Meteorological Summary for Jaly, 1896. 



The average atmospheric pressure (reduced to sea-level and 32 

 degrees Fahr.) for the State of New York during July was 30.00 

 inches. The highest barometer was 30.40 inches at New York 

 city on the 19th, and the lowest was 29.62 inches at Albany and 

 Oswego on the 15th. The highest mean pressure, 30.03 inches, 

 obtained at New York city, and the lowest, 29.98 inches, at Os- 

 wego and Number Four. The average of the mean pressures at 

 six stations of the National Bureau was 0.03 inches above the nor- 

 mal; the excess being greatest in southern and eastern New York. 



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

 of 72 stations was 70.4 degrees. The highest local mean was 75.5 

 degrees at Brooklyn, and the lowest 65.0 at Number Four. The 

 highest general daily mean was 76 degrees on the 12th, 29th and 

 30th, the lowest being 64 degrees on the 17th. The maximum 

 temperature reported was 96 degrees at Mt. Morris on the 6th and 

 7th, and the minimum 40 degrees at Friendship on the 17th and 

 18th, and at Saranac Lake on the 31st. The mean monthly range 

 of temperature for the State was 42 degrees, the greatest local 

 range being 51 degrees at Mt. Morris and Bloomville, and the 

 least 28 degrees at Manhattan Beach. The mean daily range 

 was 20 degrees. The greatest local daily range was 46 degrees 

 at Bloomville on the 1st, and the least was 2 degrees at Port 

 Jervis on the 24th. The mean temperatures of the various sec- 

 tion of the State were as follows: The Western Plateau, 69.6 de- 

 grees; the Eastern Plateau, 69.7 degrees; the Northern Plateau, 



