The record-union., 1899-01-11
The SOU'EASTER PASSES ON.
HEAVY RAINS IN THE UPPER
VALLEY.
The Wind Blew Forty-eight Miles
Per Hour-Storms Of
Past Years.

night, cedStu ldSt evening, leaving TIE
parks, sidewalks and gardens strewn
with leaves, twigs and oranges
whipped from the trees, which swayed
and bent almost to the ground from
the force of the wind.
While but few large trees were
! thrown down, many had big branches
or limbs twisted off, and in Capitol
Park the ground is covered with debris
from the trees, but none were seriously
damaged. The wind reached a. velocity
of 4S miles an hour and roared among
the trees, shook. frame dwellings,
ripped off bits Of the roofing, broke in
several windows, demoralized tele-
| graph, electric light and telephone
wires, frightened timid people and
children and played hob generally. AT
Snowflake Park the roof Of the old
baseball stand was blown off, and out
near Whisky Hill a barn was demol-
| ished.
But these freaks of the wind were
in a measure atoned for by the fact
that it brought a generous downpour
of rain. The rain was not continuous,
but when it did come it came in goodly
quantities. The total fall was not as
great as many supposed it would be,
owing to the force of the accompany
ing wind, still it was good average
rainstorm and will do an Unreasonable
amount of good to the farming, mining
and stock industries.
Reports received at the railroad Office
in this city show the storm to have
been general throughout the northern
half of the State. The ground is now
quite thoroughly soaked, and with
average rains from this time forward
good fruit and grain crops will be as
sured, barring late frosts.
At Red Bluff two and a half inches
of rain had fallen in the twenty-four
hours ending at noon yesterday, and
two inches at Vina, the precipitation
diminishing slightly in this direction.
North Of Redding the snowfall was
heavy, and there is now several feet
throughout the Siskiyou Mountains.
Along the line of the Central Pacific
the storm was of less intensity than in
the Sacramento Valley, but rain was
falling from Gold Run down to the
valley, with snow between there and
the summit, where the depth is about
ten feet.
At nearly all points heard from the
rainfall for the season was in excess OF
that of last year to the same date, IN
some places nearly twice as much.
Last evening al 6 o'clock it was snow
ing from Blue Canyon to the Summit,
accompanied by a heavy wind. Inc
railroad company has not, however, yet
had to call out it's snow plows, the ar
NOR plated locomotive pilots being
able to keep the tracks clear.
The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been "a and 40 de-
grees with gales from the southeast
and showery weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at 3 a. m.
and D. M yesterday were 1856 and
1882 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 90 and 80
degrees, and one year ago to-day %
and &c degrees.
The average temperature was 80 and
the normal A, showing yesterday to
have been degrees warmer than usual
for the 10th day of January.
River, 10 feet and steady. There was
no change in the river at 4 p. m. from
10 a. m. on Monday.
The barometer fell steadily after D
a. m on Monday, at which time the
actual barometer readings We're 3O.0S
inches, while at 2:30 p. m. yesterday
the actual readings We're 1920 inches,
being a fall of O.SS of an inch.
The barometer has been lower in
twenty-five years, but on one occasion
only. that being February %, 1891,
when the actual readings were zoos
inches. February, 1891, gave over six
inches of rain.
The wind nearly all day yesterday
reached maximum velocities of 4S
miles per hour on numerous occasions.
The rainfall for the storm up to and
including the ) p. m. observation yes
terday was 0.90 of an inch. making for
this month already go inches, while
the average Of fifty years is 3.S3 inches.
The rainfall for this season is 6.6l
inches. as against 5.04 inches to an
equal date last year.
The barometers lowest point was
29. 20 inches at 2:30 p. m. At 3 p. m. it
had begun to rise, and last evening was
rising too rapidly for settled weather.
This was the first heavy southeaster
in this city since January %, 1897,
There appears to have been too much.
wind for a heavy rainfall, as only O.9O
of an inch has fallen.
WIND STORMS COMPARED.
For the purpose of comparing high
wind velocity and direction and lowest
barcmetrical recordings that are on file
at the United States Weather Bureau
office in this city, a "Record-Unlon
rencrter called on Observer Barwick,
the official in charge of the local
Weather Bureau office, yesterday and
he kindly went over the records for the
mast twenty-five years, with the follow
ing results. This data shows the high
est wind velocity with the direction and
dates on which they occurred for each
wear from January, 1878, to January,
1899, inclusive, viz:
$3.50 miles, from the north, May
9Th
1898 miles, from the south, De-
cember 10th.
1SSO-4O miles, from the southeast,
December LIST.
1SS1-32 miles, from the southeast,
January 2S-29th.
1925 miles, from the north, April
10TH
1856 miles, from the northwest,
January 10Th.
1876 miles, from the northwest.
December 9th.
1856 miles, from the southeast,
November 18th.
1854 miles, from the southeast.
January Goth.
1SS7-4O miles. from the southeast,
December LIST.