The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-30
SIXTY EIGHT MILES AN HOUR.
March Zephyrs That Stirred Things
Up Yesterday.
The Highest Wind Recorded Here In
Fifteen Years-Barwick's
Weather Notes.

The w Gather Bureau reports show the
barometer yesterday morning Is A. NJ to
have fallen rapidly in Washington and
Oregon, with from Ole OF an inch of rain
at Roseburg, and 0.S0 of an inch at Fort
Candy. to 068 of an inch at Olympia,
Washington, in the twenty-four preced-
ing hours, while at the same time the
barometer had fallen but slightly in Cali
fornia, with brisk to high winds at Red
Bluff and Sacramento.
After 5 A. NJ. the barometer began falling
rapidly, and at the same time the wind
increased from velocity indicating high
winds to that indicating ''storm." The
barometer in this city read at a. NJ. 30.0l
inches; at p. NJ, 29.78 inches; at p. NJ,
1916 inches, and at Z P. NJ. 29.74 inches.
This shows a rapid fall from A. NJ. to 2
p NJ, and a continued falling in that in
strument up TOT P. NJ, the last special
observation taken by the Observer.
From A. NJ. to 2. NJ. was the time of
the most rapid fall in that instrument,
which corresponds to the greatest wind
velocity during the storm-a maximum
velocity OF - miles per hour, and an ex-
IRENE velocity of 6S miles per hour, the
latter being the highest extreme velocity
attained in this city since July l, 1877, the
cate OF the establishing of the office of
The high winds decreased in velocity
very quickly, as witness the following
record taken from the self-registering
wind instrument in the Office of the
Weather Bureau in this city, AT p. NJ.
II was blowing at the rate OF "A miles per
hour, while at 3:05 p. NJ. the velocity was
but Is miles per hour, and at $3.50 P. NJ.
but miles per hour, decreasing to 5
miles per hour at twenty minutes past
O'Clock and then increasing to II miles
per hour at $50 and Pm.
The rain began falling heavily between
) and O'Clock, but gradually decreased
until it entirely ceased few minutes be-
fore P. NJ.
About 4:30 P. NJ, while the rain
drops were falling, the sun Shone
out brilliantly from the western
horizon and at the same time
d rainbow, with all the colors of that
beautiful atmospheric phenomena plain
ly and distinctly discernible in their
proper places-red, orange, yellow, green,
blue, indigo and violet-appeared i'll the
east. All the colors We're so com bined
that the greatest artist in the world would
long TO be able 10 reproduce them upon
canvas. After a few moments clouds
hid the sun from view in the west and in
stantly the beautiful bow Of promise dis
appeared from the east.
The total rainfall up to- o'clock last
evening was SO of an inch, making for
this season l1.26 inches, as against 1866 to
an equal date last year
This month came IN as gentle as a
lamb, with warm temperature and
growing showers, the daily average
neing from the lSt TO the 18th of the
month from i to 12o warmer than the
normal or average temperature obtained
from record of fourteen years, while
from the 18th To date the average has been
from l. to To- less than the normal By
this climatic freak we find that the entire
monthly average Will be about equal to the
normal; that is, it viii be but few
tenths OF degree either warmer or
cooler, which gives encouragement to
meteoroiogists, and those who study
climatic effects and changes, that April
Will be one of the usual kind: or, it
might be said, that in all probability
next month viii be normal California
April. There VIII be gentle, spring
showers, warm sunshine during the first
hall OF the month"; while the latter half
VIII be given over to cloudleSS skies and
warm sunshine. Then the woods and
mountain groves will resound with the
innocent prattle OF merry little children
as they, with their parents and protec-
tors, ramble through the foothills for
pleasure, polson-oa and other joyous
festivities.
The rainfall at Red Bluff at the p. NJ.
observation yesterday was 81 of an inch,
or about the same as at Sacramento
The barometer was much lower at Red
Bluff than in this city, although the high
est wind velocity attained in that city
was thirty six miles per hour.
The lowest barometer is at Olympia.
p 81 inches, and the highest GO rs inches)
nj sacramento. This appears to show
that the storm is not yet over, although
there have been heavier rains in Califor-
MIA, whore the barometer is highest. than
in Washington and Oregon, where it is
the lowest. Thirty-six hours Will inform
as what is in store for this coast