New York State 



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These are the larger and more general controls of the climate 

 of New York. The local aspects of its climate, which are largely 

 due to its varied topography and give to the state a diversity of 

 climate seldom encountered within an equally restricted area, are 

 shown in detail by climatological tables which follow. 



CLIMATIC DIVISIONS 



Because of the great diversity of its climate (due for the most 

 part to its position between the Great Lakes and the- Atlantic Ocean 

 and to its varied topography) and for convenience in discussion, 

 New York State, has been divided into ten climatic divisions or 

 zones (Fig. 4). The lines that separate the divisions are, of 

 course, arbitrary, while the changes of climate from one division 

 to another is gradual. Nevertheless, each division possesses cer- 

 tain general climatic features not common to the remaining 

 divisions. 



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Fig. 4. — Climatic Divisions of New Yokk 



