The record-union., 1891-03-04
STILL BOOMING
High Water Still Prevails in the Sac
ramento and American.
The Levees Still Hold Good on all sides
Sergeant Barwicls's Latest
Weather Report.

The Signal Service records in this city
sho" that the average daily temperature
for the last five days has been from y TO
q higher than the normal or mean aver
age temperature, as deduced from a
record of fourteen years.
This excessive increase in the average
heat at this season of the year, combined
wite the heavy rains that have been fall
ing high up the snow-covered sides of the
mountains, have caused much larger vol
umes Of water to fill the drainways OF
the Sacramento Valley than is due TO the
total precipitation for tie past few days.
\ visitation of the cold wave lin modi-
fed form now in Washington and Ore
gon would partially seal up the extreme
headwaters OF the various streams by
congelation in the form of ice, thereby
lessening, to a very great extent, the flow
of water that is now threatening the
levees.
THE RAINFALL.
The rainfall yesterday was .06 of an
inch, making 1876 inches for the season
as against 27.Si inches to and including
| the 4th of March last year.
The highest and lowest temperature
yesterday was 6l0 and 49o, as against 81
and 48o on the same date last year.
The highest and lowest temperature
and II of an inch Of rain. The total
rainfall for March, 1890, was exactly three
inches.
The barometrical readings at ) A. NJ and
5 p. II. We're 30.l4 and 30.C5 inches. show
ing a slight decrease in the pressure of
the gases which surround and permeate
all things.
THE BARoMETER'S MOVEMENTS.
The barometrical readings at ) p. NJ. yes
terday still show high barometer. 20. "A
inches, in Washington and Oregon, with
q cold wave, Clear weather and northerly
winds prevailing.
The barometer in California has fallen
slightly in the interior, and risen along
the coast. 1925 inches at Eureka, with .uS
OF an inch at Red Bluff, II at Eureka, and
.06 of an inch in this city, with light
southerly winds in the interior, and fresh
northerly at Eureka. There is no sign
| whatever of a severe or continuous at
mospheric disturbance of a Whirling or
cycloiC,al nature appearing on the coast
or in the interior, to the northward OF
Sacramento. If there are stormy dis
| turbances anywhere it must be south OF
Central California, from which no reports
are received III this city. The rains yes
/ terday were light local showers, inter
| spersed with sunshine all over Central
and Northern California.
THE RIVERS.
! At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
! hight of the river was 26 feet inches and
at O'Clock in the afternoon it had risen
! two inches. At midnight last night il
marked 26 feet inches, within four
inches of the hight it attained when the
Paine levee gave way. The river APP
peared to be at a standstill, and the
| watchman at the steamer landing stated
that it had not risen any in two hours.
Water covered the track in the switch
yards from l to o streets to depth OF
| from two to six inches.
The levees on the Yolo side Of the river
were reported intact. It was stated, how
ever, that the water was running over the
| top of the embankment on the west side,
about mile below the Paine break.
| Captain Ferris. Of the steamer Apache,
reports that the high water has not caused
any alarm as yet to the farmers on An
drus, Sutter and Grand Islands. A strong
north wind however, would do serious
damage to the leyees.
The American River fell considerably
yesterday, but will certainly rise again il
the rain continues on the mountains
Snow and rain were falling on the Sierras
above Blue Canyon last night, and there
| were heavy showers of rain at RoSeyille.