CLIMATE OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. 



31 



TABLE 111. Comparison of the forwartlness of the seasons, rcilh the average of the State (hiring the same years. 



FACTS OBSERVED. 



Robins first seen *.. 

 SliaJbush in bloom . 



Peach 



Currants 



Plum 



Cherry 



Apple 



Lilac 



do 

 (io 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Strawberries ripe 



Haying commenced . . . 

 Wheat harvest ditto . . . 

 First killing frost 



days 



— 



+5 



+ 1 



-3t 



-It 



—2 



-Of 



— 0* 



— 



-It 



—■it 



+«t 



dllJ-9 



+ 1 

 — 5 



4- -3 



— 9' 



— 4 



— 1 

 + 10 

 + 2* 



+ It 



d J. 



+ 3' 



— I)' 



— 4' 



— -J" 

 —10' 



+ -i" 



+1> 



+10' 

 + 6 



— 1 



— 4' 



— .5 



— 9 



— 6 



— 0' 



— 0' 



drtJS 



+ 



+Io: 

 + tv 

 + 5 

 + .^ 

 + 1 



+ G- 

 + '■> 



5t — 3 



ditys- 

 — 

 — 1 



+2t 



—4* 

 — 

 +2 



— 



+3t 



days- 



+ 18 



— 3 



— !• 



— 0* 



— 2* 



+ '3* 



IX 



days 



—2 



+1 

 — 1 

 — 0* 

 —5' 

 — 0* 

 —3* 

 -2* 



+'■' 



dajs. 



—10* 



— .5* 



— 3* 



— 3* 



— 7* 



— 1 



— 4 



— 1 



— 0" 

 ■3 



-ot 



-3t 





+1 

 +1 

 +'> 

 +i 

 +1 

 +'■ 

 +■' 



+ 2> 



+ '■>' 

 + 1* 

 + 1* 

 +3' 

 +0* 



days 



+it 



+1 

 — r 



+2' 



— 

 — 

 —3 

 —4 



■^'t 



d 1J9- 



+llt 



+ •-'• 



+ 



+ '>■ 

 +'■'■ 

 —3 

 +!!■ 

 — 1 



d^ya. 



—2 

 -5' 



-at 

 ■0 



■8 



—a 



-2t 

 —5 

 —6 

 +2* 



+i* 



' The resu'l of leas than fonr years observalion. 



t The result of obsenatious for ten years or more. 



REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING TABLES. 



I thought of subdividing this section into three, viz. the vicinity of the smaller lakes, 

 the Genesee valley, and the western counties; but there is such a similarity of climate 

 throughoiU the entire region, so far as is shown by the reports, that I concluded to em- 

 brace the whole in one division. 



Its mean temperature does not diflcr much from the average of the State, but is re- 

 markably uniform ; more so than in any other section, except Long island. With the 

 exception of Prattsburgh which is situated on high ground, Bulfalo where observations 

 were taken but for a single year, and Onondaga which seems to be hardly far enough 

 west to show the characteristic climate of this section, but partakes more of that which 

 reigns farther east, the average annual range of the thermometer is but 96° ; while in the 

 State generally it is 104"^, and in the northern counties nearly 120°. The greatest, cold in 

 winter at Rochester, Lewiston or Fredonia, hut little exceeds that which is foiuul on Long 

 island or at New-York. Vegetation in the spring is a few days earlier than the average 

 of the State ; about the same as at Albany. 



But the most interesting fact developed by the observations in this section, is the change 

 in the circumstances that atfect the temperature (other than latitude and elevation) as we 

 pass from the east into the basin of the smaller lakes, and so on westward. East of this 

 section, twenty-seven places out of thirty-two showed a lower mean temperature than was 

 due to their latitude and elevation; here, all but two a higher. Whether this is to be 

 ascribed to the geological character of the country, or to the more southerly direction of 

 the winds, or to both, or to some other cause, I would not venture to decide. The winds 

 in this section are, on an average, about 1 1° more southerly than the mean for the State, 



