Meteorological Summary for June, 1897. 



The average atmosplieric pressure (reduced to sea-level and 

 32 degrees Fahr.) for tlie State of New York during June, 1897, 

 was 29.95 inches. The highest barometer was 30.27 inches at New 

 York city on the 7th, and the lowest was 29.63 inches at Ithaca on 

 the 13th. The mean pressure was greatest at Erie, Pa., and least 

 at Oswego. The average pressure at six stations of the National 

 Bureau was 0.01 inches below the normal, deficiencies occurring 

 at four stations. 



The mean temperature of the State was 61.6 degrees, as derived 

 from the records of 76 stations. Tlie highest local monthly mean 

 was 68.1 degrees at Brooklyn, and the lowest 55.2 degrees at Num- 

 ber Four. The highest general daily mean was 74.0 degrees on the 

 24:th, the lowest being 51.0 degrees on the 1st. The maximum 

 temperature reported was 93 degrees at Avon on the 21th, and at 

 Brentwood on the 30th, the minimum being 29 degrees at New 

 Lisbon and Number Four on the 2d. The mean monthly range of 

 temperature for the State was 48 degrees, the greatest local range 

 being 60 degrees at Avon, and the least, 33 degrees, at Buffalo. 

 The mean daily range was 20 degrees ; the greatest local daily range 

 being- 48 degrees at Avon on the 3d and at Oxford on the 28th ; 

 while the least value was 2 degrees at Buffalo on the 4th and at 

 Friendship on the 9th. The mean temperatures of the several 

 regions were as follows : The Western Plateau, 60.5 degrees ; the 

 Eastern Plateau, 60.5 degrees; the Northern Plateau, 58.1 degrees; 

 the Atlantic Coast Begion, 65.2 degrees; the Hudson Valley, 

 64.1 degrees: the Mohawk Valley, 61.1 degrees; the Champlain 

 Valley, 61.7 degrees; the St. Lawrence Valley, 60.8 degrees ; the 

 Great Lake Kegion, 62.1 degrees ; the Central Lake Region, 62.0 

 degrees. The average of the mean temperatures at 25 stations pos- 

 sessing records for previous years was 4.1 degrees below the 

 normal ; the mean being the lowest on record for June at the 



