Meteorological Summary for May, 1896. 



The average atmospheric pressure (reduced to sea level and 32 

 degrees Fahr.) for the State of New York during May was 29.99 

 inches. The highest barometer was 30.43 inches at Albany on the 

 7th, and the lowest was 29.54 inches at Rochester on the 28th. 

 The highest mean pressure, 30.03 inches, obtained at New York 

 city, and the lowest, 29.96 inches, at Number Four, Lev/is county. 

 The average of the mean pressures at six stations of the National 

 Bureau was very slightly above the normal value, the departure 

 at Albany being the greatest. 



The mean temperature of the State, as derived from the'records 

 of 73 stations, was 61.0 degrees. The highest local mean was 65.8 

 degrees at Brooklyn and Wappingers Falls, and the lowest was 

 58.0 degrees at Oswego. The highest general daily mean was 73 

 degrees on the 10th, and the lowest was 55 degrees on the 20th. 

 The maximum temperature reported was 95 degrees at Middle- 

 town on the 9th, at Poughkeepsie and Brentwood on the 10th and 

 at Brooklyn and West Point on the 11th. The minimum tempera- 

 ture was 29 degrees at Varysburg on the 6th, and at Brentwood 

 on the 8th. The mean monthly range of temperature for the 

 State was 51 degrees, the greatest local range being 66 degrees at 

 Brentwood, and the least 36 degrees at Oswego and Erie, Pa. The 

 mean daily range was 23 degrees. The greatest local daily range 

 was 50 degrees at Watertown on the 14th, and the least was 2 

 degrees at Setauket on the 21st. The mean temperatures of the 

 various sections of the State were as follows: The Western 

 Plateau, 02.6 degrees; the Eastern Plateau, 61.0 degrees; the 

 Northern Plateau, 58.1 degrees; the Atlantic Coast, 62.8 degrees; 

 the Hudson Valley, 63.3 degrees; the Mohawk Valley, 60.4 de- 



