The record-union., 1891-09-07
AUGUST WEATHER.
Lieutenant Finley Explains Its PecuI-
iarites.
The Month Was Distinguished for
High Temperatures, Local Storms
and Unusual Humidity.

In his monthly report for August Lieu
tenant John P. Finley, Government
Officer in charge of the Pacific division of
the Weather Bureau, says the month has
emphasized the abnormal conditions of
July, except perhaps as to rainfall in GER
tain localities. Like July, August is dis
tlnguished for high temperatures, local
storms, high winds and excessive hu-
midity. The local rains have been
heavier and the local storms more severe.
There has been more warm waves, more
continued high temperatures and more
injury to plant growth. The centers OF
all cyclonic disturbances have moved
eastward north of Washington. The area
of high barometric pressure have been
especially marked for their extent and
intensity. The warm waves in Oregon
and Washington have been particularly
severe and long continued They were
marked by high humidity, which in
creased the sultriness of the atmosphere
and the discomfort of the high tempera-
lures.
The excess of rainfall and humidity in
Oregon and Washington has been beneti-
cial to crops. The rains which have
fallen in California, Nevada and Arizona
have been destructive in mountain dis
tricts. The excessive drynesS Of the air
attending the hot waves in these States
has been detrimental to crops in some
places.
RAINFALL.
There has been an excess of pre-
cipitation in all districts north Of the
fortieth parallel. and q deficiency over
the entire region south of that latitude.
The excess is most marked in Northern
Nevada and Western Washington, and
ranges from 0.05 inches at Red Bluff TO
0.73 inches at Olympia. The deficiency
is most marked in Southern California
and Arizona, and ranges from O.08 inches
at Los Angeles to 0.A5 at Yuma.
Rain fell on q days in California,
mostly in mountain districts; on y days
in Nevada; on 20 days in Arizona; on u
days in Oregon; on l3 days in Washing
ton. Although California, Nevada and
Arizona report rainfall on a large number
of days the precipitation has not been eX-
cessive when compared with the normal
The monthly records have been very
small except in some few cases. The
greatest rainfalls in u hours are as fol-
lows: TatoOsh Island, 18th, 100 inches;
The Needles, 2Sth, L.70, and llth, I.50;
Belleville, New, Leo; Independence, Cal,
18th, 100; Olympia, 9th, O.76; Mesa
Grande, Cal, 18th, $50.
LOCAL STORMS.
month as follows: Salem. Or, 9TH; SpO-
kane, Wash, 9th; Monmouth, Or, 9Th;
Keeler, 10th; San BernardinO, llth; High
lands, Cal, llth; Warm Creek, Cal. 1lth;
Campo, Cal, 18th; Hawthorne, New,
14th; near San Diego, 18th; Florence,
Ariz., l4th and 18th; Flagstaff, Ariz, 18th
and 10Th; near Redlands, 18th, 10th and
10th; Prescott, AriZ., 18th and Dist: Bar
stow, Cal, 18th; TOrris, Cal, 18th; Teme-
Gula, Cal, 18th. Destruction to animal
life and property attended nearly all Of
these storms.
Floods occurred at Santa Cruz, Ariz.,
18th; Florence. AriZ., l4th and 18th: San
10th; Campo, Cotton and The Needles,
10th and 18th. Much damage TO property
by high waters. Hailstorms at Spokane,
Wash, 9th; near Flagstaff, AriZ., 10Th.
Winds of twenty-five miles and over oc-
Cured on eight days at Winnemucca,
three days at San Francisco, one day at
Eureka, four days at Yuma, two days at
Keeler, two days at Fort Candy.
TEMPERATURES.
1t has been decidedly above the normal
in all districts. The excess ranges from
30 at Eureka to s. at Sacramento, 70 at
Portland, lO' at Los Angeles, and l0o at
Walla Walla. 1t will be observed that the
abnormal heat has been well distributed
over the Pacific Coast States. This uni
formity is unusual, and discIoses the pre-
vailing influence Of the area of high
barometric pressure. Temperatures of l0Oo
and over occurred on thirty-one days in
California, on thirty-one days in Arizona,
on IL days in Oregon, on twelve days in
Washington.
The highest temperatures are reported
as follows: The Needles, Il6o, 2}d, and IISo,
25th; Red Bluff, ll4', 22d; Fresno, ,I12o, 22d;
Healdsburg, li2o, 22d; Roseburg, 1902, I'D
Walla Walla, 1902, I'D. The lowest tenn
perature, So, occurred at Winnemucca
on the 9th; Truckee, 80, 7th; Boca, so,
7th.
Frosts occurred on the 9th and 7th at
Tarious places in Western Nevada. Owing
20 high temperatures and excessive dry
ness grass and forest fires have been very
destructive in Northern California.
STATEMENT OF RAINFALL AND TEMPERA-
TLRES E0R AL-ELSI 1901