Meteorological Summary for October, 1897. 



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

 degrees Fahr.) for the State was 30.14: inches. The highest barome- 

 ter was 30.74 inches at Ithaca on the 3d, the lowest being 29.61 

 inches at Rochester on the 12th and at Oswego on the 28th. The 

 mean pressure decreased from 30.18 inches at the eastern border to 

 30.11 inches near Lake Erie. The average departure was 0.08 

 inches above the normal, all stations reporting excesses. The largest 

 departure was 0.12 inche's at Albany, and the least 0.06 inches at 

 Erie. 



The mean temperature of the State was 51.0 degrees, as derived 

 from observations of maxima and minima at 83 stations. The 

 highest local mean was 56.8 degrees at Brooklyn, while the lowest 

 was 45.9 degrees at ^orth Lake. The highest general daily mean 

 was 69 degrees on the 16th, the lowest being 37 degrees on the 

 30th. The maximum temperature reported was 90 degrees at West 

 Point on the ITth and at Willets Point on the 1st, and the minimum, 

 17 degrees at Canton on the 30th and 31st. The mean monthly 

 range of temperature for the State was 58 degrees ; the greatest 

 local value being 68 degrees at Waverly, and the least, 43 degrees 

 at Buffalo and Arkwright. The mean daily range was 24 degrees; 

 greatest, 59 degrees at Little Falls (2a) on the 18th ; least, 3 degrees 

 at Rochester on the 21st. The mean temperatures of the various 

 sections were as follows: The Western Plateau, 51.3 degrees; the 

 Eastern Plateau, 50.1 degrees; the Northern Plateau, 47.7 degrees; 

 the Atlantic Coast, 55.0 degrees ; the Hudson Yalley, 51.7 degrees ; 

 the Mohawk Yalley, 49.0 degrees ; the Champlain Yalley, 49.8 



