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REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



6. RESULTS FROM THE BAROMETER AND RAIN-GUAGE, 1866 



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MONTH. 



BAROMETER. 



RAIN-GAUGE. 



Monthly 

 mean. 



Highest 

 mean. 



Lowest 

 mean. 



Highest. 



Lowest. Range. 



"Water in 

 Inches. 



General 

 average. 



January 



February 



March 



29.55 

 29.50 

 29.44 

 29.45 

 29.32 

 29.42 

 29.51 

 29.44 

 29.51 

 29.58 

 29.47 

 29.43 



So. 48 

 30.01 

 29.83 

 29.81 

 29.65 

 29.74 

 29.75 

 29.74 

 29.80 

 30.00 

 30.10 

 30.00 



29.13 

 29.00 

 29.04 

 28.76 

 28.89 

 28.98 

 29.31 

 29.28 

 29.14 

 29.13 

 28.78 

 28.88 



30.52 

 30.10 

 29.84 

 29.84 

 29.67 

 29.75 

 29.77 

 29.75 

 29.84 

 30.02 

 30.12 

 30.05 



29.05 

 28.94 

 28.86 

 28.57 

 28.77 

 28.92 

 29.22 

 29.22 

 29.11 

 29.13 

 28.72 

 28.68 



1.47 

 1.16 

 0.98 

 1.16 



1.48 

 2.39 

 2.71 

 3.20 



2.099 

 1.936 

 2.133 

 2.487 

 3.076 

 3.021 

 3.235 

 2.827 

 3.301 

 3.221 

 2.738 

 2.506 



May 



0.90 2.90 

 0.83 , 3.90 

 0.55 1.36 

 0.53 ■ 4.91 

 0.73 4.11 

 0.89 1.24 

 1.40 ; 3.29 

 1.37 1 3.24 



June 





August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Yearly mean. 



29.47 



Yearl'p' m.no'p 





1.95 i .34.73 



32.630 













The average height of barometer in thirty years is 29.53 inches. 

 Barometer was lowest March 19, 1859, 28.24 inches; next lowest was 

 28.47, in 1864. It was highest January 8, 1866, 30.52; next to the 

 highest, January 1, 1839, 30.47 inches. The range in these years was 

 2.28 inches. 



The barometer was also higher January 8, 1866, than before on 

 record, at Albany, New York, Mohawk and Geneva, in this State ; and 

 at Toronto, Michigan University and Boston. 



The water fallen in rain and snow this year is about two inches above 

 the average, which for thirty years is 32.63 inches. The preceding 

 Table contains the monthly averages of water for thirty years, in the 

 last column ; the annual averages will be found in Table 7. 



Fall of Water in JRain and Snotv. 



In the following Table (7), the results for the first fourteen years had 

 been already published in the Meteorology of this State (1855) ; but 

 many numbers there given were incorrect. By recurrence to the origi- 

 nals these have been corrected, and are here accurately presented. Of 

 course, the true means and averages differ somewhat from those given 

 in the Regents' Report for 1864 and 1865. The results should have 

 been as they are now found in the following Table. It contains the 

 sums of water for the first and second half years, as well as for the year. 

 The sum and average water for each month are found at the bottom 



