Meteorological Summary for July, 1897. 



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

 degrees Fahr.) was 29.94 inches. The highest barometer was 

 30.36 inches at Albany on the 19th, and the lowest, 29.60 inches, 

 at Ithaca and Oswego on the 11th. The lovv^est mean pressure 

 obtained in western New York, and the highest in the eastern 

 section. The mean pressure at 6 stations of the National Bureau 

 was 0.03 inches below the normal, the deficiencies occurring 

 mainly at western stations. 



The mean temperature of the State was 72.1 degrees, as 

 obtained from observations of maxima and minima at 79 stations. 

 The highest local mean was 75.1 degrees at Canajoharie, and the 

 lowest, 65.6 degrees, at South Kortright. The highest general 

 daily mean was 81 degrees on the 5th, the lowest being 61 

 degrees on the 28th. The maximum temperature reported was 

 102 degrees at Avon on the 5th and 10th, and the minimum, 44 

 degrees at Elizabethtown on the 28th. The mean monthly range 

 of temperature for the State was 41 degrees ; the greatest local 

 range being 55 degrees at South Kortright, and the least, 28 

 degrees, at Setauket. The mean daily range was 19 degrees. 

 The greatest local daily range was 45 degrees at Straits Corners 

 on the 2d, the least being degrees at Cooperstown on the 28th. 

 The mean temperatures of the various sections of the State were 

 as follows: The Western Plateau, 71.4 degrees; the Eastern 

 Plateau, 71.0 degrees; the Northern Plateau, 69.2 degrees; the 



12 



