The record-union., 1891-05-04
WEATHER IN APRIL.
Meteorological Data Furnished by the
Signal Service Bureau.
The Rain-Storms Were Well Distrib-
uted, but Northern California
Got Most of Them.

Lieutenant Finley, Chief Officer of the
Signal Service branch of the U. S. Army,
Division of the Pacific, has issued the fol-
lowing weather review for the month OF
April, 1891:
During the month of April all storm
areas have passed eastward north OF
Washington. There Were seven of these
disturbances, which was rather an un-
usual number for this month of the year.
AS the result of this frequency, the area
of this precipitation extended well south
ward into California and gave rise to fire.
quent rains, occasionally heavy, in Cali
fornia, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
Such conditions have been especially ben
eficial to agricultural and horticultural
interests throughout California. The
threatened drought Of the early winter
has been completely overcome by the
copious and well distributed rains of Feb
ruary, March and April. Encouraging
reports are general from all parts of the
Pacific Coast as to thetprospects of both
grain and fruit crops. The month of
April has not been marked by abnormal
conditions, but on the contrary, the
changes have been gradual and uniform,
and thus favorable to the growth of yege-
tation.
RAINFALL.
Owing to the frequency of storm move
ments in the vicinity of Washington the
rainfall has been in excess of the normal
in Northern california, Western Oregon
and Western Washington. Elsewhere
there has been a deficiency. The excess
varies from .05 inches at Sacramento to
3.22 at Fort Candy and 3.3l inches at Eu-
reka. The deficiency ranges from .04
inches at Los Angeles to LA at Fresno
and 2.40 inches at Roseburg. The heaviest
monthly rainfall was 7.S0 inches at Fort
Candy, and the smallest, 10, at Keeler.
No rain fell at Yuma and Fort Grant,
which fact marks an unusual deficiency
for Arizona. The rainfall at San Fran
the normal. This is one of the heaviest
rainfalls at San Francisco for number of
years during April. The other dates of
heavy rainfall are as follows: 1853, 5.37
inches; 1856, 5 inches; 1880, 1906; 1860,
3.14: 1884, 6.33; 1885, 5.23. The seasonal
rainfall to date, at San Francisco, is 16. %
inches, against 44.6S inches for the season
of lSS9-90. Rain fell on % days in Cali
fOrnia, on IL days in Nevada, on % days
in Oregon, on q days in Washington. No
rain was reported from Arizona. The
greatest rainfall in "a hours occurred at
Eureka, 2.04 inches, on the 9th and 10th:
l.34 inches on the 9TH at Carson City; / %
inches at Fort Candy on the 9th; I.22
inches at Olympia on the 22d.
LOCAL STORMS.
Thunder storms, Sacramento, 18th,
lightning struck trees. Hail, San Fran
cisco, 9th. Quincy, Cal. 1lth, high winds
destroying outbuildings. Sand storms,
Fresno 9Th; Calico, Cal, 9th. The high
est wind velocity of the month occurred
at Fort Candy on I'D. 72 miles southeast.
Winds of over % miles per hour were re-
ported from Fort Candy on 10 days; San
Francisco, 10 days; Winnemucca, Is
days; Walla Walla, Red Bluff, Portland
and Fort Grant, l day; Keeler, 8 days:
Yuma, 3 days; Eureka, days. Damage
was caused to shipping on the north Pa
cific Coast during the high winds of the
9th, 10th, 2lst and 26th.
TEMPERATURE.
The temperature has been in excess of
the normal in all districts except the CEN
trail portion of California, where the de-
ficiency ranges from 80 at Keller, to 10 at
Sacramento. 1t remained normal at San
Francisco and Eureka. The excess
ranges from s. at Roseburg and 50 at
Yuma to 10 at San Diego. Fort Candy
and Olympia. The highest temperature,
1922, occurred at Yuma on the 2Sth and
1902 on the 9th. The lowest temperature
200, occurred at Baker City on the I'd.
Light frosts occurred in Northern Cali
fornia on the Sth, 11th and 26th; in Ore
gon on the I'd, Sd and Sth; in Nevada on
the 11th, 10th and 26th.