102 Eighth Annual Report of the 



The high pressure areas, like the lows, were few and of mod- 

 erate intensity, the most marked being that of the 7th-8th lying 

 over the lakes, spreading thence southeasterly to the coast on 

 the 9th-10th. The maximum pressure in New York occurred on 

 the 8th. On the 23d an anticyclone passed centrally over Penn- 

 sylvania, moving eastward and remaining off the New England 

 coast for several days, accompanied by a decided fall in tem- 

 perature, causing general light frosts throughout New York on 

 the 23d. 



The remarkable features of the month were the deficient rain- 

 fall and the high monthly mean temperature. Tlie mean tem- 

 perature of the first decade of the month was about 5 degrees 

 below the normal; this period was followed by a rapid rise and 

 protracted high temperature, giving for the second decade a 

 mean about 15 degrees above the normal. The fall in tempera- 

 ture accompanying the anticyclone of the 23d reached about the 

 normal for this date, but the remainder of the month was warmer 

 than usual, and the mean temperature of the last ten days of 

 the month was about 5 degrees above the normal for the season. 



Notes. — Jamestown, ice disappeared from Chautauqua lake on 

 the 15th. North Hammond, ice breaking up in the St. Lawrence 

 .on the 11th; navigation opened on the 16th. Glens Falls, Hud- 

 son river at high water mark on the 17th-18th. Saranac lake, 

 snow disappeared from clearings soon after the 5th. Turin, 

 15tli. many snow drifts 3 feet deep, (hawing rapidly, streams 

 high; 19th, only traces of snow remaining, hepatica in bloom. 

 Wappingers Falls, swallows appeared on the 17th. Waverly, 

 14th, apple buds started. Wedgewood, 25th, swallows appeared. 

 Humphreys, Oth, wild geese flying north; 14th, blue-birds ap- 

 peared; 18th, fruit and forest buds swelling. Brentwood, 



