Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-13
BARWICK,s BUGLE.
He Blows it with Vigor Right in tn,
Teeth of the Elements.

He Blows it with Vigor Right in the
Teeth of the Elements.
The Signal Service reports in this city
yesterday showed the barometer to be ris-
ing. 1t read 1918 inches at 8 A. NJ. and
20 81 inches at 5 P. NJ, and was still having
an upward tendency. This is a rise of .16
of an inch in II hours. The most unpleas-
ant outlook for settled weather is the &C.
ton Of the wind. 1t was at all points of
the compass yesterday, remaining but
short time at any one point. 1t is by the
wind blowing steadily from one point that
we get either clear or cloudy weather, rain,
snow, sleet or hail; bat when the move
ments OF the superintendent atmosphere
resting upon the earth's surface become
variable Tor one might say "Tattled'') then
there can be no permanent weather of any
particular class, but rather an admixture of
all-frst rain, then sunshine, then cloudy
weather, with occasional he'll, thunder and
lightning.
1t is just such changes in the motion of
the atmosphere that causes such terrific
storms in the calm belt that surrounds
the earth's center on each side of
the equatorial line. When the wind
settles down to steady business we
know how to judge what the approaching
| weather will be, as it is, we are all at sea-
| one might say III an open boat, without
compass or rudder, for we cannot tell to a
i certainty what the future will be.
The rainfall in this city early yesterday
morning amounted to 20 of an inch, max
| ing OF inches for the month, and IA 10
| for the season, as against ia 10 an equal
date last year.
The papers at San Francisco claim this
to be the wettest December ever known at
| that point. That may be the case there,
/ but certainly is not so here. The month
of October in this city gave the greatest
amount ever known in record of 40 years
! (602 inches) but November did not, nor
| has December, so far, done so. The rain
fall in November was Is inches, while the
greatest amount before WAS 11.34 inches,
in 1885. This month, to date, has given
| 500 inches. The heaviest for the entire
| month of December in 40 years, was in
| 1852, when 1910 inches were measured.
The present month is very near hall
ended, and we have little over 5 inches.
1t might be safely said that the present
month will not beat the record, nor Is there
prospect of the record for this season up
to December 31st overlapping that of 1852
when 1910 inches were measured. There
must be 6 inches more this month to do so
which is possible, but very improbable.
The highest and lowest temperature yes
terday in this city was SO and 44o, a:
against 4S0 and 440. on the same date las
year. The highest and lowest one yea
ago to-day was go and 420.
The barometer at o'clock last evening
was 30 81 inches at Red Bluff, with south
erly winds, cloudy weather, and Oh of al
inch of rain during the afternoon. Tht
barometer is rising from Olympia TO Sacra
mento, with light winds mostly from thu
north. The weather generally is cloudy
with no rainfall north CT this State.
These meteorological conditions at thi
writing seem to point unerringly to the enc
, of the rapidly moving high and low baro
metrical areas that have followed eacf
other in such rapid succession for weeks
past over and up and down the Pacific
slope.
The wind in this city at 7:30 o'clock las
| night was from the east, about three mile
per hour, and the weather clear.