254 Mean Temperature of twenty-seven different places 



The following table shows the quantity of rain and snow 

 which fell in the state of New York in 1828. 



In 1826 the mean quantity of rain which fell at the nine places 

 where observations were made was • 36.34 



In 1828 the mean quantity of rain v/hich fell at the 



twenty-five places in the table was - - 36.74 



Mean, 36.54 



So that we may regard the mean quantity of rain which falls 

 in the State of New York as very accurately established. The 

 result corresponds pretty well with the theoretical quantity cal- 

 culated in the article Hygrometry in the Edinburgh Encyclo- 

 paedia for a latitude corresponding to the mean latitude of the 

 State of New York. 



The following table contains some interesting miscellaneous 

 observations. 



