TABLES OF TEMPERATURE IN AMERICA.

From the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge: Tables, Distribution and Variations of the Atmospheric Temperature in the United States; edited by C. A. Schott, Washing. ton, 1876.

1.-THE UNITED STATES.

NOTE. The last column indicates the number of years covered by the observations. The temperatures are by the standard of Fahrenheit's thermometer.

The figures in the second column indicate the elevation above the sea-level of each place named in the table.

9 0

2 5

573 51.05

54.38 71.40 54.65 36.66 54.27 7 10 73.30 53.79 29.65 51.95 3

3 0

RAINFALL IN THE UNITED STATES.

These figures of the average Annual Rainfall at the places named are from "Tables of the Precipitation of Rain and Snow in the United States," by C. A. Schott, published by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

Inches.

Inches.

Inches.

Baltimore

41.10 Fort Marcy, N. Mex..16.65 New Bedford, Mass..41.42 Baton Rouge, La.....60.16 Ft.Massachusetts, Col.17.06 New Haven, Conn.. .44.43 Boston.... .44.99 Fort Myers, Fla.. 56.55 New Orleans, La.. .33.84 Fort Randall, Dak....16.51 New York.. 34.15 Fort Smith, Ark......40.36 44.68 Fort Snelling, Minn..25.11 Peoria, Ill... .43.63 Ft.Towson, Ind. Ter..57.08 Philadelphia.. ..37.61 Ft Vancouver, Wash.T.38.84 | Pittsburgh, Pa.

..51.05

.43.24

Penn Yan, N. Y.

28.42

35.83

.44.05

.37.09

43.40 Richmond, Ind.

43.32

Buffalo, N. Y..
Burlington, Vt...
Brunswick, Me.
Charleston, S. C.
Cleveland, Ohio.

Cincinnati..
Dalles, Or..

.44.87 Fortress Monroe .....47.04 Providence, R. I......41.54
.21.74 Gaston, N. C.
..30.05 Hanover, N. H. 40.32 Sacramento, Cal.. .19.56
Huntsville, Ala.. ..54 88 Salt Lake, Utah. 23.85
Key West, Fla.. ..36.23 San Francisco, Ca....21.69
Macinac, Mich. .23.96 San Diego, Cal....... 9.16
Marietta, Ohio .42.70 Savannah, Ga... ....48.32
Meadow Valley, Cal..57.03 Sitka, Alaska..........
Memphis, Tenn......45.46 Springdale, Ky....
Milwaukee, Wis ..30.40 St. Louis, Mo..
Muscatine, Iowa.... .42.88 Washington, Ark.

....

Detroit, Mich....
Fort Bliss, Tex... 9.56
Fort Bridger, Utah... 6.12
Fort Brown, Tex.....33.44
Ft. Colville, Wash. T. 9.83
Fort Craig, N. Mex...11.67
Fort Defiance, Ariz...14.21
Fort Garland, Col.... 6.11
Ft. Gibson, Indian Ter.36.37
Fort Hoskins, Or.....66.71 Mt. Vernon Ars'l, Ala.66.14 Washington, D. C....37.52
Fort Kearney, Neb...25.25 Natchez, Miss........53.55 WhiteSulp. Spring, Va.37.54
Fort Laramie, Wy....15.16 Neah Bay, Wash.Ter.123.35

Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.31.74 Newark, N. J.... ...44.85

..83.39

.48.59

.42.18

..54.50

Average Annual Rainfall in Some Other Parts of America.

Aberdeen, Scotland.. 28.87 Cork, Ireland.... ... 40.02 Marseilles, France ..
Armagh, Ireland.... 36.12 Copenhagen, Den... 18.35 Milan, Italy..
Bath, England
Bergen, Norway. 88 61 Geneva, Switzerland. 31.07 Paris.
Berlin, Prussia...... 23.56 Glasgow, Scotland... 21.33 Prague, Austria. 14.01
Limerick, Ireland...
... 35.00 Rome.
30.86

....

Bordeaux, France... 34.00 Borrowdale, Eng....141.54 Lisbon, Portugal.... 27.01 Stockholm, Sweden.. 20.04 Brussels, Belgium... 28.06 Liverpool.. 34.05 St. Petersburg.. 17.03 Cambridge, England. 24.09 London.. 24.01 Truro, England..... 44.00

Cracow, Austria

13.03 Manchester, Eng.... 36.02 York, England.... 23.00

Coimbra, Portugal..118.08 Mannheim, Ger.... 22.47