The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-02-02
Thus twill be seen that both in re-


gard to the average of the number o.
rainy days and the amount of rain
there is a gradual decrease in each
month from January July, and then
gradual increase TO December, which
is the ralniest month. The average
amount of the four months from No.
vember lst TO February 2Sth is 81. .5S
inches or more than five-eighths I ( all
for the year, the average amount for
the six months from October lst 10
the last OF March is 6391 inches OF
about four-fifths of all.
From September %, 1898 to May 81,
1899, the record was kept showing the
amount that fell during the day and
during the night, the day time accord
ing TO the weather bureau being from
sunrise to sunset, and the amount was
27.70 inches. During the night time
from sunset to sunset-it was 41.ll,
but then the number OF hours was
more, being about 81 hours in the day
time Dec. 21. and 151 during The
night, and decreasing both before and
afterwards.
OF the 65.S7 inches which iell in
1898, I7.72 fell during the first quarter
OF the moon, 1916 during the second,
20.02 during the third and 1927 dur
ing the fourth.
Still places west of us have more
of rainfall than we do; as Aber-
been, LaPush, South Bend, Neah Bay,
and Clearwater. Neah Bay has been
said to be the rainiest place in the
United States, but since station has
been established at Clearwater at the
mouth of the Queets river, it has been
found to have more rainfall, it having
been 36.39 inches more in 1898. 1t is
noticeable how rapid by the precipita-
tlon decreases the farther east we go.
Clearwater had in 1898, 1861 inches.
Union City about sixty miles east, and
fifteen south 65.S7, Tacoma thirty
miles farther east and six south 1858;
Ellensburg one hundred and five still
farther east and eighteen south 81
inches.
There are two pecullarities to our
storms which are favorable. One is
that the most of our rain comes in the
winter when we can afford to have it.,
and but little in the summer as has
been shown above. Several of the
eastern states where the rainfall is far
less, have far more in the summer.
Southington, Conn. had 1890 inches
in July 1897. and ten out of twelve of
her stations had over ten inches.
Elizabethtown, New Jersey had 20.80
inches the same month and thirty four
out of her fifty three stations had over
ten. Stephensville, Florida, had 29.90
inches in July 1898 and fifteen out OF
her forty one stations over ten; the
next month St. Andrews. Fla. had 81
26 inches and twenty eight of her sta
tions had more than ten. Hearne,
Texas had thirty or forty inches in less
than twenty tour hours in June 1899
as was estimated for rain gauge over
flowed at twenty four inches and was
not emptied. In the United States
there are not far from 1900 voluntary
weather bureau stations, Of these 2I35
had more rain than Union City in
July 1897, although Union City has
far the most during the year; in Aug
2159stations had more; in July. 1898
231O stations and in August 2375 ;
and in July 1899, 2535 out OF 2769.
The other favorable peculiarly is
the entire absence of the very heavy
rain storms. Tie rain comes more
gently than in many places in the
east, all inch in an hour is excessive
precipitation, but Union City, with all
it's rain, has not had that in six years
though many places have, IA in the
United States in July 1899 and every
month gives more or less. Wilson, Ala,
had 2.90 in forty five minutes in July
1899, and Blooming Prairie MINI, $40
inches forty minutes in July 1897.
Europe and Asia however can ex-
ce ed the United States in heavy storm
and large amount of precipitation,
Cevlon has had 31.76 inches in twenty
four hours. Gibraltar 33 inches in
twenty six hours, Genoa thirty inches
in the same length of time. the Kashia
hills in India thirty inches every day
tor five successive days, and six hun
dred inches or fifty feet in a year, the
greatest annual rainfall on record.
A clear day, according to the weather
bureau, is one in which there is not
over thirty per cent of cloudiness
and cloudy one, a day IN which there