'.^0 Eighth Annuai> Keport of the 



various sections of the State were as follows: The Western 

 plateau, 23.2 degrees; the Eastern plateau, 19.8 degrees; the 

 Northern plateau, 14.7 degrees; the Atlantic coast, 27.2 degrees; 

 the Hudson valley, 21.1 degrees; the Mohawk valley, 20.6 de- 

 grees; the Champlain valley, 16.0 degrees; the St. Lawrence 

 valley, 13.4 degrees; the Great Lake region, 23.1 degrees; the 



Central Lake region, 22.9 degrees. The average of the mean 



temperatures at twenty-seven stations possessing records for pre- 

 vious years was 2.7 degrees below the normal value; deficiencies 

 occurring at all stations excepting Angelica, Buffalo, Humphrey 

 and Waverly. The deficiency of temperature was greatest in 

 eastern and northern New York. 



The mean relative humidity for the State was 79 per cent. The 

 mean dew point was 18 degrees. 



The average precipitation was 1.85 inches, as derived from 

 the records of eighty-nine stations. The greatest general pre- 

 cipitation ranged from 2 to 4 inches in western New York and 

 the western Adirondacks; the least being under one inch along 

 the eastern border of the State. The maximum local amount was 



4.42 inches at Turin, and the least was 0.75 inches at Easton. 



A list of the heaviest rates of precipitation will be found in the 

 table of meteorological data. A moderate and quite general 

 snowfall occurred on the 7th, 9th and 15th, and heavy rain, turn- 

 ing to snow, occurred on the 24th, the maximum amounts falling 



in western New York and on the coast. The average snow- 



fall for the imitate was 12.2 inches, as derived from the reports 

 of sixty-one well-distributed stations. The total amount was 

 about 12 inches over the Eastern and Western plateaus, 20 inches 

 on the Northern platea j, 8 inches in the Hudson valley, 15 inches 

 in the St. Lawrence valley and Great Lake region, and 10 inches 



