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stands among the foremost in garden crops, large quantities being 

 raised near the city of Albany, particularly in the towns of 

 Bethlehem, Colonic, and Guilderland. One of the crops for which 

 this county is especially noted is muskmelons, large acreages in 

 Bethlehem and Colonie being devoted to their production. Fruit, 

 which is raised throughout the-eounty, is produced to a consider- 

 able extent in the Helderberg section and between the Helderbergs 

 and the river, as well as in the southern end of the county. The 

 importance of this production is reflected in the fact that Albany 

 County ranks well among the fruit-producing counties of the state, 

 particularly in apples, pears, plums, and small fruits. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Meteorological records for Albany County are made at Albany, 

 where observations of the United States Weather Bureau are con- 

 ducted by G. T. Todd, meteorologist. 



The average dates for the last killing frost in spring and the 

 first in fall are April 23 and October 14, respectively, giving a 

 growing season of 173 days. 



The following table with the exception of snowfall, covers a 

 period of forty-six years, the snowfall record being for thirty-four 

 years : 



Records op Temperature and Precipitation at Albany 



January. . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October. . 

 November 

 December . 



Year 



Temperature 



Aver- 

 age 



23.7 

 23.3 

 32.9 

 46.5 

 59.0 

 67.9 

 72.8 

 70.5 

 63.3 

 51.6 

 39.4 

 28.1 



48.2 



Highest 

 maximum 



Degrees 



64 

 63 

 79 

 91 

 97 

 99 

 104 

 102 

 97 

 90 

 71 

 66 



104 



Year 



1906 

 1903 

 1905 

 1915 

 1911 

 1901 

 1911 

 1918 

 1895 

 1900 

 1914 

 1889 



1911 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degree: 



—24 



—18 



—8 



13 



29 



40 



48 



43 



32 



23 



—10 



—19 



—24 



Year 



1904 

 1875 

 1900 

 1874 

 1876' 

 1878= 

 1918 s 

 1912' 

 1914' 

 1876 

 1875 

 1917 



1904 



Precipitation 



Average 

 incheB 



2.42 

 2.45 

 2.73 

 2.46 

 3.03 

 3.42 

 3.59 

 3.72 

 3.11 

 2.91 

 2.56 

 2.57 



34.94 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



4.75 



Year 



1891 

 1896 



1886 

 1906 

 1883 

 1897 

 1901 

 1890 

 1903 

 1907 

 1878 



1903 



Snow, 

 average 



depth 

 in inches 



10.7 



12.7 



10.5 



2.1 



T 



T 

 3.7 

 9.3 



50.7 



* Also earlier years. 



