Meteorological Summary for April, 1896. 



The average atmospheric pressure (reduced to sea level and 

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

 30.10 inches. The highest barometer was 30.62 inches at Buffalo 

 and at Erie, Pa., on the 8th, and the lowest was 29.56 inches at 

 Number Four, Lewis county, on the 3d. The average pressure 

 at six stations of the National Bureau was 0.10 inches above the 

 normal value, the departures being greatest at eastern stations. 



The mean temperature for the State, as derived from the rec- 

 ords of 74 stations, was 48.0 degrees, which is the highest April 

 value for the State during the past seven years, and the highest 

 at the following stations during the period covered by their 

 records: Angelica, 14 years; Humphrey, 13 years; Elmira, 18 

 years; Waverly, 14 years; Baldwinsville, 20 years; Ithaca, 18 

 years. The highest local monthly mean was 54.2 degrees at El- 

 mira, and the lowest was 40.2 degrees at Saranac Lake. The 

 highest general daily mean was 68 degrees on the 17th, and the 

 lowest was 25 degrees on the 3d and 4th. The maximum tem- 

 perature reported was 93 degrees at West Point on the 19th, 

 and the lowest was 8 degrees at Bolivar on the 5th. The mean 

 monthly range of temperature was 66 degrees, the greatest range, 

 76 degrees, occurring at Angelica and Bolivar, and the least, 57 

 degrees, at Manhattan Beach. The mean daily range of tem- 

 perature was 21 degrees, the greatest local daily range being 

 50 degrees at South Kortright on the 15th, and the least 3 de- 

 grees at Buffalo on the 10th. 



