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Art. XII.— On the Mean Temperature of Thirty-Four dif- 

 ferent places in the State of New York, for 1830. 



Ix the sixteenth No. of this Journal, and in Nos. ii. and vii. 

 of our New Series, we have given abstracts of the « Returns of 

 Meteorological Observations made to the Regents of the Uni- 

 versity of the State of New York for 1826, 1828, and 1829 " 

 We are now enabled to present our readers with an abstract 

 or the same valuable returns for 1830. These returns have 



been made by no fewer than 42 academies ; but onlv 34 of 

 them are complete. 



The observations seem to have been made at the same hours 



as formerly, viz. 6 h a. m. 3" v. m., and an hour after sunset. 

 In No. vii. p . 78, we have given the positions of the places 



where observations were made in 1829. The following Table 



contains the positions of the academies not in that list, which 



have made observations for 1830. 



N. Lat. W. Long. Elevation 

 -, . , above tide. 



Canajohane, . 42° S3' 74° 35' 



Cayuga, aurora, . 42 45 75 40 



Cortland Homer, - 42 33 76 11 



Delaware, - . 42 17 74 54 



Fairfield, - - 43 6 74 54 1185 



Fredonia, Chautangue Co. 42 25 79 24 645 



Gouverneur High School, 44 25 75 35 400 



Ithaca, . . 42 26 76 30 417 



Kinderhook, . . 42 04 73 4,15 ^k 



Lewiston, . . 43 9 79 10 280 



Mount-Pleasant, - 41 7 74 16 



Plattsburg, - . 44, 42 73 2 3 J 05 



Redhook, - . 42 2 73 56 



Rochester High School, 43 5 77 45 ,506 



Union Ellesburgh, - 43 46 76 11 



In 1826 the mean temp, of ten places was 49°. 4 



In J 828 the mean temp, of twenty-three places was 49 .99 

 In 1829 the mean temp, of twenty-eight places was 46.45 

 In 1830 the mean temp, of thirty-four places was 48 .15 

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