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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  mountains, 
  while 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  shows 
  the 
  opposite, 
  namely, 
  

   higher 
  precipitation 
  at 
  its 
  source 
  than 
  at 
  its 
  mouth. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  a 
  table 
  of 
  average 
  monthly, 
  annual 
  and 
  seasonal 
  

   precipitation 
  in 
  Mr 
  Turner's 
  monograph 
  on 
  the 
  climate 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  State 
  1 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  coast 
  region, 
  which 
  includes 
  Block 
  

   Island, 
  East 
  Hampton, 
  Setauket, 
  Fort 
  Columbus, 
  New 
  York 
  city, 
  

   Mount 
  Pleasant, 
  Tarrytown, 
  White 
  Plains, 
  Croton 
  dam, 
  and 
  

   North 
  Salem, 
  has 
  an 
  average 
  annual 
  precipitation 
  of 
  44.93 
  inches. 
  

   With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Block 
  Island, 
  these 
  stations 
  are 
  all 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  and 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  coast, 
  and 
  they 
  range 
  in 
  elevation 
  

   above 
  tidewater 
  from 
  16 
  feet 
  at 
  East 
  Hampton 
  to 
  361 
  feet 
  at 
  

   North 
  Salem. 
  The 
  average 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  region 
  is 
  132 
  

   feet. 
  The 
  records 
  vary 
  in 
  length 
  from 
  7 
  years 
  to 
  49 
  years, 
  with 
  

   a 
  total 
  of 
  195 
  years. 
  Five 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  are 
  in 
  Westchester 
  

   county. 
  

  

  As 
  given 
  by 
  Mr 
  Turner, 
  the 
  northern 
  plateau 
  includes 
  Con- 
  

   stableville, 
  Lowville, 
  Fairfield, 
  Johnstown, 
  Pottersville, 
  Elizabeth- 
  

   town, 
  Keene 
  Valley 
  and 
  Dannemora, 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Lewis, 
  

   Herkimer, 
  Warren, 
  Essex, 
  and 
  Clinton. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  table 
  

   the 
  average 
  annual 
  precipitation 
  at 
  these 
  places 
  is 
  38.97 
  inches. 
  

   The 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  above 
  tide 
  ranges 
  from 
  600 
  feet 
  at 
  

   Elizabethtown 
  to 
  1356 
  feet 
  at 
  Dannemora, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  973 
  feet. 
  The 
  records 
  vary 
  in 
  length 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  22 
  years, 
  

   with 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  73 
  years. 
  

  

  Again, 
  the 
  western 
  plateau, 
  which 
  includes 
  stations 
  in 
  Catta- 
  

   raugus, 
  Wyoming, 
  Allegany, 
  Steuben, 
  Livingston 
  and 
  Chemung 
  

   counties, 
  has 
  an 
  average 
  elevation 
  above 
  tide 
  of 
  1307 
  feet, 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  1950 
  feet 
  to 
  525 
  feet, 
  and 
  has 
  an 
  average 
  annual 
  precipita- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  35.58 
  inches, 
  while 
  the 
  Hudson 
  valley, 
  which 
  includes 
  

   stations 
  in 
  Putnam, 
  Orange, 
  Dutchess, 
  Ulster, 
  Columbia, 
  Albany, 
  

   Rensselaer 
  and 
  Washington 
  counties, 
  has 
  an 
  average 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   230 
  feet 
  above 
  tide, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  annual 
  precipitation 
  of 
  38.46 
  

   inches. 
  The 
  records 
  range 
  from 
  9 
  years 
  to 
  65 
  years, 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  

   of 
  277 
  years. 
  

  

  x 
  The 
  Climate 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  by 
  E. 
  T. 
  Turner, 
  C. 
  E., 
  late 
  Meteorolo- 
  

   gist 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  : 
  Fifth 
  Ann. 
  Kept. 
  New 
  York 
  Weather 
  

   Bureau, 
  1893. 
  Reprinted 
  in 
  Eighth 
  Ann. 
  Kept, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau, 
  1896. 
  

  

  