The record-union., 1892-03-04
FEBRUARY WEATHER.
Its Features Summarized by Chief
kerkam.
Yuma Enjoys Hot Wave Reaching
Ninety Degrees-Ten Below Zero
at Baker City, Or.

Robert z. Kerkam, Chief Observer of
the Weather Bureau for the Division of
the Pacific, in his meteorological review
for the month of February, says there
we're five storms that affected Washing
ton weather, four affecting Oregon, six
affecting Northern California, three af-
1ecting Southern California and Nevada
and two affecting Utah and Arizona.
The principal storms of the month were
those Of the Sd to Sth and 18th 70 10th.
The former developed on the upper coast
and moved southwark along the coast.
affecting Washington and Oregon by high
winds, and California, Nevada, Utah and
Arizona by precipitation; these condi-
Eions continuing in California and Ne
yada to more or less marked degree un-
Gil the 9th, when the depression was filed
up off the Southern California coast. The
storm of the 17th-20th was one that adj
yanced northward from Southern Cali
iornia, reaching the upper coast, and pre-
eumably being reinforced by the disturb
ance from the ocean on the Goth. This
storm passed eastward north of Washing
ton and Idaho on the 2lst.
There were seventeen days on which
appreciate precipitation fell in Washing
ION during the month, fourteen days
when it fell in Oregon twelve days in
Northern California, ten days in South
orn California, eight days in Nevada, nine
days in Utah, and six days in Arizona,
netting monthly amounts as follows !:
fratoosh Island, 4.6 inches; Olympia, 20;
Portland, 20; Spokane, OF; Walla Walla,
o.8; Baker City, 0.S; Roseburg, l.6;
eureka, 2.5; Red Bluff, 81; Sacramento,
2.S; San Francisco, 20; Fresno, Loo;
Keller, 0.2; Los Angeles, b.; San Diego,
so; Yuma, 90; Tucson, 20; Carson City,
%; Winnemucca, or, and Salt Lake
City, OF.
Including the above amounts the sea-
Eonal precipitation shows a deficiency,
compared to the normalS OF the several
stations, of 20 inches at Spokane. 1.6 at
cortland, 81 at Eureka, 10 at Red Bluff,
20 at Sacramento, 90 at San Francisco,
- at Keller, 6.S at Los Angeles, "a at San
Diego, 3.9 at Helena, is at Winnemucca.
o. at Walla Walla, and 0.6 at Roseburg.
An excess of the seasonal precipitation to
date of 10 inch is noted at Olympia, 0.6 at
Baker City, l.6 at Fresno, 90 at Carson
City, IL at Salt Lake, I.6 at Yuma, and -
at Tucson.
The warmest days during February
we're generally the 18th and 18th, the ex-
IRENE maximum temperature reported
being 900 at Tucson on the 23d. The
coolest days occurred during the first de-
cade of the month, the lst, I'd, Sd and 18th
being more generally colder than other
dates. The lowest temperature reported
rom any station was TO- below zero from
Baker City, Or, on the lst.
Taking the month in its entirety the
weather averaged warmer than usual in
all districts except along the California
coast and at Yuma, Ariz., in which sec
lion the temperature was exactly the
normal, except at Los Angeles, where it
averaged IL below. The most marked
departure from the normal was at
Helena, Mont, where the mean of the
month was 100 above the normal In
Washington and Oregon the mean was
rom % to 50 above the normal, 10 above
n Nevada and Utah. and from % to a.
above IN the interior of Northern Cali
lornia.
High winds were reported from Wash
;ngton and Oregon on the Sd, 9Th, 18th,
18th, Doth, 2lst and 9th; from Northern
California on the 8th and 10th, and from
Nevada on the Odd.