Meteorological Summary for January, 1897. 



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

 degrees Fahr.) for the State of Nev^ York during January was 30.11 

 inches. The highest barometer was 30.93 inches at Friendship on the 

 3lst, and the lowest was 2y.4:0 inches at Buffalo on the 17th. The 

 pressure was unevenly distributed, being lowest in the Great and 

 Central Lake Regions. The average of the mean pressures at six 

 stations of the National Bureau was 0.01 inches below the normal. 



The mean temperature of the State was 22.3 degrees, as derived 

 from the records of 76 stations. The highest local mean was 30.2 

 degrees at Setauket, and the lowest, 13.9 degrees, at Saranac Lake. 

 The highest general daily mean was 46 degrees on the 4th, the 

 lowest being 3 degrees on the 25th. The maximum temperature 

 reported was 62 degrees at Erie, Pa., on the 3d, aiid at Ogdensburg 

 on the 4th, and the minimum was 26 degrees below zero at Saranac 

 Lake on the 24th and 25th, and at Number Four and Ogdensburg 

 on the 25th. The mean monthly range of temperature for the State 

 was 64 degrees, the greatest local range being 88 degrees at Ogdens- 

 burg, and the least, 44 degrees, at Manhattan Beach. The mean 

 daily range was 16 degrees. The greatest local daily range was 63 

 degrees at Ogdensburg on the 18th, and the least, 1 degree, at 

 Palermo on the 10th. The mean temperatures of the various sec- 

 tions of the State were as follows: The Western Plateau. 21.9 

 degrees ; the Eastern Plateau, 22.8 degrees ; the Northern Plateau 

 17.7 degrees ; the Atlantic Coast, 28.6 degrees ; the Hudson Yalley 

 25.1 degrees; the Mohawk Yalley, 20.2 degrees; the Champlain 



