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for 11 years, was 47°. 92. And that of Albany for 27 years, 

 48°.47. We give these facts thus particularly, because we have 

 heard it stated by a distinguished agricultural writer, that the 

 vicinity of Buffalo was, upon an average 15° warmer than Alba- 

 ny; and it is evident from general expressions, that erroneous 

 views prevail upon this subject. The heat of summer is very 

 uniform throughout the whole state, the average of which is 92°, 

 and only five out of fifty-five places show a difference of 3° from 

 the mean of the state. 



The summer season in Onondaga county, reckoning from the 

 first blooming of apple trees to the first killing frost, is from 174 

 to 180 days. Its average for the whole state, is 174 days. 

 Long Island is longer by 12^, and St. Lawrence is shorter by 22 

 days, than the average of the state. 



Table 1, showing the quantity of rain which fell in each month 

 of the year, in three important points in Onondaga county, in 

 1843: 



January, 

 February, - 

 March, 

 April, 

 May, - 

 June, 

 July, - 

 August, - 

 September, 

 October, - 

 November, 

 December, 



Syracuse. Onondaga. Pompey. 



Whole amount for the year, - 35.18 33.81 31.38 



Whole amount from April to 



October, in inches, - - 16.90 15.06 19.50 



