The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-30
nAIxrAlL or PUGET SOUND.


0Gne1DG1oD 1Son Report - tbs Weaak-
- 0ufeaa for 1se5.
zne reports Of the government weather
ouroaN - Washington. published from
voo0 . year, show that. Notwithstanding
DDetlgp On Puget sound. both new and old.
em4e0 @ grsrmbfing at rain during the
N4nAv aannxhA there are. nevertheless.
Sanca0 In Tie United States where more
fs1n fallA The rurCrfs show. also. that
eAs hsavisN rainfall In Western Washing.
ton ooUes at time when IL can do but
altklo damage eysn though 1t may b dis
1Nnp are about 2.esa observing stations
IA 1he United States where a record OF the
rAknfan y kept either by voluntary OBJ
SERVERS Or government officers. The sta
e,gtis Tor 1857 show that In that year Seat
4le had rainfall OF 4las inches. The great
o. part Of tho United STAKES has less than
thiA That part Of Oregon and Washing
ton wtdch lies west OF Seattle. on the
Pacific SLOPE and On the Atlantic slope
that part which lies eass and south Of q
uno w41ch runs west OF the New England
otA&eaI thence running westerly through
shout tho middle OF Pennsylvania. Chic.
Indiana and illinois, into Misoan and
then e0utheriy west OF Arkansas ana
louisiana TO the Gulf OF Mexico. had as
much or more rain in 1871 as Seattle This
rcgi0n has about a thousand stations out
or the whole number I'm the United States.
or somewhat less than one-nfth.
The various monthly reports for 1857
show tho following facts:
January gave Seattle ga inches Six
hundred and thirty -nina OF the 2ssi other
stations had usnre rain. The great major
sty OF these were In Alabama. Arkansas
CAnfornia IiinciA Louisiana. Michigan.
Mississippi and Missouri None was In
Delaware. the District Of Columbia Mon
tana. Nebraska. Nevada. New Mexico,
North Dakota oklahoma. Virginia. West
Virginia or Wyoming.
February gave Seattle zee inches Nine
hundred and eigffsy-fve other stations had
more. Most OF these were In Alabama. Cai-
ifornia. Florida. Georgia Indiana, Ken
lucky, Lcuixiana. Maryland. Mississippi.
Missouri. New Jersey. North Carolina,
Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania. South Caro-
hna. Tennessee. Virginia. West Virginia
and Washington. None was IN Arizona,
Indian Territory. Montana. Nebraska.
sin CT Wyoming.
In March Seattle had 5o5 inches. Thir-
team hundred and seven;y-nine stations had
mora Only the District OF Columbia and
Montana had none OF thsse Twenty-Five
states had each ten or moro OF then.
In Aprsl Seattle had la inches. Nine
teen hundred ana esxhts-niue stations had
Them Delaware. District Of Columbia. In
dian Territory. Montana. Now Mexico.
North Dakota. Rhode Island. Utah and
Wyoming hsd from ono 10 nine stations
each and the rest from 10 70 80 each.
May gaxc Seattle - inches. II eavs
LIS stations mora Only Arizona, Utah
ana Nevada had nero Of them. California.
Delaware, District es Columbia. Idaho In.
dian Territory and Montana. Nevada,
North Dakota Ehofa Island Utah and
Wyoming had frSssn ono 20 nine or Ere
stations each. and tas ether states from
70 10 III each, Ohio being tho latter state
sra <very station n II hat more than Sc
alta as weai "a every station tn tae New
England states New York. New jersey
pennsylvanla. Delaware. Indiana. Dis
srict Of Columbia. Virginia and Oklahoma.
yuna gave Seattle seT inchss Nlnesesv
hundred and esxhty-tNo other stations re-
ccayed mora Arizona Nerasia ana Utah
had neae OF sssesA Delaware Districs 81
Cssufltssaa Idaho yncian Territory and
wyoming had nom csse 20 nfsss each an,
tho res. Of the sta.es each more. Every
York. New Jersey Delaware. South Car.
c,sns ens wisecs=sn had sncre
In yuiy seattle received z nc inches roo~.
teen hundred asad sevesty-one stations had
mere. California. Nevada. Utah ard Wy,
osusnx Rad rcns o. thesN Delaware his
sr.cs az S,olumb.s. Idaho. Indian Territory
Montana, Oklahoma. Oregon. Rhsis Is.
Land ard Washington had each from o.,
"a nine and the res: ~ the states had ter
or mere.
August gave Seattle ouiy ga inches Z
gave As other stations rscxc or ahSsslt
tw<nfy~threo twcnty~xxths OF all Ever,