100 Eighth Annual Report of the 



The mean temperature of the various sections of the State 

 were as follows: The Western Plateau, 49.5 degrees; the East- 

 ern Plateau, 48.6 degrees; the Northern Plateau, 43.3 degrees; 

 the Atlantic Coast, 49.4 degrees; the Hudson Valley 49.9 de- 

 grees; the Mohawk Valley, 48.5 degrees; the Champlain Valley, 

 45.2 degrees; the St. Lawrence Valley, 45.8 degrees; the Great 

 Lakes, 49.0 degrees; the Central Lakes, 50.7 degrees. The aver- 

 age of the mean temperatures at 27 stations possessing records 

 for previous years was 4.5 degrees above the normal value, the 

 departures being greatest over the Western Plateau, Central and 

 Great Lake Regions, and least over the Northern Plateau and 

 Atlantic Coast. 



The mean relative humidity was 73 per cent. The mean dew 

 point was 40 degrees. 



The average precipitation for the State was 1.22 inches, as de- 

 rived from the records of 91 stations. The distribution of the 

 rainfall over the State was quite uniform, deficiencies obtaining 

 in all regions. The maximum local precipitation was 2.90 

 inches at Romulus, Seneca countv, and the least was 0.39 inches 

 at Newark Valley, Tioga county. The average snowfall for the 

 State was 3.3 inches, the greatest local snowfall, 11.5 inches, oc- 

 curring at Malone. The average precii^itation at 29 stations 

 possessing records covering a period of ten years or more, was 

 1.40 inches below the normal amount. 



The average number of days on which the precipitation 

 amounted to 0.01 inches or more was 0.9; the averJige number 

 of clear days was 11.4, of partly cloudy days, 10.4, and of cloudy 

 days, 8.2, giving an average cloudiness for the State of 48 i)er 

 cent. 



The prevailing wind direction was from the southwest. The 

 average wind travel at six stations of the National Bureau was 



