25G Ninth Annual Report of the 



deojrees; tlie St. Lawrence Valley, 40.3 degrees; the Great Lake 

 llegion, 58.2 degrees ; tlie Central Lake llegion, 53.4 degrees. Tlie 

 average tein})eratnre at 25 stations possessing records for previous 

 years, was 25 degrees above the normal. The values were in excess 

 in all sections, the greatest general departure obtaining in western 

 New York. 



The mean relative humidity was 73 per cent. The mean dew 

 point was 42 degrees. 



The average precipitation for the State was LIO inches, as derived 

 from records of 108 stations. Sixty-tliree stations reported less than 

 1 inch, and more than 2 inches fell only in a portion of northern 

 New York, and over small sections in the southeastern, central and 

 southwestern parts of the State. The maximum local rainfall w^as 2.38 

 inches at Number Four and Sherwood, while the least was 0.13 inches 

 at Poughkeepsie. A list of the heaviest rates of rainfall will be 

 found in the Table of Meteorological Data. Traces of snow were 

 reported from 18 stations of the Eastern and Western Plateaus and 

 the Central Lake Region. Tlie rainfall in the State was 2.45 inches 

 below the normal amount, as recorded by 27 stations having records 

 for previous years. Deficiencies occurred at all stations, being 

 greatest in the St. Lawrence Yalley and least in the northern- 

 central highlands. The rainfall was the least observed for October 

 at 8 stations, one of them, Cooperstown, having a record for 44 

 consecutive years. 



The average number of days on which the precipitation amounted 

 to 0.01 inches or more was 5.1. The rain frequency was greatest 

 near the Atlantic Coast, and least over the upper Hudson and Cham- 

 plain Valleys. The average number of clear days was 15,2 ; of 

 partly cloudy days, 7.9 ; and of cloudy days, 7.9 ; giving an average 

 cloudiness of 43 per cent. The least cloudiness obtained in the 

 eastern, central and northeastern sections. 



