Early Rains in California

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 5, 1882

Early Rains in California.

THE rainfall Sept. 16 was quite heavy in some places, and the area covered by the rain was quite large. Early on the morning of the 30th it commenced to rain again, and during that day and Oct. 1 the fall was considerable, especially for this season of the year. This is the first time within our knowledge of California that it rained twice in September. Of course this is no proof that we shall not have a pleasant fall. We had two weeks of splendid weather since the other rain.

The papers state that the Indians in Butte County are predicting a wet winter, and are already making preparations to guard against the heavy floods. We never knew Californians to frown at the idea of a wet winter.