Francisco.
CLIMATIC BELTS.
The climatic map referred to will show
in he caDtar Of tho Sfafa lnDo ohlanor
region extending from Bakersfield on the
south to Redding on the north-a distance
of 400 miles, and from thirty to forty
miles wide-which has the same average
annual temperature as Southern California,
600 to 680. Surrounding this region, like
ring, is belt where the temperature
averages from $40 to 600. Through the
great gap in the Coast Range, by which
the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers
enter the bay, this ring of lower temper
| ature Is connected with a coast region
where the range of the thermometer is the
same, extending from the Oregon line TO
Santa Barbara, and from twenty to forty
miles inland. Ali of the smaller valleys
of the State are included in this area. In
the foothills of the Sierra Nevada on the
east, and along the higher ridges of the
Coast Range on the west of the interior
basin, is strip where the average temper
ature ranges from 40 to $40. Along the
SUBMITS of the Sierra on the east, and of
the Coast Range on the west. are regions
where the average is from 800 to 44o. 4
glance at the map will show that the gen
eral rule will hold good that to find a
warmer or a cooler climate in California
one must go east or west, and not north or
south. The figures given in the tables
below dispose of the erroneous idea preva-
lent in the East that the northern half of
| California has colder climate than South
ern California. 1t is seen that the climate
as far north as the head of the Sacramento
valley, is practically identical with that of
the southern citrus region.
HIGHEST THERMOMETER.
The following table shows the highest
reading of the thermometer on the differ
ent days Of the months given