Meteorological vSummary for March, 1896 



The average atmospheric pressure (reduced to sea-level and 32 

 degrees Fahr.) for the State of New York during March was 

 30.02 inches. The highest barometer was 30.71 inches at Friend- 

 ship on the 24th, and the lowest was 29.12 inches at New York 

 city on the 11th, this being the lowest pressure for the month 

 Oi March reported to this Bureau since its establishment in 1889. 

 The average pressure at six stations of the National Bureau was 

 about normal, the pressure in the western portion being gen- 

 erally in excess, and deficient in the eastern section. 



The mean temperature of the State, as derived from the 

 records of 72 stations, was 24.9 degrees, which is the lowest 

 March value during the period covered by the operations of this 

 service, and the lowest recorded, at stations having a longer 

 record, since 1885, in which year the average of the March means 

 was about four degrees lower than that of March this year. The 

 highest local monthly mean was 33.6 degrees at Brooklj'u, and 

 the lowest was 17.7 degrees at Saranac Lake. The highest gen- 

 eral daily mean was 43 degrees on the 30th, and the lowest was 

 12 degrees on the 13th. The maximum temperature reported 

 was 77 degrees at Jamestown on the 29th, and the minimum was 

 20 degrees below zero at Canton on the 24th, The mean monthly 

 range of temperature was 59 degrees, the greatest range, 77 de- 

 grees, occurring at Jamestown, and the least, 45 degrees, at 

 Setauket. The mean daily range was 18 degrees, the greatest 

 local daily range being 49 degrees at South Kortright on the 

 18th, and at Angelica on the 21st, and the least, degrees at 

 Avon on the 9th. 



