Monterey County CA Archives History - Books .....Chapter XIX The Climate Of Monterey - The Dry, Cool Air 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com September 16, 2006, 5:06 pm Book Title: Memorial And Biographical History Of The Coast Counties Of Central California. CHAPTER XIX. THE CLIMATE OF MONTEREY-THE DRY, COOL AIR. COLD, with moisture, leads to pulmonary diseases; heat, with moisture, leads to malarial fevers; and pulmonary and malarial affections are two of the main classes of mortal diseases. From both of these, Monterey is comparatively free. The deaths for each one thousand inhabitants in several cities of the United States are as follows: COMPARATIVE DEATH RATES. New Orleans 37 New York 29 Baltimore 27 Philadelphia 25 Chicago 24 San Francisco 21 St. Louis 21 Los Angeles 13 San Diego 13 Monterey 10 The healthfulness of Monterey is simply unquestionable, and is second to no place in the world. MEAN SUMMER AND WINTER TEMPERATURES. Observations kept by priests and army officers for more than a century have shown that in some years the mean of summer and winter temperatures have ranged from 6° to 13° apart, and many years only 9° and 10°. The following carefully prepared table presents the mean temperature of Monterey compared with that of several other health resorts throughout the world. PLACE. JAN. JULY DIFF. LATITUDE degs. degs. degs. degs. min. Monterey, California, 52 58 6 36 33 San Francisco, " 49 57 8 37 48 Los Angeles, " 55 67 12 34 04 Santa Barbara " 56 66 10 34 24 San Diego " 57 65 8 32 41 Santa Monica " 45 65 7 34 00 Sacramento " 45 73 28 38 34 Stockton " 49 72 23 37 56 Vallejo " 48 67 19 38 05 Fort Yuma " 56 92 36 32 43 Cincinnati 30 74 44 39 06 New York 31 77 46 40 37 New Orleans 55 82 27 29 57 Naples 46 76 30 40 52 Honolulu 71 77 6 21 16 Funchal 60 70 10 32 38 Mentone 40 73 33 43 71 Genoa 46 77 31 44 24 City of Mexico 52 63 11 19 26 Jacksonville, Florida 58 80 22 30 50 St. Augustine 59 77 18 30 05 It will be seen by this table that the bay of Monterey has but one rival (Honolulu), in equability of temperature. It must be understood, however, that there is a great deal of hot, disagreeable weather on the Sandwich Islands, and a multiplicity of drawbacks which Monterey does not possess. There are seldom any high, cold winds at and around Monterey, and never any hot ones. There is more or less foggy weather in the spring months, as there is all along the coast, and occasionally foggy mornings in the summer. The latter, however, are really agreeable, as they infuse new life and freshness into tree, and shrub, and flower, and are not detrimental in their influences upon human beings at that season of the year. The following table shows the winter temperature for 1884 '-85 '-86: December, 1884 52°01 January, 1884 49°51 February, 1884 50°60 December, 1885 54°29 January, 1885 49°90 February, 1885 52°46 December, 1886 51°70 January, 1886 52°10 February, 1886 54°70 During the warm season or summer months, from May to October, the mercury seldom rises to 65°, as the heat from the valleys and mountain sides is tempered by cooling winds from the ocean between meridian and sunset, and by breezes from the mountain gaps during the night. During what may be termed the winter months 50° will mark, on an average, the mean temperature, and water is seldom congealed. What is generally known as the rainy season commences in November, and lasts three or four months. Many people who have never visited California erroneously imagine that during the "wet season" rain never ceases to descend. This popular error is corrected by glancing at weather tables, which show that during the wet season in California there is not only less rain, but more fair and beautiful days than in that portion of the United States between the Mississippi river and the Atlantic ocean during the same time. The following table represents the average annual rainfall in inches in Mentone St. Paul, St. Augustine (Florida), and also in San Diego, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Monterey; San Diego 10 inches Santa Barbara 15 " St. Augustine 55 " St. Paul 30 " Mentone 23 " Los Angeles 18 " Monterey 11 " MONTEREY'S EQUABLE TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. The following carefully prepared table presents the maximum, minimum and mean temperature of Monterey, from meteorological observations, taken at Hotel del Monte, from January, 1882, to December, 1886: Mean Temperature Temperature Range Rainfall 7AM 2PM 9PM | Max Min Mean | 1882 January 40.32 54.58 45.64 | 57 38 46.75 | 1.50 February 44.10 54.25 46.71 | 58 41 51.52 | 2.52 March 51.29 60.48 51.35 | 60 49 54.29 | 5.64 April 53.66 61.33 52.66 | 63 52 57.78 | 1.57 May 57.58 65.74 57.58 | 66 55 60.51 | June 59.97 68.63 60.73 | 67 60 63.24 | July 61.96 69.16 63.00 | 68 62 65.38 | August 60.41 73.41 61.16 | 69 60 63.82 | September 59.60 66.96 59.33 | 73 60 63.26 | 0.22 October 55.41 65.22 55.29 | 64 52 58.64 | 1.67 November 48.90 59.38 49.03 | 61 46 52.58 | 1.02 December 46.74 61.74 50.92 | 58 46 53.13 | 0.86 1883 January 39.67 59.00 46.16 | 70 27 48.27 | 2.60 February 42.17 60.75 49.50 | 82 29 50.80 | 2.22 March 51.29 62.58 54.25 | 84 43 56.04 | 5.68 April 54.36 62.80 53.33 | 68 46 56.83 | 1.42 May 56.80 66.54 56.64 | 87 50 59.99 | 1.32 June 59.76 70.06 59.96 | 87 56 63.26 | 0.10 July 59.64 69.64 59.80 | 84 55 63.03 | August 56.74 67.83 58.70 | 75 50 61.09 | September 57.56 70.36 61.06 | 85 48 62.99 | 0.19 October 49.93 63.54 54.48 | 73 37 55.98 | 0.71 November 44.36 59.60 50.20 | 71 32 51.38 | 0.39 December 42.67 60.67 49.09 | 73 33 50.81 | 1.16 1884 January 41.71 57.29 49.54 | 64 31 49.51 | 2.60 February 43.34 59.48 49.00 | 74 28 50.60 | 5.34 March 49.67 60.29 53.58 | 70 40 54.51 | 6.08 April 53.53 62.46 54.86 | 71 45 56.95 | 3.75 May 55.70 65.35 58.00 | 78 50 59.68 | 0.36 June 58.16 55.33 59.90 | 69 56 61.13 | 1.80 July 56.65 67.23 59.16 | 76 53 61.01 | August 55.35 68.19 59.77 | 77 50 61.11 | 0.07 September 52.50 65.00 55.06 | 77 44 57.52 | 0.03 October 49.03 61.29 52.80 | 77 40 54.39 | 1.81 November 45.26 61.43 50.00 | 71 40 52.23 | 0.30 December 45.29 60.23 50.51 | 68 30 52.01 | 5.33 1885 January 43.42 58.74 47.55 | 65 35 49.90 | 1.22 February 45.93 61.29 50.18 | 68 35 52.46 | 0.09 March 49.09 64.51 54.22 | 81 41 55.95 | 0.40 April 54.73 64.93 55.63 | 76 43 58.43 | 1.70 May 55.48 66.09 56.48 | 77 52 59.35 | 0.20 June 56.27 64.90 57.03 | 69 52 59.40 | 0.03 July 58.65 68.61 60.20 | 75 54 62.50 | August 56.29 66.68 58.00 | 76 53 60.31 | September 53.03 66 50 57.77 | 72 44 59.10 | October 51.71 66.94 55.74 | 72 41 58.13 | November 51.37 62.96 55.23 | 74 38 56.52 | 6.65 December 45.55 63.39 53.94 | 73 35 54.29 | 1.73 1886 January 44.87 60.30 51.20 | 70 30 52.10 | 3 09 February 46.70 64.10 53.40 | 75 39 54.70 | 1.14 March 45.40 60.90 50.00 | 72 33 52.10 | 2.52 April 51.20 63.20 53.80 | 70 42 56.10 | 3.39 May 56.50 66.50 56.70 | 72 50 59.90 | 0.08 June 56.70 65.90 57.00 | 78 51 59.90 | July 57.70 67.00 57.80 | 76 55 60.80 | August 55.60 67.70 57.00 | 79 54 60.12 | September 54.00 66.70 56.20 | 79 47 58.90 | October 47.40 64.60 51.60 | 72 38 54.55 | 0.70 November 41.20 63.10 4S.30 | 71 32 50.90 | 0.78 December 46.80 59.80 48.50 | 70 36 51.70 | 0.60 The following table presents the maximum, minimum and mean temperature of Monterey, from meteorological observations taken at Hotel del Monte, from January, 1888, to December, 1891: 1888 January 43.60 56.50 48.9 | 63 20 49.70| 3.95 February 50.20 61.60 52.5 | 72 43 54.80| 1.09 March 50.60 59.80 53.3 | 66 43 54.60| 3.29 April 52.70 64.60 55.3 | 77 47 57.50| 0.23 May 56.20 65.20 58.7 | 72 52 60.00| 0.81 June 60.90 71.40 62.1 | 78 58 64.87| July 60.30 71.00 62.6 | 90 58 62.52| August 57.80 69.20 62.3 | 75 56 63.10| September 57.90 68.80 60.9 | 74 54 62.50| 0.65 October 53 70 67.80 57 | 75 44 59.50| November 51.00 64.30 56.5 | 71 31 57.30| 1.76 December 49.00 62.80 53.7 | 70 40 55.20| 2.76 1889 January 40.90 62.40 46.00 | 70 29 48.14 | 0.81 February 44.82 63.18 51.79 | 73 32 53.30 | 0.94 March 53.30 65.50 57.30 | 79 45 58.70 | 3.58 April 56.70 66.60 58.50 | 70 52 60.60 | 1.15 May 56.60 64.40 59.00 | 68 50 60.00 | 1.22 June 61.80 71.80 62.80 | 98 54 65.50 | July 64.30 73.50 63.90 | 78 60 67.20 | August 58.00 74.30 55.20 | 78 50 62.50 | September 57.40 70.70 59.60 | 83 48 62.60 | October 56.70 68.30 59.80 | 85 50 61.60 | 4.28 November 51.00 66.00 56.40 | 75 44 57.80 | 1.62 December 49.30 57.90 51.70 | 64 35 53.00 | 1.54 1890 January 42.60 53.50 46.70 | 62 29 47.60 | 7.67 February 42.10 56.70 47.70 | 68 28 48.70 | 2.67 March 47.50 60.90 51.70 | 70 35 53.40 | 0.83 April 49.80 62.20 52.10 | 80 42 54.70 | 0.34 May 57.80 68.10 56.10 | 80 47 59.70 | 0.37 June 55.00 68.20 55.30 | 80 48 59.50 | July 55.50 69.00 56.00 | 84 50 60.20 | August 57.90 70.30 56.30 | 82 49 61.51 | September 55.00 86.80 75.59 | 82 47 59.50 | 0.10 October 48.50 69.60 54.60 | 87 38 57.60 | November 44.30 68.50 53.40 | 79 37 55.40 | 1.32 December 45.30 63.20 50.70 | 69 35 53.10 | 2.66 1891 January 44.40 59.70 50.50 | 71 30 51.50 | 1.06 February 45.96 60.35 50.82 | 65 32 52.30 | 3.68 March 51.80 63.00 54.20 | 67 43 56.30 | 0.95 April 52.90 63.30 56.70 | 70 40 65.00 | 2.36 May 56.50 65.50 61.00 | 76 50 60.10 | 0.09 June 59.10 75.20 62.20 | 96 49 65.50 | 0.08 July 55.30 71.40 57.70 | 86 52 61.40 | August 57.70 73.90 58.50 | 90 52 63.40 | September 58.40 73.90 63.30 | 82 50 65.20 | 0.11 October 52.40 68.10 57.80 | 81 40 59.40 | 0.02 November 46.00 66.70 50.70 | 75 40 54.50 | 0.19 December 38.00 56.00 45.50 | 63 26 48.00 | 4.72 Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/monterey/history/1893/memorial/chapterx430nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 14.6 Kb