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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  has 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  .789 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   itself 
  from 
  its 
  head 
  at 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  to 
  the 
  falls, 
  is 
  21 
  square 
  miles. 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  table 
  gives 
  the 
  precipitation 
  within 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  

   from 
  1892 
  to 
  1895, 
  inclusive. 
  In 
  this 
  table 
  a 
  few 
  only 
  of 
  the 
  

   many 
  precipitation 
  records 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  available 
  have 
  been 
  

   used. 
  The 
  records 
  here 
  appearing 
  are, 
  it 
  is 
  believed, 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   show 
  the 
  mean 
  precipitation 
  of 
  the 
  basin 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  for 
  

   the 
  years 
  indicated. 
  In 
  this 
  table 
  the 
  monthly 
  precipitation 
  has 
  

   been 
  omitted, 
  as 
  it 
  can 
  readily 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  reports 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  Weather 
  Bureau, 
  and 
  the 
  data 
  have 
  been 
  con- 
  

   densed 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  total 
  quantities 
  for 
  the 
  storage, 
  growing 
  and 
  

   replenishing 
  periods, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  total 
  annual 
  quantity. 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  39 
  — 
  Precipitation 
  (in 
  inches) 
  Within 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   Vicinity 
  op 
  the 
  Catchment 
  Area 
  op 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  1892 
  

   to 
  1895, 
  inclusive. 
  

  

  December 
  June 
  September 
  

  

  to 
  to 
  to 
  

  

  Locality 
  and 
  year 
  May 
  August 
  November 
  Annual 
  

  

  Pokegama 
  Falls, 
  Minn. 
  : 
  

  

  1892 
  11.76 
  6.99 
  2.86 
  21.61 
  

  

  1893 
  9.64 
  13.06 
  2.84 
  25.54 
  

  

  1894 
  14.72 
  8.04 
  9.01 
  31.77 
  

  

  1895 
  9.14 
  12.49 
  5.70 
  27.33 
  

  

  Mean 
  26.56 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  Commission, 
  by 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sioners, 
  James 
  B. 
  Angell, 
  John 
  E. 
  Russell, 
  Lyman 
  E. 
  Cooley, 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  technical 
  work 
  and 
  the 
  several 
  topical 
  reports 
  and 
  draw- 
  

   ings 
  pertaining 
  thereto. 
  Printed 
  as 
  House 
  Document 
  No. 
  192, 
  Fifty-Fifth 
  

   Congress, 
  Second 
  Session, 
  Washington, 
  1897, 
  pp. 
  146, 
  147. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  in 
  detail 
  reference 
  may 
  be 
  

   made 
  to 
  an 
  excellent 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  basin 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  

   Lawrence 
  and 
  Hudson 
  rivers 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  surrounding 
  drainage 
  sys- 
  

   tems 
  accompanying 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Deep 
  Waterways 
  Commission. 
  Also 
  

   see 
  map 
  on 
  page 
  318. 
  

  

  