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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  These 
  several 
  regions 
  have 
  considerable 
  difference 
  in 
  elevation, 
  

   as 
  exhibited 
  by 
  table 
  No. 
  1, 
  showing 
  number 
  of 
  stations 
  and 
  

   approximate 
  elevation 
  above 
  tidewater 
  in 
  1893 
  and 
  1902. 
  In 
  

   1893 
  the 
  western 
  plateau 
  comprised 
  fourteen 
  stations, 
  with 
  an 
  

   approximate 
  elevation 
  above 
  tidewater 
  of 
  1211 
  feet, 
  while 
  in 
  1902 
  

   the 
  western 
  plateau 
  comprised 
  seventeen 
  stations, 
  with 
  an 
  

   approximate 
  elevation 
  of 
  1135 
  feet. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   observations 
  are 
  voluntarily 
  made, 
  considerable 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  

   stations 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  between 
  1893 
  and 
  1902, 
  many 
  stations 
  

   at 
  which 
  observations 
  were 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  year 
  having 
  been 
  

   discontinued 
  and 
  new 
  stations 
  at 
  other 
  places 
  substituted. 
  The 
  

   showing, 
  therefore, 
  of 
  table 
  No. 
  1 
  is 
  relative, 
  and 
  merely 
  intended 
  

   to 
  give 
  a 
  general 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  approximate 
  elevations 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  

   divisions. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  plateau 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  sta- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  the 
  higher 
  mountains, 
  and 
  hence 
  that 
  region 
  is 
  inade- 
  

   quately 
  represented 
  in 
  table 
  No. 
  1. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  meteorological 
  tables. 
  Tables 
  Nos. 
  2 
  to 
  8, 
  

   inclusive, 
  give 
  a 
  meteorological 
  summary 
  at 
  Albany, 
  Buffalo, 
  Erie, 
  

   Pa., 
  New 
  York 
  city, 
  Northfield, 
  Vt., 
  Oswego 
  and 
  Rochester, 
  for 
  

   the 
  calendar 
  years 
  1891-1901, 
  inclusive. 
  Column 
  (11) 
  in 
  these 
  

   tables 
  gives 
  the 
  maximum 
  precipitation 
  in 
  24 
  hours 
  for 
  each 
  year, 
  

   and 
  column 
  (12) 
  the 
  month 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  maximum 
  precipitation 
  

   occurred. 
  The 
  utility 
  of 
  these 
  columns 
  in 
  designing 
  sewers 
  and 
  in 
  

   considering 
  effects 
  of 
  floods 
  is 
  obvious. 
  

  

  Tables 
  Nos. 
  9 
  to 
  18, 
  inclusive, 
  give 
  the 
  mean 
  temperature 
  of 
  

   the 
  several 
  climatic 
  areas 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  been 
  divided 
  

   for 
  the 
  water 
  years 
  1891-1901, 
  inclusive. 
  The 
  mean 
  temperature 
  

   for 
  the 
  eleven 
  years 
  included 
  in 
  these 
  tables 
  varies 
  from 
  42.2° 
  per 
  

   year 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  plateau 
  to 
  50.9° 
  for 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  region. 
  

  

  In 
  tables 
  Nos. 
  19 
  to 
  28, 
  inclusive, 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  precipitation 
  

   of 
  the 
  several 
  climatic 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  years 
  

   1891-1902, 
  inclusive. 
  The 
  average 
  precipitation 
  varies 
  from 
  a 
  

   minimum 
  of 
  34.46 
  inches 
  in 
  the 
  Central 
  Lakes 
  region 
  to 
  46.71 
  

   inches 
  in 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  region, 
  or 
  a 
  range 
  of 
  12.25 
  inches. 
  

  

  