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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  26.62 
  inches; 
  1872, 
  30.75 
  inches; 
  1873, 
  28.79 
  inches; 
  1874, 
  27.58 
  

   inches; 
  1875, 
  22.30 
  inches, 
  and 
  1876, 
  25.42 
  inches. 
  In 
  1875 
  the 
  

   total 
  precipitation 
  of 
  the 
  storage 
  period 
  was 
  8.63 
  inches. 
  The 
  

   total 
  runoff 
  of 
  that 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Sacket 
  Harbor 
  could 
  

   not 
  have 
  much 
  exceeded 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  The 
  years 
  1879-1888 
  were 
  also 
  low 
  years 
  at 
  Sacket 
  Harbor. 
  

   The 
  following 
  gives 
  the 
  record 
  for 
  1886-1888, 
  inclusive 
  : 
  

  

  1886 
  1887 
  1888 
  

  

  Storage 
  14.64 
  11.10 
  4.24 
  

  

  Growing... 
  7.38 
  4.10 
  5.92 
  

  

  Replenishing 
  8.82 
  7.96 
  14.59 
  

  

  Total 
  30.84 
  23.16 
  24.75 
  

  

  These 
  three 
  years 
  were 
  preceded 
  by 
  several 
  years 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   precipitation 
  ranged 
  from 
  22.50 
  inches 
  to 
  28.87 
  inches, 
  the 
  year 
  

   1885 
  having 
  shown 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  26.83 
  inches. 
  For 
  the 
  year 
  1895 
  the 
  

   total 
  at 
  Sacket 
  Harbor 
  was 
  29.39 
  inches. 
  

  

  At 
  South 
  Canisteo 
  the 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1895 
  was 
  30.72 
  inches. 
  

  

  At 
  Utica 
  the 
  mean 
  of 
  thirty-six 
  years, 
  included 
  between 
  1826 
  

   and 
  1892, 
  is 
  42,39 
  inches. 
  The 
  lowest 
  year 
  of 
  this 
  period 
  was 
  1836, 
  

   with 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  31.75 
  inches. 
  

  

  At 
  Watertown 
  the 
  mean 
  of 
  the 
  period 
  1862-1898, 
  inclusive, 
  is 
  

   33.53 
  inches. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  several 
  short 
  periods 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   precipitation 
  has 
  been 
  far 
  below 
  the 
  mean, 
  as 
  for 
  instance 
  1874- 
  

   1876, 
  inclusive; 
  1879-1882, 
  inclusive, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  1887 
  and 
  

   1888. 
  In 
  1875 
  the 
  runoff 
  of 
  the 
  storage 
  period 
  was 
  9.82 
  inches, 
  

   the 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  being 
  21.16 
  inches. 
  The 
  preceding 
  remarks 
  

   as 
  to 
  occasional 
  very 
  low 
  runoff 
  apply 
  with 
  force 
  to 
  conditions 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Watertown. 
  The 
  minimum 
  runoffs 
  of 
  the 
  locality 
  

   may 
  be 
  safely 
  placed 
  at 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  inches. 
  

  

  At 
  Waverly 
  the 
  total 
  precipitation 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1895 
  was 
  25.10 
  

   inches. 
  

  

  At 
  Williamstown, 
  Mass., 
  in 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  Hoosic 
  river, 
  

   a 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  precipitation 
  record 
  cov- 
  

   ering 
  certain 
  years 
  from 
  1855-1898, 
  inclusive. 
  The 
  mean 
  of 
  the 
  

   period 
  is 
  39.41 
  inches. 
  The 
  3 
  T 
  ear 
  of 
  minimum 
  precipitation 
  

   occurred 
  in 
  1883, 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  29.55 
  inches 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  

   11.24 
  inches 
  for 
  the 
  storage 
  period. 
  

  

  