Meteorological Summary for February, 1897. 



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

 degrees Fahr.) for the State of ]S^ew York during February was 

 30.09 inches. The highest barometer was 30.74 inches at Friendship 

 and Ithaca on the 28th, and the lowest 29.55 inches at Erie, Pa., on 

 the 6th and at Ithaca on the 23d. The mean pressure was highest 

 in the eastern-central section, and lowest near the lakes. The 

 average pressure at 6 stations of the National Bureau was 0.01 

 inch below the normal, an excess occurring only at Albany. 



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

 of 78 stations, was 24.6 degrees. The highest local mean was 33.2 

 degrees at Brooklyn, and the lowest, 17.5 degrees, at Saranac Lake. 

 The highest general daily mean was 37 degrees on the 7th, the 

 lowest being 13 degrees on the 27th. The maximum temperature 

 reported was 56 degrees at Primrose, Westchester county, on the 

 21st, and the minimum, 28 degrees below zero, at Saranac Lake on 

 the 28th. The mean monthly range of temperature for the State 

 was 50 degrees ; the greatest local range being 78 degrees at Saranac 

 Lake, and the least, 35 degrees, at Brooklyn. The mean daily range 

 was 17 degrees. The greatest local daily range was 60 degrees at 

 Saranac Lake on the 5th, and the least, degree, at Primrose, on the 

 22d. The mean temperatures of the various regions were as fol 

 lows : The Western Plateau, 26.6 degrees ; the Eastern Plateau, 

 25 degrees ; the Northern Plateau, 20.1 degrees ; the Atlantic coast, 

 31.1 degrees; the Hudson valley, 26.2 degrees; the Mohawk valley, 

 22.9 degrees ; the Champlain valley, 20.5 degrees ; the St. Lawrence 



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