Excerpt from California High Water: 1974-1975 The weather for California during the winter of 1974-75 occurred in two distinct segments. The first was generally characterized by a high-pressure ridge along the Pacific coast from October 1974 through January 1975 that resulted in subnormal precipitation for most of the State (figure The second part of the winter was characterized by an upper-level trough over the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean which brought above-normal precipitation for February and March, 1975. These two wet months more than compensated for the previous dry ones in many areas of the State and brought the seasonal total precipitation up to and above normal (figure More detailed descriptions of seasonal precipitation are presented in the Department's Bulletin No. 120-75; Water Conditions in California, Reports Nos. 1 through 4. Table 1 presents the rainfall amounts accumulated in each period at selected stations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.