232 Ninth Annual Report of the 



Tlie averatre precipitation for the State was 1.98 inches of rain, 

 as derived from the records of 108 stations. The greatest rainfall 

 occurred southeast of the Central Lakes, with a maxiranm of 4.72 

 inches at Ithaca. In much of western, northern and southeastern 

 New York the amount wa's under '2 inches, and in the vicinity of 

 the St. Lawrence Valley and Great Lakes, less than one inch fell 

 with a local minimum of 0.28 inches at Appleton. A h'st of the 

 greatest rates of rainfall will be found in the table of the Meteoro- 

 lofi^ical Data. A trace of snow was recorded at Saranac Lake on 

 the 27th. The rainfall for the State was 1.37 inches below the 

 normal amount, as reported from 27 stations possessing records for 

 previous years. Excesses obtained only at 4 stations, located in the 

 central part of the State. The amounts were the least recorded in 

 September at Humphrey, Buffalo, Eochester, Palermo and Erie. 



The average number of days on which the precipitation amounted 

 to 0.01 inches or more was 6.9; the rain frequency being greatest 

 over the Northern and Eastern Plateaus, and the least near the At- 

 lantic Coast, Great Lakes and in the St. Lawrence Valley. The 

 number of clear days for the State were 16.0 ; of partly cloudy days, 

 8.1; and of cloudy days, 6.9 ; giving an average cloudiness of 39 

 per cent. The maximum cloudiness obtained over the St. Law- 

 rence Valley, an<l the least near the Great Lakes, over the Eastern 

 Plateau and Mohawk Valley. 



The prevailing winds were from the southwest. The average 

 total wind travel at 6 stations of the National Bureau was 6,505 

 miles, the values being greater than usual in eastern New York, and 

 below the average along the lakes. The maximum velocity re- 

 corded at the al)ove stations was 43 miles per hour at Buffalo on the 

 18th. 



Electrical storms (including distant thunder or lightning) were 

 reported as follows: On the 1st at 2 southwestern stations; on the 

 2d, 2 central and 4 southeastern stations; 5th and 6th, Waverly ; 

 7th, 3 central and eastern stations; 11th, Cedar Hill; 13th, 9 

 western, central, northern and eastern stations; 15th, Jamestown; 

 16th, 4 western and 3 eastern-central stations ; 20th, Bedford ; 26th, 

 Honeymead Brook and Poughkeepsie ; 27th, 2 northeni stations. 



Light frosts occurred in a few of the higher valleys on the 2d, 3d, 

 4th, 26th and 27th. Killing frosts were reported from 5 stations 



