The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-29
THE RAINFALL OF UNION CITY
Compared With that of Other Places

while the rain on Hood Canal anC
surrounding region was very abundant
yet that it came in such a way and a
such time Of the year as to do much
less injury, than in many places where
the rainfall is much less. Since then
all the reports for 1897 have been re.
ceived, and a thorough examination
of them shows the same truth very
| forcibly. There are about 1864 sta
tions III the United States where a re-
cord of the rainfall is kept by voluntary
and cooperating observers.
Union City had a rainfall of 1922
inches in 1897, and has had an aver
age rainfall of S139 during the past
four years. But one region East of
the Rocky mountains exceeds this
which is on the southeastern coast of
Florida, where eighty-seven inches fell
in 1897. West of the Rocky noun
tains, part of the region west of the
Olympics in Washington, and a part
Of the coast west of the Coast-range in
Oregon exceeds it. About hundred
inches fell last wear at Fort Candy in
Washington. and 1856 inches in the
Tillamook country in Oregon. These
were the wettest places in the United
States.
Still the reports show that this heavy
rainfall comes at time when it can
do the least possible injury, much less
in fact, than the smaller amount does
in many places east of the Rockies.
The various monthly reports for 1897
show the following facts.
In January Union City had rain
fall of 9.56 inches. But fifteen other
stations of the 1864 in the United
States exceeded this. OF these, Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Oregon and Wash
ington had two or more each and Ill
inois and Missouri, one each, leaving
A States and Territories with not a
single station that exceeded Union
City.
February gave Union City 1888
iches. Only 166 other stations had
more. Alabama, California, Connecti-
cut, Florida, Georgia, Oregon, South
Carolina, Virginia and Washington
had each from five to forty-two of
these stations, and the rest were divid-
ed between ten other States.
March gave Union City $50 inches.
395 other stations had more. Eleven
States, namely Alabama, Arkansas,
California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ore
gon and Tennessee had each ten or
more of these and the rest were divid-
between eleven other states.
April shows change. This gave
Union City 225 inches. 1868 or con-
siderable more than half of the 1864
stations exceeded this amount. Of
these none were in Arizona, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico or Wyoming.
California. Delaware, District of Co.
lumbia, Idaho, Indian Territory, New
Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode
Island and Utah, had from one to nine
each, and the rest from ten to hun
dred and twenty-five stations each
Nebraska having the latter number.
May gave Union City only 1.16
inches. 1910 stations exceeded it.
Arizona was the only Territory or
State which contained none of these
California, Delaware, District of Co
lumbia, Indian Territory, Montana,
North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah
and Wyoming had each from one to
nine Of the stations, and the rest from
ten to 127 each. Ohio having the lat
ter number. All the stations in Con-
necticut, Delaware, Dist. of Columbia,
Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia,
had more than Union City.
In June Union City had 2.49 more
than twice as much as in May. Yet
116 stations exceeded it. Arizona,
Utah and Nevada had none of them.
California, Delaware, District of CO.
lumbia, Idaho, Indian Territory, New
Mexico, Rhode Island and Wyoming
had from one to nine of these stations
and the other states, 80 in number,
from ten to 100 each. Nebraska hay
ing the latter number. In Maine,
Missouri, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont
and Wisconsin, every station had
more
July gave Union City los inches,
but this was very wet month east
2I35 stations having more. Califor-
MIA alone had none OF them. Every
station in New England, New York
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia