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  YORK 
  STATE 
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  inches. 
  In 
  1895 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  25.05 
  inches. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  

   stations 
  at 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  much 
  higher 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1891 
  to 
  1895, 
  

   inclusive 
  ; 
  Leroy, 
  45.25 
  inches, 
  and 
  Arcade, 
  41.60 
  inches. 
  

  

  The 
  statements 
  of 
  precipitation 
  in 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river 
  catchment 
  

   area 
  are 
  all 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  water 
  year, 
  December 
  to 
  November, 
  

   inclusive. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  from 
  Russell's 
  Meteorology, 
  1 
  illustrating 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast 
  rainfalls, 
  and 
  are 
  the 
  averages 
  derived 
  from 
  

   observations 
  extending 
  from 
  1870 
  to 
  1888. 
  The 
  rainfalls 
  are 
  

   stated 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  representative 
  for 
  large 
  districts 
  of 
  country 
  

   around 
  the 
  places. 
  

  

  At 
  Jacksonville 
  the 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  office 
  is 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  

   above 
  tide 
  of 
  43 
  feet, 
  while 
  the 
  average 
  annual 
  rainfall 
  is 
  57.1 
  

   inches. 
  At 
  Norfolk 
  the 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  is 
  57 
  feet 
  

   above 
  tide, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  rainfall 
  is 
  51.7 
  inches. 
  At 
  Boston 
  

   the 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  office 
  is 
  125 
  feet 
  above 
  tide, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  

   rainfall 
  is 
  46.8 
  inches. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  illustrate 
  the 
  change 
  as 
  one 
  goes 
  north 
  through 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  valley 
  : 
  At 
  New 
  Orleans 
  the 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  office 
  

   is 
  54 
  feet 
  above 
  tide, 
  the 
  average 
  rainfall 
  62.6 
  inches 
  ; 
  at 
  St 
  Louis, 
  

   Weather 
  Bureau 
  office 
  567 
  feet 
  above 
  tide, 
  average 
  rainfall 
  37.8 
  

   inches; 
  at 
  St 
  Paul, 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  office 
  850 
  feet 
  above 
  tide, 
  

   average 
  rainfall 
  28.9 
  inches. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  illustrate 
  the 
  Rocky 
  mountain 
  region: 
  At 
  Port 
  

   Grant, 
  Ariz., 
  elevation 
  of 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  4833 
  feet, 
  average 
  rain- 
  

   fall 
  15.8 
  inches 
  ; 
  at 
  Denver, 
  elevation 
  of 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  5300 
  feet, 
  

   average 
  rainfall 
  14.7 
  inches; 
  at 
  Fort 
  Benton, 
  Mont., 
  elevation 
  

   2565 
  feet, 
  average 
  rainfall 
  13.2 
  inches. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  illustrate 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  region 
  : 
  At 
  Portland, 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  Weather 
  Bureau 
  office 
  is 
  157 
  feet, 
  average 
  rainfall 
  

   50.3 
  inches; 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  elevation 
  153 
  feet, 
  average 
  rainfall 
  

   23 
  inches; 
  San 
  Diego, 
  elevation 
  69 
  feet, 
  average 
  rainfall 
  10.2 
  

   inches. 
  

  

  These 
  figures 
  abundantly 
  support 
  the 
  proposition 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  the 
  rule 
  of 
  increased 
  precipitation 
  with 
  higher 
  

  

  l 
  Meteorology, 
  by 
  Thomas 
  Russell, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Asst. 
  Engineer. 
  

  

  