1874 San Diego City Directory
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CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
Diego, thus expressed his opinion with regard to the climate, at a public meeting:
"There is one advantage that I, as a scientific man, may lay more stress upon than is necessary; but I hardly think it possible. It is the question of latitude. You are here upon the thirty-second parallel, beyond the reach of the severe winters of the higher latitudes. This is your capital, and it is worth millions to you."
A Herald of Health of a year ago contains an article entitled "California as a Residence for Invalids," from the graceful pen of C. M. Plumb, a gentleman of culture and extensive travel.
The summing up of his essay, in which he gives San Diego the preference to all other places as a health resort, is so truthful and suggestive that it is worthy of a place here. He says:
"A Dry, Healthful Atmosphere. — San Diego has ten inches less rain-fall than Marseilles, fourteen less than Genoa, thirty-three less than New York. Although upon the coast, the relative moisture in the atmosphere is small, and the occasional fogs are dry, like those of Newport.
"An Equal Temperature. — The sudden changes so common elsewhere, and so trying to sensitive organizations, are here absolutely unknown. The record of an entire month, June, has given a range of only twelve degrees. Between the mean of January and July, there is at San Diego a range of twenty-one degrees, at Mentone thirty-three, Marseilles thirty-two, and New York forty-two degrees.
"Absence of Extremes. — Neither winter's cold nor summer's heat prevail in this peerless clime. The entire range of the thermometer is but fifty degrees; from thirty-eight to eighty-eight; instead of a variation of one hundred and fourteen degrees, as in New York. A similar degree of heat is also far less oppressively felt than at the Fast.
"Salubrious Sea-breezes. — South of Point Conception, the winds of the Pacific are mild and genial. They prevail from nine in the morning to four in the evening, rendering the air delightfully cool.
"Freedom from Damp Fogs and Chilly Winds. — The cold,
