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REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



far west of south to have been influenced by the lake. After the 1st of 

 August, we have a much larger proportion of southeast winds, and then 

 we begin to feel the influence of the lake ; and while this influence is in 

 the direction of cooling during the day, it is, in its effects, a retardation 

 of the process of cooling through the night; and thus, as I presume, 

 while our average for the twenty-four hours is greater than theirs, our 

 days are cooler and the nights warmer than at Ithaca. 



A reference to the prevailing surface winds, as observed at Geneva, 

 will be interesting and instructive in this connection. Reckoning three 

 observations per day, we have on the average about fifteen observa- 

 tions per month , with no perceptible winds : 



Year. 



W. 



NW. 



N. 



NE. 



E. 



SB. 



S. 



SW. 



1855 



19.50 



21.50 

 18.25 

 18.25 

 16.00 



9.5 

 10.5 

 12.0 

 10.0 

 12.0 



4.50 

 2.25 

 3.50 

 5.00 

 2.00 



2.000 

 1.875 

 2.500 

 3.500 

 3.500 



2.75 

 3.00 

 1.25 

 3.50 

 1.75 



7.5 



8.0 



9.5 



10.5 



10.0 



23.75 

 15.00 

 21.25 

 15.50 

 19.00 



6.5 

 10.0 

 8.5 

 7.0 

 9.0 



1856 



1857 



1858 



1859 



Average 



19.00 



11.0 



3.50 



2.500 



2.00 



9.0 



19.00 



8.0 



But as the west, northwest and north winds are the polar cxu-rent, 

 the northeast and east are the current from the North Atlantic, and the 

 southeast is the current from the South Atlantic coast, the south and 

 southwest being the equatorial current, we have in reality but four 

 currents, proportioned on the average in a year as follows : Polar current, 

 38.5 ; North Atlantic, 5 ; South Atlantic, 9 ; equatorial current, 27 ; 

 showing that we are somewhat north of the middle of the temperate 

 zone, so far as the winds and temperature are concerned. 



The other winds, averaged for the year, give results equally interest- 

 ing and instructive : 



Current. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



"W 



17.5 



24.0 



32.0 



20.0 



9.5 



15.0 



13.5 



20.0 



14.0 



17.0 



19.0 



20.5 



NW... 



12.5 



8.5 



10.0 



12.5 



17.5 



10.0 



11.0 



8.5 



8.0 



9.0 



7.5 



11.5 



N 



3.5 



2.0 



2.5 



4.0 



5.5 



4.0 



6.0 



3.0 



5.0 



5.0 



2.5 



2.5 



NE. .. 



3.0 



3.0 



1.5 



2.0 



4.5 



1.5 



2.0 



1.5 



2.5 



2.0 



3.0 



5.5 



E 



3.0 



2.5 



3.0 



5.0 



3.5 



2.0 



1.5 



1.0 



2.0 



0.5 



4.0 



4.5 



SE.... 



4.5 



3.5 



5.0 



6.0 



12.0 



11.5 



14.0 



14.5 , 11.0 



10.0 



8.0 



6.0 



S 



25.5 



20.0 



14.5 



17.5 



20.0 



15.0 , 15.0 



17.5 



18.5 



19.0 



22.0 



19.0 



SW... 



13.5 



10.0 



8.5 



6.0 



3.0 



6.0 6.5 



6.0 



7.0 



8.5 



9.0 



8.0 



