The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-15

The Precipitation IN p,ccmnor Larger
Than Usual

The moan temperature Tor December.
ISIS In the state Of OroSon, wss ncsrly
normal. There was a Sllsht excess Al
some points and at others there was a
deficiency, A temperature OF 50 degrees,
the ncVRinc point, was experienced west
OF the Cascades and along tho immediate
coast Tho lowest tCmpcratWN, alons
the cNaSt was 81 degrees IN tho VII,
lamettc valley tho lowest temperature
was ~ degrees, IN .hc umpQua valley
the lowest was n, In the Rogue river
valley the lowest was : drgrCcs, the latter
occurred at Ashland on tho M, and It Is
the lowcst minimum temperature ia tho
month ~ December on record al tina,
place, East W tho Cascades the loves,
temperature was IS degrees below ucro.
AZ l4akcvtcw, Lake county At BAKER
city the lowest was : degrees below a,u,
zero temperatures were NruCral south
and east ~ the Rluc mountains while IN
the Columbia river valley the lOwcst tenn.
pcvatur VAS \ degrees hollow aero nj
Pcndletou. At The pallcs, MhrrC once
N a FORMER pCCCmbcr a minimum tenn
pcraturc O. rs degrees below zero was
recorded, this year the minimum was is
degrces above zero The mean tcmpcra.
ture west " the Cascades was from Ss
deserves at Ashland to I; degrees at Ran.
don, whilr east % the Cascades the mean
was below the freezing point south and
east 81 the RlUc mountains: while IN the
Columbia river valley It was 3 degrees
above the treoaing point The highest
meanssnd tho highest minimum tcmpcra.
ture are reported from Random. on the
southwest oregon coast The lowest
mean and the lowest minimum Temporal.
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about the same parallel Of latitude as
Bandon, but east ~ the Cascade mount
atns AMI at an elevation ot &oNO feet
The precipitation was decidedly in CN-
cess Of the normal amount in the central
counties 81 the Willamette valley anJ
along the coast, The heaviest is reported
from Bapdon. Coo county. whore sl.6;
inches occurred, This Is the heaviest
rainfall Tor n single month on record at
Baudon, At LangloiS, in Curry county
on the south, stlt inches tcll. and 1T
Gardiner, Douglas county. on the north.
NNSa inches fell Their total rainfall are
the heaviest on record. At Astoria, lT1
inches Of rain fen To the east " the
Coast ans In the interior valleys, the
heaviest rainfall was at McMinrville,
whore i&S inches fell; from this Mace
10 Albany the rainfall do
TO II inches, thence southwark 10
RoSeburg It ccAtinued 70 decrease to q
inches, On the north. Portland had \
inches. n the same amount fell north
ward TO Puget sound. East Of the Cas-
cades the amount OF precipitation was
about normal, a slight excess being at
The Dalles, thence eastward to Ftndlc-
FROM this latter place north, south
and east. about the average amount fell.
fell from one 10 three inches OF
snow during the month west OF the Cas-
cades, and the latter amount In the
mountains. Reports indicate u greater
amount OF snow in the mountains at the
close OF the month than Is usual.
There were from > 10 - clear or partly
cloudy days west OF the Cascades, and
10 10 ~ clear or partly cloudy days
10 the east Of them during the month.
Rain fell on from "a days at Ashland 10
days at Astoria during the month west
N the Cascades. and precipitation oc-
,urred On from 3 10 l6 days TO The east
" them.
TIL precipitation was most welcome TO
he farmers and river men. The UMPIRE
dry season from June 20 No
had made the ground so dry that
all blowing and seedlings were greatly
hence the copious rainfall put
ne AEONUu III ENoA fOilllllou TOT NuTkiNk !
nd the result has been that active farm
work has been prosecuted. Due. how
yer, to the u%nfavoable weather. the
has been delayed and much active
7ork u be done TO have the normal
mount Of seeding lone by April ! next
hat which was seeded In September and
nd up 10 December has sprouted we'll
nd is in good condition. The rains have
Ut the grass In good condition, AMI. due
o the entire absence OF any severe
the stock has so far wiut,rei
'ell. The mildness OF the season can
'ell be illustrated by the fact that many
ose bushes west OF the Cascades are yet
leaf and some Of the roses are In
There have been frosts, but none
efficiently severe 10 kill the rose leaves
nd buds. New wood IS being made on
rose bushes. and on the last day OF
december. 1896. the writer observed that
Imond ard apricot buds were swelling
cry materially.
The following statement shows the gen
al weather conditions at places selected
n their geographical location. during
le month OF December, 1896: