The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-05
SAN JUAN COUNTY WEATHER
The Conditions Prevailing During the
Past Five Years.
Our Temperature ami Rainfall as Com
pared with Other Sections.
The Following Report is Furnished Us BY
Voluntary Observer James Theodore
Geoghe gan, of East Sound and will
Prove Valuable to Our Readers Who
Preserve 1t for Future Reference.

AS THE ISLANDER intends in future to
weather of this county, it may be well to
glance back over the conditions prevail
ing during the last five years.
rle average yearly te nperature is 49.50
which is about the same as the yearly av-
erage of the following places: Portland
and Roseburg, Or, Sacramento, Gala,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Pueblo and Den
yer, Col, Omaha, Neb., Springfield, ILL.,,
Columbus, Ohio, Pitsburg and New York.
The average temperature during the six
summer months, May to Oct. 81, is So,
nearly the same as the summer tempera-
ture of Edmonton, Prince Albeit, Winni-
peg, Port Arthur and Quebec. Canada.
Inere is no place III the United States
which has 50 cool summer aS here, eX-
cept perhaps, Eureka, on the coast OI Cal.
The average temperature during the six
winter months, Nov. to April ID, is A. !,
the same as the winter average OF PorI-
land, SACRAMENTO, Fresno Guy, Tucson,
Eel PLsu, Amarillo, Cairo, Krescvllie,
LyncnDurg and Norfolk. The WarineSt
months are August, averaging 65.3 ami
July 6l.Io. me coolest Jan. IS g. and
Feu. 37.7'. the remarkable eveneSS OF
this climate is shown 10y there beng only
25.oo between the WarinesL and the coolest
months. The warmeSt year was 1898,
with ali average OF 5O.2', and the coidest
year was 1893 with AL average of 1875.
The highest shade temperature was 81 on
July "a, 1891, and the coolest 70 below zero
during the night OF Jan. ~, 1893.
The average yearly rainfall is 1875 in
ches. The wettesl year was 1895, with SO 40
inches and the dry est 1915 with 22.oZ i'll
4 t.ls Ia
II averages 1914, inches, and from NoveAI-
Der 20 April 30, averages 22.37 inches.
The dryesC month is August with an av
erage of D IS inches and the WeIteSt month
is November with = inches. We may re-
mark here that all that portion OF the
United States which lies east Ola line run
ming north from Galveston, Texas, and
pas sing through Palestine, Texas, and
" i:hita, Kansas, to Des Moines, Iowa,
thence northwest through La Crosse and
Green Bay, Wisconsin,, across the lakes
and touching the western part OF Micni-
gan, and to the mouth of the st. Lawrence
river, has IN average yearly rainfall OF 80
or more inches. The average Oh the AT
lantic coast being 40 to 80 inches, and
reaching 90 to 20 inches in the extreme
south.
On an average there are 255 fair to 10
cloudy days each year. 1895 Icing the
clearest with 277 fair days and 50 cloudy
days and 1891 the cloudyest with rs far
and l37 cloudy days. n precipitation Of
LOO of an inch or more fails OH l26 days
in the year on an average, but this i'll
cludes slight showers, snow, very heavy
mists and all rains during the night. For
instance, if it rains from | aIntiii sunrise
and was bright from then on till sunset,
this day would be included as one of the
l26. 1898 hal the greatest number, l56
wet days, and 1895 the least number, a
i. Ii
hal l23, New York I37, New Orleans 1T,
Pittsburg l42, Toledo Ohio 1885, Sp >k.ne
Falls i37, Portland, Oregon, l76 and Eas5
Sound lis wet days in 1894. This shows
tuat San IAN county has no more than
it. share OF wet days. The obs, + !atO!, s
were taken ut East Sound, latitude 49, A.
north and longitude I2-03f west, and will
fairly represent the conditions of san Juan
county. All temperatures are ''shlde tenn
peratures," being those shown by "A Their
mOmoter shaded from the san, but fairly
open to wind and driving rain. About the
same temperature would be shown by
thermometer hung against the north side
of house. Precipitation which includes
rainfall and melted SHOW is given III
inches and hundredths, thus, 2.25 inches
is inches and % one-Iiundredths, or Il
inches. Table / shows the average
monthly temperature year by year, the
last vertical column showing the five
years average The figures It the foot of
each column being the average yearly
temperature, the last is the five years
average.
Table No. shows the months precipi
tation year by year. The last vertical
column gives the aver..se monthly pre-
cipitation for five years. The figures at
the foot of the yearly columns are he
yearly totals, and that at the foot of the
monthly averages is the five years yearly
average