FIVE YEARS IN SANTA BARBARA.
[Transcriber's note: Table has been turned from original to fit, along with using abbreviations for the months and a legend.]
The following table, from the self-registering thermometer in the observatory of Mr. Hugh D. Vail, shows the mean temperature of each month in the years 1885 to 1889 at Santa Barbara, and also the mean temperature of the warmest and coldest days in each month:
A = Mean Temperature of each Month.
B = Mean Temperature of Warmest Day.
C = Mean Temperature of Coldest Day.
D = Monthly Rainfall, Inches.
| Month. | ||||||||||||
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
| 1885. | ||||||||||||
| A | 53.2 | 56.7 | 59.1 | 60.9 | 60.0 | 62.0 | 66.1 | 68.0 | 66.9 | 63.0 | 58.9 | 57.2 |
| B | 57.0 | 65.5 | 62,5 | 70.5 | 64.6 | 68.0 | 73.0 | 78.8 | 78.8 | 72.0 | 64.8 | 65.7 |
| C | 49.5 | 51,5 | 56.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 58.5 | 62.2 | 62.5 | 72.0 | 58.5 | 50.0 | 52.0 |
| 1886. | ||||||||||||
| A | 55.0 | 59.6 | 53.1 | 55.7 | 60.5 | 62.0 | 66.3 | 68.2 | 63.8 | 58.3 | 56.3 | 55.8 |
| B | 73.5 | 70.0 | 59.5 | 61.5 | 65.5 | 67.5 | 72.0 | 72.0 | 68.3 | 62.5 | 66.2 | 65.8 |
| C | 47.5 | 45.0 | 46.2 | 50.5 | 54.0 | 58.5 | 63.3 | 63.2 | 57.0 | 51.7 | 49.8 | 49.5 |
| 1887. | ||||||||||||
| A | 54.67 | 50.4 | 57.0 | 58.43 | 60.0 | 63.7 | 64.6 | 64.8 | 66.0 | 65.0 | 58.9 | 52.8 |
| B | 63.5 | 61.1 | 64.8 | 66.8 | 67.0 | 79.0 | 71.3 | 69.7 | 70.5 | 74.0 | 65.3 | 59.6 |
| C | 49.0 | 45.3 | 52.0 | 51.0 | 53.3 | 59.0 | 60.9 | 62.0 | 61.5 | 59.3 | 47.5 | 49.0 |
| 1888. | ||||||||||||
| A | 49.0 | 53.8 | 53.0 | 59.9 | 57.6 | 64.4 | 67.0 | 66.3 | 67.9 | 63.5 | 59 8 | .56.5 |
| B | 58.7 | 57.5 | 60.5 | 75.0 | 64.5 | 69.0 | 72.0 | 72.0 | 76.2 | 76.9 | 61.3 | 63.0 |
| C | 41.0 | 49.0 | 46.0 | 53.0 | 51.7 | 59.5 | 63.0 | 63.5 | 63.2 | 59.0 | 54.5 | 52.0 |
| 1889. | ||||||||||||
| A | 53.0 | 55.4 | 58.0 | 59.9 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 64.2 | 67.3 | 68.8 | 63.9 | 59.6 | 54.4 |
| B | 58.0 | 65.0 | 67.0 | 72.7 | 68.5 | 65.7 | 84.0 | 77.0 | 78.0 | 70.3 | 65.7 | 60.7 |
| C | 48.8 | 45.5 | 52.5 | 52.7 | 54.5 | 58.5 | 61.0 | 63.0 | 62.0 | 60.0 | 54.5 | 50.0 |
| D | 0.29 | 1.29 | 7.31 | 0.49 | 0.76 | 0.13 | ... | ... | ... | 8.69 | 3.21 | 10.64 |