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CLIMATE OF THE V.\LLEY OF THE HUDSON. 



TABLE H. Comparison of mean temperature, and annual extremes of heat and cold, with the average of the 



State during the same years. 



TABLE HI. Comparison of the forwardness of the seasons, with the average of the State during the same years. 



FACTS OBSERVED. 



Robins lirst seen . . . 

 Shadbush in bloom . 



Peach 



Currants 



Plum 



Cherry 



.'\pple 



Lilac 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Strawberries ripe .. 

 Haying commenced . 

 Wheat harvest ditto . 

 First killing frost . . 



— 6 



— 9 

 -11* 

 —12* 

 :— 6 

 I— 7* 



— 4 



— 6 



— 8 



+ nt 



— 1 



— 7* 



— 5 



—10 

 —10* 



— 0* 

 + 3- 



— 5* 



— 6* 



— 3* 



—'5* 



— 7 

 2 



— 1* 



— 2 



2» 



+ 9 



— 4 



— 6 

 2 

 6 



— 9 



— 4 



— 5 



— 6 



— 4* 



+ Gt 



5t 



— 3 



+ 1 



— 4 



— 2t 



+ 4 



+ 9* 

 — 2 



+ 1* 



+ ot+llt 



— 0* 



— 2 



— 3t 



— 3 



— 5 



+ ■4* 



+ -41 + 2 



+ 

 + 2 



+'i' 



+ 4 

 + 2t 

 + 0- 



+ 1* 



+ 0* 

 + 1* 



+ 16* 



-t- 1* 



+ ■4* 



— 3 



O 



+ 3 



* The result of less than four years observation. 



t The result of observations for ten years or more. 



REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING TABLES. 



There is nothing very peculiar in regard to the mean temperature of this valley as a 

 whole. At North-Salem and Go.shen it is considerably lower than is due to the latitude 

 and elevation of those places, and at Poughkeepsie considerably higher. The extreme 

 summer heat is greater by several degrees than in any other section of the State ; and this 

 is true not only of the piojier valley of the Hudson, but north of it as far as Lake Cham- 

 plain. There is no other ))!ace in the State where the thermometer has risen so high on 

 an average each year as at Montgomery, Poughkeepsie and Lansingburgh. The latter 

 place is not less remarkable for extremes of cold in the winter. For the past fifteen years, 



