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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  At 
  Auburn 
  the 
  years 
  1836, 
  1837 
  and 
  1838 
  cover 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  very 
  

   low 
  precipitation, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  1836 
  1837 
  1838 
  

  

  Storage 
  19.41 
  10.37 
  7.50 
  

  

  Growing 
  6.39 
  11.35 
  8.14 
  

  

  Replenishing 
  6.56 
  6.78 
  6.05 
  

  

  Total 
  32.36 
  28.50 
  21.69 
  

  

  Taking 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  sequence 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  record 
  at 
  

   Auburn, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  year 
  1838 
  the 
  runoff 
  of 
  

   streams 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  did 
  not 
  exceed 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  inches 
  on 
  the 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  its 
  relations 
  to 
  the 
  runoff 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Hudson 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area, 
  we 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  record 
  at 
  Burlington, 
  Vt., 
  for 
  

   the 
  years 
  1893-1896, 
  inclusive. 
  We 
  have 
  the 
  following 
  from 
  the 
  

   Burlington 
  record 
  : 
  

  

  1893 
  1894 
  1895 
  1896 
  

  

  Storage 
  8.63 
  10.35 
  10.70 
  9.70 
  

  

  Growing 
  13.78 
  4.51 
  10.08 
  11.05 
  

  

  Replenishing 
  5.25 
  8.34 
  8.19 
  8.55 
  

  

  Total 
  27.36 
  23.20 
  28.97 
  29.30 
  

  

  Taking 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  low 
  precipitation 
  of 
  1894, 
  it 
  is 
  prob- 
  

   able 
  that 
  in 
  1895 
  and 
  1896 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Burlington 
  

   did 
  not 
  run 
  to 
  exceed 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  on 
  the-catchment 
  area. 
  

  

  At 
  Cazenovia 
  the 
  two 
  lowest 
  consecutive 
  years 
  are 
  1834 
  and 
  

   1835, 
  when 
  the 
  total 
  rainfalls 
  were 
  34.29 
  inches 
  in 
  1834 
  and 
  32.82 
  

   inches 
  in 
  1835. 
  Inasmuch 
  as 
  streams 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity 
  fall 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  category 
  as 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  if 
  we 
  assume 
  similar 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  of 
  forestation, 
  the 
  runoff 
  was 
  probably 
  about 
  8 
  inches 
  on 
  

   the 
  catchment 
  area. 
  

  

  At 
  Cooperstown 
  the 
  mean 
  precipitation 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  

   1854 
  to 
  1898, 
  inclusive, 
  is 
  39.07 
  inches. 
  The 
  three 
  consecutive 
  

   minimum 
  years 
  occurred 
  from 
  1879 
  to 
  1881, 
  inclusive. 
  The 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  are 
  the 
  precipitations 
  for 
  those 
  years 
  : 
  

  

  