. The city and county of Los Angeles in southern California . es: Max. Min. January 76 34 February 79 36 March 82 38 April 87 42 May 90 44 June 92 48 July 93 52 August 95 53 September 97 49 October 90 44 November 86 39 December 80 36 The lowest temperature recordedduring this entire period was 28degrees, and during the entire per-iod of twenty years there were onlysix months in which the temperaturefell below the freezing point. Evenon these occasions this temperaturewas maintained for only a limitedtime, generally in the early morn-ing. In considering the summer tem-perature, it should be rem
. The city and county of Los Angeles in southern California . es: Max. Min. January 76 34 February 79 36 March 82 38 April 87 42 May 90 44 June 92 48 July 93 52 August 95 53 September 97 49 October 90 44 November 86 39 December 80 36 The lowest temperature recordedduring this entire period was 28degrees, and during the entire per-iod of twenty years there were onlysix months in which the temperaturefell below the freezing point. Evenon these occasions this temperaturewas maintained for only a limitedtime, generally in the early morn-ing. In considering the summer tem-perature, it should be rememberedthat the climate of Southern Cali-fornia is so free from moisturethat, as stated, a temperature of100 degrees here is far more com-fortable than one of 80 degrees onthe Atlantic coast. This is provenby the fact that farm laborers con-tinue to work in the open fieldsduring the hottest periods, whilesunstroke is unknown. On rare occasions during thewinter months, there are here andthere light frosts, but never suffi-cient to damage mature semi-trop- 30. WOMENS CLUB HOUSE, LOS ANGELES ical trees. In the lower places, nursery stock of delicate trees andyoung growths are occasionally frosted, and such plants as thecalla lily and banana are nipped. Again there are belts where peas,beans, tomatoes and other vegetables grow all through the winter,while, throughout the length and breadth of Los Angeles county, theheliotrope, geranium and jasmine blossoms shed their perfume fromthousands of gardens in mid-winter. The constant suction of theprevailing winds from the ocean during the day and to the oceanat night, prevents the possibility of malarial conditions. In short,the climate of Los Angeles county is one that leaves a person entirelyuntrammeled, free to work or play in the open air almost every dayin the year, without having to give a thought to the weather. In California of the South, Dr. Walter Lindle\ writes as fol-lows in regard to the influence of this climate upon invali
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