'2'2'2 Eighth Annual Repout of the 



The mean relative humidity was 77 per cent. The mean dew 

 point was 52 degrees. 



The average precipitation, as derived from the records of 94 

 stations, was 4.63 inches. The heaviest general rainfall exceeded 

 6 inches over considerable areas of eastern and southeastern 

 New York, and was less than 4 inches in portions of the central 

 section, and over smaller scattered areas elsewhere. 



The maximum local amount was 8.12 inches at Warwick, 

 Orange county, and the minimum 1.97 inches at Brookfield, Mad- 

 ison county. General rains, which were heaviest in northern 

 New York, occurred on the .'>d. On the 5th and 6th the precipi- 

 tation was heavy in the southeastern counties, with lesser 

 amounts throughout the State. Om the 14th light general rains 

 occurred; on the 16th moderate, with the maximum over the 

 Northern Plateau; on the 18th the heaviest general rains of tha 

 mouth; on the 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th moderate general. The 

 average precipitation at 27 stations possessing records for pre- 

 vious years wa® 0.83 inches above the normal amount, deficiencies 

 occurring at only 7 stations. The greatest excesses obtained in 

 the Coast Region, the Central, Hudson and the Champlain 

 Valleys. 



The average number of days on which the precipitation 

 amounted to 0.01 inches or more was 10.6, the rain frequency 

 being greatt^st in western and northern New York, and least in 

 the central and southeastern sections. The average number of 

 clear days was 10.3; of partly cloudy days, 10.1; and of cloudy 

 days 9.6, giving an average cloudiness of 50 per cent, for the 

 State. The greatest cloudiness obtained in (he St. Tvawrcnce 

 Valley, and the least near the Atlantic Coast. 



The prevailing winds were from the southwest. The average 

 wind travel at 6 stations of the National Bureau was 7430 miles, 

 the values being generally greater than usual for the mouth both 

 along the Atlantic Coast and the Great Lakes. The maximum 

 velocity recorded was 57 miles per hour at Buffalo on the 10th. 



Thunderstorms were reported at one station on the 2d, at 9 

 stations oni the 3d, at 1 station on the 5th, at 5 stations on the 



