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CLIMATE OF THE VALLEY OF THE MOHAWK. 



TABLE II. Comparison of mean temperature, and annual extremes of heat and cold, u-ith the average of the 



State during the xame years. 



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



REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING TABLES. 



Thp low toinporatiirc of the valley of the Mohawk has been already referred to. It is 

 more than 1° lower than the average of the State, and nearly 1° lower than is due to the 

 lalitndo and elevation of the places of observation, with a tolerable degree of uniformity 

 throughout. The elevation of Johnstown not being known, I could not include it in the 

 comparison between the observed and calcidated temperatures ; but if I am not greatly 

 deceived, it would, if included, render the difference still greater. I would not be too 

 sanguine in the explanation I gave of the cause of this reduced temperature, but I am 

 inclined to think it is the true one. In an article on the winds of the State already referred 

 to, it is shown that while the mean direction of the wind tliroughout the State is 

 S. 76° 54' W., it is several degrees more northerly in the valley of the Mohawk generally. 

 It is not so at Utica ; but there is reason to believe that most of the winds that strike that 

 place from the west, should be regarded as northwest winds.* To show the influence of 



* See an article on the winds at Utica, in the Regents' Report for 1829, pages 69 and 70. 



