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<br />~ <br /> <br />OD2351 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the Division of Water Resources, as referee in the Raymond Basin <br />Case which involved an area of less than 40 square miles utilized <br />records from about 140 stations. In state Water Resources Board <br />Bulletin No.1, published in 1951, records from a statewide <br />total of 1952 stations were utilized. A little more than half <br />of these stations were in the South Coastal area which comprises <br />about 11,000 square miles or about seven percent of the area of <br />California. Stations in the valley and mesa portions of the <br />Central Valley area averaged about one per 85 square miles; in <br />the mountains and foothills surrounding the valley, about one <br />por 160 square miles. In the North Coastal Area, most of which <br />is mountainous, the coverage averaged one station per 185 square <br />miles. In the desert area lying east of the mountains, exclud- <br />in3 Owens Valley where there was good coverage, there were only <br />about 50 stations poorly distributed over an area of roughly <br />40,000 square miles. <br />Following organization of the Department of Water <br />Resources in 1954, a meteorology unit was established. A staff <br />of about 20 is now devoting full time to this work. The first <br />aim of the program has been the preparation of an up-to-date <br />index of all climatological records in the State. To date, <br />3000 stations have been indexed with more to come. Of the some <br />1900 of these which are presently active, about 900 are in the <br />Weather Bureau Network. Wide distribution of the index is <br />contemplated. <br />The second objective of the program is the preparation <br />of monthly summaries of precipitation. These have been compiled <br />for the complete period of record at about 2100 stations, togethep <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />~;,,;~ <br />