Meteorological Summary for August, 1896. 



The average atmospheric pressure (reduced to sea level and 32 

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

 30.02 inches. The highest barometer was 30.40 inches at Erie, 

 Pa., on the 28th, and the lowest was 29.70 inches at Oswego on the 

 30th. The highest mean pressure, 30.04 inches, obtained at New 

 York city and at Erie, Pa., and the lowest, 30.00 inches, at Oswego. 

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

 Bureau was 0.03 inches above the normal, excesses occurring at 

 all stations. 



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

 of 72 stations, was 68.9 degrees. The highest local mean was 74.2 

 degrees at Brooklyn, and the lowest was 63.2 degrees at Number 

 Four. The highest general daily mean was 79 degrees on the 9th, 

 10th and 11th, and the lowest, 57 degrees, on the 19th. The maxi- 

 mum temperature reported was 98 degrees at Bloomville, Dela- 

 ware county, on the 6th and 8th, the minimum being 33 degrees at 

 South Kortright and New Lisbon on the 29th, and at Friendship 

 on the 20th and 29th. The mean monthly range of temperature 

 for the State was 49 degrees, the greatest local range being 60 

 degrees. The mean daily range was 21 degrees. The greatest 

 local daily range was 46 degrees at South Kortright on the 26th, 

 and the least was 4 degrees at Erie, Pa,, on the 23d. The mean 

 temperatures of the various sections of the State were as follows: 

 The Western Plateau, 67.5 degrees; the Eastern Plateau, 67.9 de- 



