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counties in the state. Magnetic iron ore of excellent quality is 

 found in immense amounts. The wild mountain region is a 

 favorite resort for hunting and fishing. So abundant were salmon 

 at about 1830 that 100' barrels were annually taken in the county, 

 but at the present time salmon have almost entirely disappeared 

 from the streams. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Clinton County are taken from the 

 Chazy station, which has an elevation of 200 feet. The present 

 observer is W. R. North. 



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

 first in fall are May 14 and October 4, respectively, giving a 

 growing season of 143 days. 



The following table covers the period from 1903 to 1918, aver- 

 age temperature records beginning in 1900 : 



Records of Temperature and Precipitation at Chazy 





Temperature 



Precipitation 





Aver- 

 age 



Highest 

 maximum 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Average 

 inches 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



Year 



depth 

 in inches 



January 



February 



March 



16.5 

 15 

 28 2 

 43.2 



55 5 

 63.8 

 69 9 

 57 

 59 3 

 48.9 

 34 8 

 20.9 



42.8 



58 

 53 

 72 

 87 

 94 

 96 

 104 

 94 

 94 

 80 

 70 

 63 



104 



1906 



1903 



1905 



1915 



1911 



1907 



1911 



1917* 



1915 



1909 



1915 



1912 



1911 



—35 



—28 



—25 



3 



21 



32 



20 



37 



24 



16 



—5 



—30 



—35 



1918 

 1908 

 1912 

 1911 

 1903 

 1918 

 1908 

 1909 

 1914 

 1905 

 1917 

 1917 



1918 



1.32 

 1.26 

 1.47 

 1.16 

 2.45 

 2.89 

 3.60 

 3.04 

 3.38 

 2.61 

 1.48 

 1.29 



25.95 



1.20 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.80 

 2.17 

 2.60 

 1.85 

 2.45 

 2.60 

 1.18 

 1.20 



2.60 



1918 



1912 



1912 



1909* 



1908 



1903 



1912 



1908 



1907 



1904 



1918 



1917 



1912* 



10.7 



10.5 



9.3 



2 9 



May 



T. 



June 



July 





August 



September. . . . 



October 



November. . . . 

 December . 



Year 



0.2 

 4.3 



11.2 



39.1 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



The surface is generally hilly and broken, in some places moun- 

 tainous, with a range in elevation of more than 3,700 feet. The 

 Ausable range extends in spurs and broken ranges over more 

 than one-half of the western part of the county. The highest 



