Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-05
NOVEMBER WEATHER.
Monthly Report of Lieutenant Finley, of
the signal Service Corps.

the Signal Service Corps.
| Lieutenant John P. Finley, in charge of
tie Division of the Pacific of the Signal
Service, has the following to say of No
vember weather:
The most remarkable feature of the
weather for the month is the extraordinary
deficiency OF rainfall. 1t is a deficiency
which affects the entire Pacific coast from
Mexico TO British Columbia The proxi-
mate cause for this deficiency is found in
the high latitude OF the easterly movement
of cyclonic areas from the Pacific ocean.
In spite OF the fact that there were large
number OF these areas, only one Of them
passed south of the northern boundary of
the United States. This area gave rise to
peculiar secondary cyc,onic effect which
passed southwark into Nevada and gave
rise to the sudden and rather heavy rains
in western Arizona and southern Califor-
MIA. This secondary area was forced south
ward by the rapid formation of high ba.
rometer in Washington and Oregon. A
weather record for San Francisco, embrac-
ing period of forty-two years, shows that
never before in that time has the month of
November been SO deficient in rainfall
The smallest amounts previously re-
corded are 0 Is of an inch in 1862, 25 in
1876 and &c in 1854 A Chart with the
storm tracks for November, 1854, shows
but three cyclonic areas two of which
passed eastward north of Washington and
the third through the northern portion of
that STATE. This slight DETECTION to the
southwark of these areas was sufficient TO
give California few light showers.
The cyclonic areas for November, 1890,
have been pecuiiar, not only for their
high latitude, but also for their rapidly Of
movement, which has tended to increase
their number, that is unusually large for
the month. This rapidity of movement
also explains the large number of days on
which light showers fell in Washington
and Oregon (nearly two-thirds of the
mouth) aud the small total OF precipitation.
The conditions for rainfall were no sooner
formed than change in the cycionic cir
culation drove them away. 1t is not
within the province of this review to dis
cuss the question as to the cause of the ex-
IRENE northerly movement of the eyclonic
81 cas- for this month.
Rainfall-lt is everywhere deficient and
the amount of such deficiency varies from
0.C6 inches at Keller to I5 at OLYMPIA.
The deficiency increases in amount from
south to north, and is especially remark
able north of the 3Sth parallel. Rain fell on
the following dates in Washington-5th to
18th, 18th, 14th, 18th, 18th, 22i to oath, 26th
to 2Sth. Oregon-5th to Sth, 18th, 22d to
9th. Csliforn1a-5th to 18th, 22l to 18th
Nevada oh. Arizona-6:h to Sth. The
heaviest rainfalls in twenty four hours were
066 inches at Fort Candy on the Sih, and
0.56 inches at San Diego on the 9TH. A fall
OF 60 inches was reported from Globe,
Arizona. on the S:h. The heaviest monthly
rainfals were 0 20 inches at San Diego and
Olympia.
The following stations report no rainfall:
Walla Walla, Winnemucca, Red Bluff, Sac
ramento ard San Francisco. Snow is re.
ported as follows: Washington, 9Th, Whit
man county; Oregon, 9th, Harvey county;
California, 9th. Plumas, Yuba and Sierra
counties, 2 to "a inches; 9th, Ventura coun-
ty; Nevada, 9Th, 8; Arizona, S,h, on Pinal
mountains.
Local storms = Hail.storm at Belotta,
CAL, Sth; thunder storm at Quincy, CAL,
5th; high 'northers" occurred in Califor-
mia on the 18th and 18th during the preva-
lence of an area of extremely high baron.
eter in Northern Nevada, Idaho and Ore
gon. The barometer during this time was
from 40 to 060 of an inch above the
normal. In some places the wind wes re-
ported as reaching velocity of over sixty
miles per hour, causing damage TO fences,
trees and roofs of buildings. Floods were
reported from Western Arizona on the Sth,
causing high water in the ella and Colo
RADIO rivers.
Temperature-It has been above the
normal in all districts. The excess ranges
from 80 at Olympia to 12o at Los Angeles
The highest temperature go, occurred at
Los Angeles on the Sd. The lowest, 10o,
occurred at Winnemucca on the 18th.