Of the Weather Bureau at Seattle.
The following tables represent averages of observations, covering ten
years or more. The stations included in the list are so distributed
as to indicate the climatic conditions in every portion of the
state.
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON.
STATION: ABERDEEN.
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| | | | |_Number of_|
| | | _Precip-_| | _days--_|
| _Temperature_ | | _itation_| |-----------|
| _in degrees_ | | _in_ | | _With Pre-_
MONTH. | _Fahrenheit_ | | _inches._| | _cipitation_
| | | | | Cloudy |
|-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |_Prevailing_
|Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |_direction_
|---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | _of the_
|Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | _wind_
----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
January |39.9| 61| 1900| 10|1893| |10.56| 4.8| | 3|13|15|19| W
February |40.6| 73| 1905| 13|1899| |10.43| 3.5| | 3|11|14|20| SW
March |43.7| 82| 1905| 22|1896| | 7.89| 1.6| | 5|19| 7|20| W
April |48.2| 88| 1905| 28|1899| | 7.66| T| | 6|16| 8|17| W
May |53.0| 91| 1897| 29|1901| | 4.58| 0| | 6|17| 8|15| W
June |56.8|100| 1903| 34|1901| | 3.72| 0| | 6|15| 9|13| W
July |60.8|105| 1891| 37|1901| | 1.02| 0| | 9|17| 5| 7| W
August |62.1| 96| 1898| 40|1902| | 1.06| 0| |11|17| 3| 5| W
September |57.5| 88| 1894| 30|1901| | 4.98| 0| | 9|15| 6| 9| W
October |52.3| 85| 1891| 29|1893| | 6.71| 0| | 6|14|10|14| W
November |45.1| 73| 1904| 22|1900| |15.28| 0.5| | 2|10|18|22| W
December |40.9| 60| 1892| 20|1901| |14.66| 0.5| | 4|11|16|20| SW & W
|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
Sums | | | | | | |88.55|10.9| | 6|14|10|15|
Means or\|50.0|105|July,| 10|Jan.| | | | | | | | |
Extremes/| | |1891 | |1893| | | | | | | | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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PUGET SOUND DISTRICT.
STATION: TACOMA AND ASHFORD.
========================================================================
| | | | |_Number of_|
| | | _Precip-_| | _days--_|
| _Temperature_ | | _itation_| |-----------|
| _in degrees_ | | _in_ | | _With Pre-_
MONTH. | _Fahrenheit_ | | _inches._| | _cipitation_
| | | | | Cloudy |
|-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |_Prevailing_
|Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |_direction_
|---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | _of the_
|Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | _wind_
----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
January |38.0| 64| 1891| 0|1888| | 7.20|11.0| | 4| 6|21|20| SW
February |38.9| 66| 1905| 5|1887| | 6.68|12.4| | 4| 7|18|17| SW
March |44.4| 74| 1900| 16|1897| | 4.82| 8.0| | 6| 8|17|18| SW
April |48.9| 84| 1897| 28|1896| | 4.40| 2.8| | 6|12|12|14| SW
May |54.1| 90| 1892| 33|1894| | 4.11| 0.2| | 6|12|13|14| SW
June |58.2| 97| 1903| 39|1895| | 2.62| T| | 8|10|12|11| N
July |62.0| 99| 1891| 42|1894| | 1.20| 0| |15| 9| 7| 6| N
August |61.6| 92| 1898| 40|1895| | 1.28| 0| |15| 8| 8| 5| N
September |56.2| 87| 1894| 36|1902| | 2.74| 0| |12| 8|10|10| N
October |50.6| 82| 1892| 25|1893| | 4.51| 0| | 8| 8|15|12| SW
November |44.2| 70| 1892| 8|1896| | 9.11| 5.2| | 2| 5|23|21| SW
December |40.9| 61| 1900| 19|1894| | 9.55| 4.4| | 4| 7|20|18| SW
|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
Sums | | | | | | |58.22|44.0| | 7| 8|15|14|
Means or\|49.8| 99|July,| 0|Jan.| | | | | | | | |
Extremes/| | |1891 | |1888| | | | | | | | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------
EASTERN WASHINGTON.
STATION: SPOKANE.
========================================================================
| | | | |_Number of_|
| | | _Precip-_| | _days--_|
| _Temperature_ | | _itation_| |-----------|
| _in degrees_ | | _in_ | | _With Pre-_
MONTH. | _Fahrenheit_ | | _inches._| | _cipitation_
| | | | | Cloudy |
|-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |_Prevailing_
|Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |_direction_
|---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | _of the_
|Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | _wind_
----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
January |24.5| 55| 1893|-30|1888| | 2.54| 9.4| | 4| 4|23|14| S
February |28.5| 59| 1896|-23|1890| | 2.02| 8.1| | 4| 7|17|13| E & SW
March |39.7| 72| 1889|-10|1891| | 1.40| 3.0| | 7| 8|16|12| S
April |48.0| 86| 1890| 22|1890| | 1.38| 0.2| | 6|10|14| 9| S & SW
May |57.0| 95| 1897| 29|1905| | 1.39| T| | 6|10|15|10| S
June |62.4| 96| 1896| 34|1891| | 1.67| T| | 9|12|10| 9| SW
July |69.0|102| 1890| 39|1893| | 0.71| 0| |15| 8| 8| 5| SW
August |69.0|104| 1898| 40|1902| | 0.46| 0| |17| 8| 6| 5| S
September |58.1| 98| 1888| 26|1889| | 1.04| 0| |12| 7|11| 7| NE
October |48.0| 86| 1892| 12|1887| | 1.39| T| | 8| 9|14| 7| NE
November |37.8| 70| 1903|-13|1896| | 1.67| 2.9| | 1| 5|24|15| S
December |31.3| 57| 1886|-18|1884| | 2.56| 4.9| | 3| 4|24|13| SW
|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
Sums | | | | | | |18.23|29.4| | 7| 8|15|10|
Means or\|47.8|104|Aug. |-30|Jan.| | | | | | | | |
Extremes/| | |1898 | |1888| | | | | | | | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON.
STATION: WALLA WALLA.
========================================================================
| | | | |_Number of_|
| | | _Precip-_| | _days--_|
| _Temperature_ | | _itation_| |-----------|
| _in degrees_ | | _in_ | | _With Pre-_
MONTH. | _Fahrenheit_ | | _inches._| | _cipitation_
| | | | | Cloudy |
|-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |_Prevailing_
|Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |_direction_
|---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | _of the_
|Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | _wind_
----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
January |32.6| 67| 1902|-17|1888| | 2.17| 6.1| | 3|11|17|12| S
February |37.0| 69| 1896|-15|1893| | 1.55| 5.1| | 6|13| 9|12| S
March |45.2| 74| 1905| 2|1891| | 1.73| 2.7| | 8|16| 7|13| S
April |52.6| 89| 1890| 29|1890| | 1.76| 2| |10|17| 3| 9| S
May |60.1|100| 1897| 34|1905| | 1.72| 0| |12|16| 3|11| S
June |65.8|105| 1896| 40|1901| | 1.13| 0| |15|14| 1| 8| S
July |73.8|108| 1891| 45|1891| | 0.37| 0| |24| 6| 1| 4| S
August |73.8|113| 1898| 47|1899| | 0.43| 0| |23| 7| 1| 4| S
September |63.6|100| 1888| 36|1900| | 0.97| 0| |17| 9| 4| 7| S
October |54.4| 87| 1904| 24|1887| | 1.50| T| |15|12| 4| 8| S
November |42.8| 76| 1891| -9|1896| | 2.17| 2.0| | 4|13| 3|13| S
December |37.3| 65| 1890| -2|1898| | 2.07| 3.5| | 3|11|17|14| S
|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
Sums | | | | | | |17.58|19.6| |12|12| 6|10|
Means or\|53.2|113|Aug. |-17|Jan.| | | | | | | | |
Extremes/| | |1898 | |1888| | | | | | | | |
------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE IRRIGATED WASHINGTON.
STATION: NORTH YAKIMA, SUNNYSIDE, FT. SIMCOE.
========================================================================
| | | | |_Number of_|
| | | _Precip-_| | _days--_|
| _Temperature_ | | _itation_| |-----------|
| _in degrees_ | | _in_ | | _With Pre-_
MONTH. | _Fahrenheit_ | | _inches._| | _cipitation_
| | | | | Cloudy |
|-----------------------| |----------| | Partly | |_Prevailing_
|Highest | Lowest | | | Snowfall | | Cloudy | |_direction_
|---- |----- | | |----- | Clear | | | _of the_
|Mean| | Date| |Date| |Total| | | | | | | _wind_
----------|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
January |30.4| 62| 1899|-16|1899| | 1.82| 9.2| | 7|13|11| 7| W
February |35.2| 71| 1901|-22|1893| | 1.14| 5.6| | 8|12| 9| 6| W
March |42.5| 78| 1895| 2|1896| | 0.57| 0.4| |12|14| 5| 3| W
April |51.1| 90| 1897| 18|1896| | 0.47| T| |12|13| 5| 3| W
May |59.1|101| 1897| 24|1896| | 0.74| 0| |11|14| 6| 5| W
June |65.4|106| 1896| 30|1901| | 0.32| 0| |15|10| 5| 4| W
July |71.6|112| 1896| 36|1905| | 0.11| 0| |24| 5| 2| 2| W
August |71.1|109| 1897| 35|1895| | 0.21| 0| |19| 9| 3| 3| W
September |61.1| 98| 1896| 24|1891| | 0.44| 0| |17| 8| 5| 4| W
October |51.0| 89| 1891| 13|1893| | 0.50| 0| |15|10| 6| 4| W
November |39.4| 73| 1897|-23|1896| | 1.56| 4.4| | 4|12|14| 9| W
December |32.3| 67| 1898| -8|1895| | 1.47| 6.2| | 7|10|14| 7| SW
|----|---|-----|---|----| |-----|----| |--|--|--|--|----------
Sums | | | | | | | 9.35|25.8| |12|11| 7| 5|
Means or\|50.9|112|July,|-23|Nov.| | | | | | | | |
Extremes/| | |1896 | |1896| | | | | | | | |
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TOTAL ASSESSMENT OF ALL PROPERTY IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AS
EQUALIZED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1908.
==============================================================
| _Total Real and Personal Property,_
|-------------------------------------------------
| | | Ratio | |
| Assessed | |assessed| |
COUNTIES. | value | Actual | to | *Exemp- |
| returned | value. | actual | tions. |
| by county. | | value. | |
------------|------------|--------------|--------|-----------|
Adams | $12,934,270| $32,730,750| $39.51|* $347,380|
Asotin | 3,186,570| 6,346,110| 50.21| 73,600|
Benton | 5,900,630| 13,967,229| 42.24| 201,105|
Chehalis | 14,832,671| 63,320,298| 23.42|* 897,053|
Chelan | 7,510,825| 17,903,363| 41.95| 317,510|
Clallam | 7,045,161| 14,294,907| 49.28| 148,017|
Clarke | 9,548,965| 22,951,958| 41.60|* 552,000|
Columbia | 6,677,175| 12,916,674| 51.69| 164,855|
Cowlitz | 7,506,911| 18,774,621| 39.98|* 258,305|
Douglas | 13,714,378| 32,623,076| 42.03|* 792,735|
Ferry | 1,323,524| 2,205,873| 60.00|* 132,674|
Franklin | 4,029,979| 12,053,842| 33.43|* 121,309|
Garfield | 4,230,446| 9,466,437| 44.68| 123,027|
Island | 1,296,572| 3,706,168| 34.98| 100,545|
Jefferson | 4,566,042| 9,932,771| 45.96| 92,864|
King |*204,852,223| 437,905,564| 46.78| 5,011,716|
Kitsap | 4,145,045| 9,133,183| 45.38|* 271,777|
Kittitas | 8,853,102| 20,145,643| 43.98| 421,605|
Klickitat | 5,869,515| 14,199,834| 41.33| 366,835|
Lewis | 17,959,730| 39,028,152| 46.01| 673,137|
Lincoln | 18,046,865| 44,933,712| 40.16|* 844,061|
Mason | 3,030,375| 10,744,059| 28.20| 97,386|
Okanogan | 3,750,417| 6,540,821| 57.33| 421,615|
Pacific | 7,036,354| 22,947,129| 30.66| 95,700|
Pierce | 76,828,090| 181,499,746| 42.33| 2,903,450|
San Juan | 1,553,856| 3,789,892| 41.00|* 126,818|
Skagit | 10,867,150| 38,346,941| 28.33| 297,600|
Skamania | 4,063,188| 6,375,330| 63.73| 66,300|
Snohomish |* 25,699,461| 54,494,192| 47.16| 1,221,570|
Spokane | 80,038,409| 154,967,786| 51.64| 2,956,265|
Stevens | 6,675,908| 17,811,897| 37.48|* 654,238|
Thurston | 8,325,065| 23,882,038| 34.85| 518,971|
Wahkiakum | 1,668,376| 4,319,197| 38.62| 69,616|
Walla Walla | 19,434,380| 45,866,287| 42.37| 369,000|
Whatcom | 19,853,046| 48,038,017| 41.32|* 1,460,250|
Whitman | 19,098,175| 60,560,413| 31.53| 1,160,290|
Yakima | 23,625,355| 48,428,184| 48.78|* 1,517,390|
|------------|--------------|--------|-----------|
Totals |$675,578,199|$1,567,152,094| $43.11|$25,902,569|
========================================
_Exclusive of Railroad and Telegraph._ |
------------|-------------|------------|
| Aggregate | Aggregate |
|value of tax-| value as |
COUNTIES. |able property| equalized |
| as returned | by state |
| by county. | board. |
------------|-------------|------------|
Adams | $12,586,890| $13,762,846|
Asotin | 3,112,970| 2,662,208|
Benton | 5,699,525| 5,820,167|
Chehalis | 13,935,618| 26,400,327|
Chelan | 7,193,315| 7,400,630|
Clallam | 6,897,144| 6,014,517|
Clarke | 8,996,965| 9,342,589|
Columbia | 6,512,320| 5,403,523|
Cowlitz | 7,248,606| 7,835,434|
Douglas | 12,921,643| 13,271,073|
Ferry | 1,190,850| 818,278|
Franklin | 3,908,670| 5,075,102|
Garfield | 4,107,419| 3,957,954|
Island | 1,196,027| 1,497,184|
Jefferson | 4,473,178| 4,189,154|
King | 199,840,507| 183,769,507|
Kitsap | 3,873,268| 3,665,538|
Kittitas | 8,431,497| 8,263,182|
Klickitat | 5,502,680| 5,754,713|
Lewis | 17,286,593| 16,151,899|
Lincoln | 17,202,804| 18,526,862|
Mason | 2,932,989| 4,534,378|
Okanogan | 3,328,802| 2,398,133|
Pacific | 6,940,654| 9,796,807|
Pierce | 73,924,640| 75,341,091|
San Juan | 1,427,038| 1,507,004|
Skagit | 10,569,550| 16,233,766|
Skamania | 3,996,883| 2,682,105|
Snohomish | 24,477,891| 22,270,886|
Spokane | 77,082,144| 63,850,348|
Stevens | 6,021,670| 7,024,471|
Thurston | 7,806,094| 9,776,576|
Wahkiakum | 1,598,760| 1,792,390|
Walla Walla | 19,065,380| 19,403,957|
Whatcom | 18,392,796| 19,248,939|
Whitman | 17,937,885| 24,947,304|
Yakima | 22,053,965| 19,306,001|
|-------------|------------|
Totals | $649,675,630|$649,696,709|
==================================================================
|_Railroads._| _Electric_ |_Telegraph._| TOTAL. |
| | _Rys._ | | Aggregate |
| Value as | Value as | Value as |value as real|
| corrected, | corrected, | corrected, |and personal |
COUNTIES. |revised and |revised and |revised and | property as |
|equalized by|equalized by|equalized by|equalized by |
|state board.|state board.|state board.|state board. |
------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
Adams | $2,445,703| | $10,499| $16,219,048|
Asotin | | | | 2,662,208|
Benton | 2,595,331| | 5,477| 8,420,975|
Chehalis | 798,828| 165,258| 2,212| 27,366,625|
Chelan | 2,860,892| | 9,058| 10,270,580|
Clallam | | | 4,073| 6,018,590|
Clarke | 891,275| | 87| 10,233,951|
Columbia | 908,202| | 6,775| 6,318,500|
Cowlitz | 1,363,089| | 11,016| 9,209,539|
Douglas | 3,703,546| | 9,650| 16,984,269|
Ferry | 1,359,278| | | 2,177,641|
Franklin | 1,852,025| | 7,975| 6,935,102|
Garfield | 144,067| | 555| 4,102,576|
Island | | | | 1,497,184|
Jefferson | 417,464| | 3,695| 4,610,313|
King | 11,882,802| 7,477,860| 38,645| 203,168,680|
Kitsap | | | 2,325| 3,667,863|
Kittitas | 3,674,706| | 10,194| 11,948,082|
Klickitat | 1,108,683| | | 6,863,396|
Lewis | 2,050,492| | 12,186| 18,214,576|
Lincoln | 4,456,845| | 12,648| 22,996,355|
Mason | 7,791| | | 4,542,169|
Okanogan | 834,844| | | 3,232,977|
Pacific | 418,310| | 1,438| 10,216,555|
Pierce | 4,589,415| 1,900,370| 22,077| 81,852,953|
San Juan | | | | 1,507,004|
Skagit | 2,177,605| | 7,518| 18,418,889|
Skamania | 332,926| | | 3,015,031|
Snohomish | 8,064,368| 910,195| 18,950| 31,264,399|
Spokane | 8,402,563| 2,131,611| 31,075| 74,415,597|
Stevens | 1,994,897| | 6,353| 9,025,721|
Thurston | 1,561,390| 76,530| 10,096| 11,424,592|
Wahkiakum | | | | 1,792,390|
Walla Walla | 3,797,744| 131,082| 14,574| 23,347,357|
Whatcom | 3,372,306| 630,373| 7,457| 23,259,075|
Whitman | 3,296,322| 528,248| 19,897| 28,791,771|
Yakima | 3,278,556| 10,000| 6,852| 22,601,409|
|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
Totals | $84,642,349| $13,961,527| $293,357| $748,593,942|
*Exception includes the amount returned by these counties under
the item "Moneys on hand" allowed by the Board.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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