In San Diego 8.76" was recorded (annual average 10.77") and estimates of 35" accumulated in the Los Angeles area (annual average 15.14"). Sacramento recorded 23.68" during the two-month period of December-January (annual average is 19.87"). San Francisco's normal annual rainfall is 22.28". total being 33.90") and February produced another 7.53". An additional 1.35" fell the last of week of January (the calendar month of January total being 24.36" and the Dec.-Jan. Between then and January 22 an amazing 29.28" of rain was recorded in the city. The first half of December brought an additional 3.27" and then the rains began in earnest on December 23. By the end of November, 4.10" of rain had fallen, well above the average of 3.20". The first rain of the 1861-1862 season occurred on November 10th according to San Francisco records. San Francisco was far and away the largest city in the state accounting for about 50,000 of the 380,000 state residents. In 1861 there was no formal weather service in existence, just a handful of individuals who kept data in such places as San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, and Los Angeles (a small village at that time). There are 38 million residents in the state now. In 1860 the population of California was 380,000 according to the official U.S.
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