The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-03-14
OREGON WEATHER.
SUMMARY OF THE MErEOROLOGI
CAL OBSERVATIONS
Weather Conditions, Averages, Obser-
vatiOns and Deduction from
the Record of 1884,

A summary Of the meteorological
observations made within the state of
oregon during the year 1894 will, no
doubt, be of value to it's citizens for
information, if for no other purpose
and it will prove of the greatest value
to those of other states when inquir-
ing concerning Oregon and its climate.
The year 1894, as whole, from a
weather point of view, was nearly
normal. The most marked feature of
the year was the excess of rainfall,
especially in Clatsop, Coos and Curry
counties, bordering upon the Pacific
ocean. The average precipitation for
the counties bordering on the Pacific
ocean was SO inches, for the counties
in the Willamette valley 40 inches,
for the counties of Southern Oregon
33 inches and the same in the coun-
ties in the Columbia river valley. In
the counties lying south and east of
! the Blue mountainS-the stock country
of Oregon-the average is 1906 inches.
The excess of precipitation ranged
from $40 inches along the coast to
1854 of an inch in the southeastern
section. The heaviest rainfall in the
state was at Glenora, near the summit
Of the coast mountains in Tillamook
county, amounting to 1898 inches.
This is purely a local precipitation
produced by the topography of the
country surrounding. At Bandou,
Coos county and Langlois, Curry
county, 1O3.37 and 109.95 inches re-
spectively fell. The least amount of
precipitation occurred at Vale, Nal
heur county, where only 1915 inches
fell. A noticeable similarity is to be
observed in the climate of Douglas.
Josephine and Jackson counties i'll
Southern Oregon and of that portion
of Oregon 300 miles farther to the
north lying along the Columbia river
to the east of the Cascade mountains.
The mean temperatures of these Sec
tions are respectively 51.5 and 51.1
inches. In fact, the mean tempera-
ture of Oregon, save that portion ly-
| ing to the east and south of the Blue
mountains, is practically the same
throughout, though the extremes are
materially different. Along the coast
the extremes are SO and 25 degrees;
in the Willamette valley SO and 20
degrees; in Southern Oregon and the
Columbia river valleys 100 and 1 de-
gree above zero; to the south and
east of the Blue mountains 100 and IL
degrees below zero. The warmest
place in Oregon, as shown 10y the
mean temperature is Langlois in Cur
ry county; as shown by the maximum
temperature in PendletOn in Umatilla
county; as shown by the highest min
imum temperature it is Gardiner, Ban
don and Langlois.
The coldest place in Oregon as shown
| by the mean temperature is Burns,
Harney county, with mean of 37.3
degrees and as shown by the mini
mum temperature which is 80 degrees
below zero. Bandon in Coos county
had the lowest maximum temperature,
viz: 7S degrees.
The snowfall was unusually heavy
during the year, the heaviest being at
Hood River, in Wasco county, where
the total amounted to 1855 inches
over IL feet. Joseph, Wallowa county,
had 615 inches, Baker City 56.6 inch
es; along the coast there fell from 1
inch at Gardiner to Is inches at AS
toria; in the Willamette valley and in
Southern Oregon from 4 to % inches
fell. The greatest of all events oc-
curing during the year-due to mete-
geological conditions was the flood in
the Columbia and tributary rivers.
In June the rivers rose from to 20
feet higher than ever before known
and did considerable damage.