Meteorological Summary for August, 1897. 



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

 degrees Fah.) for the State, was 29.98 inches. The highest barometer 

 was 30.27 inches at Erie, Pa., on the 6th, and the lowest, 29.62 

 inches, at Ithaca and Oswego, on the 11th. The highest mean pres- 

 sure obtained along the eastern border, and the lowest in the western 

 central section. The average pressure at 6 stations of the National 

 Bureau was 0.02 inches below normal, the values being deficient 

 excepting at Oswego and Erie. 



The mean temperature of the State was 66 degrees, as obtained 

 from observatious of maxima and minima at 79 stations. 

 The highest local mean was 71.9 degrees at Brooklyn, while the 

 lowest was 60.2 degrees at^ISTumber Four. The highest general 

 daily mean was 73 degrees on the 4th and 15th, the lowest being 

 60 degrees on the 20th. The maximum temperature reported was 99 

 degrees at Mt. Morrison the 3d, and the minimum, 34 degrees, at South 

 Canisteo on the 21st. The mean monthly range of temperature for 

 the State was 41 degrees; the greatest local range being 59 degrees 

 at Mt. Morris, and the least, 24 degrees, at 'New York city. The 

 mean daily range was 21 degrees; greatest, 48 degrees at Madison 

 Barracks on the 23d, leasts 3 degrees at West Point on the 9th. 

 The mean temperatures of the various sections were as follows : 

 The Western Plateau, 64.5 degrees ; the Eastern Plateau, 65.0 

 degrees; the Northern Plateau, 61.9 degrees; the Atlantic Coast, 

 70.0 degrees; the Hudson Valley, 68.6 degrees; the Mohawk 

 Yalley, 65.9 degrees; the Champlain Yalley, 65.7 degrees; the St. 



