248 Eighth Annual Keport of the 



The precipitation was unevenly disti-iibiited, being quite heavy 

 in a few of the souilhern counties, while in areas bordering Lake 

 Ontario, the St. Lawrence Valley and oither scattered localities, 

 it was unus'uall}^ ligihit. The greatest rain frequency and cloudi- 

 ness obtained during the first an'd a portion of the second 

 decades, after which the weather was generally pleasa^nt. The 

 fii'st fall of snow for the greater part of the State occurred on or 

 about the 15th. 



The S'eveire frosts of the 9th injured some garden truck, but 

 crops were generalh^ secured from damage. The rainfall was 

 rather lig*htt for fall seeding in mo'Sit lo'calities, but the drouth was 

 severe only in a few of the noirithwestern coumties. Some dam- 

 age to property was due to heavy rains on the 13th aioug the 

 Oanisteo river. 



On the 2Qth buildings were unroofed and other damage caused 

 by (high winds ait Baldwinsville. 



Five areas of high and nine areas of low pressure influenced 

 O'ur wealth er this month; the num)ber of depressions being rather 

 above the average for October. Four disturbanices passed along 

 the coast in a northerly direction about the 2d, 6th, 12th and 

 ISth; the storm of the 12th, which was of tropical origin, being 

 the most energetic of this series. Disturbances of a second class, 

 originating to the westward, passed over the Northeastern 

 States or Canada on the 6th to 8th, 21st, 2.3d to 24th; and a 

 fourth low had moved eastward as far as the upi^er lakes on the 

 31st. No general storm® of notable severity passed over New 

 York this mionth. 



The high-pressure systems were, in most cases, large and well 

 defined, tlieir general path being from the Northwestern to the 



