At Eola, near Salem, about forty miles north of this, the figures differ slightly, as will be seen from the following table. But this is an average of the seven years, from 1871 to 1878: MONTHS. Number of Snowy days. Rainfall, rainy days. in inches. January 14·6 1·8 5·1 February 14·4 ·6 5·7 March 17·4 ·6 6·1 April 11·5 ·28 3·1 May 9·5 0 2·0 June 5· 0 1·2 July 1·8 0 ·24 August 2·1 0 ·14 September 3·4 0 ·78 October 7·4 0 2·93 November 12·2 ·58 5·56 December 12·5 1 5·13 [Sidenote: _TEMPERATURE._] The next question is as to temperature. The following figures speak for themselves--the highest and lowest temperature in each month, and the monthly range, reported by the United States Signal-Service Station, Portland, Oregon: Legend: H = Highest L = Lowest R = Range 1874. 1875. 1876. MONTHS. H L R H L R H L R January 56° 26° 30° 53° 3° 50° 58° 20° 38° February 60 31 29 54 24 30 59 32 27 March 65 33 32 55 34 21 59 33 26 April 77 37 40 83 28 55 67 33 34 May 83 43 40 75 40 35 82 36 46 June 82 45 37 82 39 43 99 45 54 July 88 49 39 95·5 46 49·5 90 49 41 August 84 46 38 88 46 42 84 43 51 September 88·5 42 46 86 44 42 90 44 46 October 77 32 45 78 36 42 79 42 37 November 63 27 36 63 28 35 63 34 29 December 57 31 26 63 33 30 56 24 32 For comparison's sake we give a similar table for 1878, 1879, and 1880, kept at the Corvallis Agricultural College: Legend: H = Highest L = Lowest R = Range 1878. 1879. 1880. MONTHS. H L R H L R H L R