The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-21
BARWICK ON JUNE SHOWERS.
The Prevailing Weather the Rule, No
the Exception.
But a Sprinkle of Rain Here, Not
Enough to Iniure the
Fruit Crops.

The Weather Bureau reports snow
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 81 and % de-
grees, with gentle southerly winds ana
cloudy weather prevailing.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 50 and %
degrees. with no rain, and one year ago
to-day SO and 81 degrees, with no ram.
The rainfall during Saturday night
and yesterday morning, says observer
Barwick, amounted to but .U4 OF an
inch. making for this season IioZ
inches. as against 23.23 inches to an
equal date last year. The normal for
the same time is POST inches.
In a record of forty-eight years, at
this point. there has been rain during
June to an appreciate amount on
twenty-three of the forty-eight years,
while out of that forty-eight years
record there are two seasons which
stand out boldly as being wet months,
those two being June, 1915, with Ito
inches. and June, 1884, with 1.43 inches.
1t will therefore be noted that June,
1884, was the wettest summer month
ever known in this section of Califor-
MIA. The greater amount of that was
Oh Tie 1-IiI anu AOA1A III
the month, there having been 80 inches
on the 18th and 80 inches on the 18th,
making Ito inches for the two days.
In the daily journal for the 18th of
June, 1884, appears the following note:
This storm of the present is the sec
ond in severity occurring in June, since
1850. There was 10 inches of rain
fall on June IA and 10, 1870, and half
an inch in June, 1881, while the pres
ent storm up to S p. M, tonight Q2th)
has precipitated over one inch
There must have been some damage
to cherries then. for the storm of June,
1854, was six days earlier than the
present rain storm, but on June p,
1884, there was .06 of an inch of rain,
being .02 inches more than has fallen
at the present time in Sacramento.
There certainly has been no damage to
fruit or anything else in this vicinity,
for the rain was scarcely sufficient to
lay the dust for two hours.
The average temperature yesterday
was 81 degrees, and the normal 40 de-
grees, showing the day to have been
s degrees cooler than usual for the Goth
day Of June.
The barometer was rising last even
ing and read at p. m, a little above
80 inches.
June showers, with appreciable rain
fall, While they may be few and far
between, are no evidence that cloudy
and showery weather at the present
time are occurrences unknown to the
sturdy pioneers of earlier days. The
records plainly show that rain may
be looked for in June, as the average
precipitation for that month, as de-
duced from a forty-eight-year record,
is II of an inch, while the average for
July and August is but a sprinkle, or
trace.
1t is much more of an unusual phe
nomenon to have rain to an apprecia
bic amount in July and August than it
is in June. If no more rain fell in
the central belt of this State than was
measured in this city yesterday then
the damage to fruit, grain, etc., would
be nil.
e While busily at work at my desk
yesterday" says Observer Barwick,
there was felt at fourteen minutes
past II o'clock an earthquake shock.
My office is on the third floor of the
Government building, corner of Sew
enth and K streets. The chandeliers
Vlbrated slightly, and a gentle, though
slight, rocking motion of the building
could be felt. 1t lasted about two or
three seconds, and appeared to be from
the south southwest to the north north
east.
I could not find anyone else who re-
membered feeling the shock, but I am
certain that I could not be mistaken,
Tor L was sitting exactly under the
chandelier, and could also see the mo-
ton of the gas tube leading from the
gas burner to the drop-light sitting on
the desk. It no doubt was such
light shock that to observe it one would
have to be quite still and in a quiet
place"