New York Weather Bureau. 77 



Honeymead Brook, 16 years; Poughkeepsie, 21 years; West 

 Point, 49 years; Boyds Corners, 2G years; and Ithaca, 18 years. 



The average number of days on which the precipitation 

 amounted to 0.01 inches or more was 12.6, the St. Lawrence Val- 

 ley and Central Lake regions having the least number of rainy 

 days and the Northern Plateau the greatest number. 



The average number of clear days was 9.9, of partly cloudy 

 days 9.2, and of cloudy days 11.9, giving an average cloudiness 

 for the State of 54 per cent. The maximum cloudiness prevailed 

 over the northern, central and eastern portions of the State. 



The prevailing wind direction was from the northwest. The 

 average wind travel at six stations of the National Bureau was 

 10.981 miles, the movement at Rochester being below the aver- 

 age; and at Albany, Buffalo and New York considerably in ex- 

 cess of the average for previous years. The maximum velocity 

 recorded was 72 miles per hour at New York city, on the 4th. 



Hail fell on the 12th, 16th, 19th and 30th. Sleet occurred on 

 the 2d and 16th. Thunderstorms occurred on the 2d, 6th, 7th, 

 9th, 15th, 16th, 19th and 30th. 



Solar halos were observed on the 6th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 21st, 

 22d, 25th and 30th. Lunar halos were observed on the 21st, 24th 

 and 25th. Auroras were observed on the 3d, 4th, 12th, 14th, 30th 

 and 31st. 



March, 1896, ranks with February as a rough and windy 

 month, presenting in its general features a series of seven 

 strongly developed storms, bringing brief warm waves and heavy 

 precipitation, alternating with longer periods of fair cold 

 weather and high westerly winds. The average temperature 

 was thus much below the normal. 



