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Agricultural Manual 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Cortland 



January 

 February . . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. . 

 October. . . . 

 November. . 

 December . . . 



Year 



TliMl'EKATUKE 



Aver- 

 age 



23.1 



21 9 

 30. G 

 43.1 

 54 6 

 63.1 

 67.6 

 Go 4 

 58.6 

 47.5 

 3G 5 

 20.4 



44 7 



Highest 



maximum 



I tegree: Year 



68 

 (il 

 80 

 92 

 94 

 92 

 101 

 100 

 92 

 85 

 73 

 65 



101 



190G 

 1906 



1905 

 1902 

 1911 

 1911 

 1911 

 1916 

 1900 

 1900 

 1909 

 1912 



1911 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degrees Year 



—29 

 —23 

 —12 

 10 

 23 

 31 

 30 

 35 

 26 

 18 



—15 



—29 



1904 

 1896 



1916" 

 1903 

 1907 

 1902 



IV. IS 



1895 



1913 

 1896 



1903 

 1914 



1904 



l'Klit'Il'ITATION 



Average 

 inches 



2.70 

 2.43 

 2.66 

 2.87 

 3.83 

 4.12 

 4.52 

 3.76 

 3.56 

 3.86 

 3.00 

 2.99 



39.57 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



1.70 

 1.28 

 1.66 



1.73 

 2.60 

 2.62 

 2 07 

 2.02 

 1.70 

 5.80 

 2.25 

 3.50 



5. SO 



Year 



1905 

 1914 

 1901 

 1914 

 1906 

 1914 

 1904 

 1903 

 1913 

 1903 

 1900 

 1901 



1903 



Snow, 



average 



depth 



in inches 



12.8 



13.9 



10.2 



1.9 



T. 



T. 



1.3 



5.2 



12.0 



57.3 



Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface is hilly and occasionally broken, consisting largely 

 of arable ridges; between these ridges extend valleys which are 

 generally narrow. The highlands -are divided into three general 

 ridges extending north and south. The first group occupies the 

 extreme eastern edge of the county; the second lies between the 

 valleys of the Otselic and the Tioughnioga rivers. The third 

 group embraces all the highlands lying west of the Tioughnioga. 

 These highlands are all divided laterally -by the valleys of small 

 streams. 



The northern part of the county is traversed by several large 

 valleys, which converge into one at Cortland. In the southeastern 

 part are three valleys somewhat narrower than those of the 

 northern part and having several branches. The three broadest 

 valleys are as follows: The Homer valley in the northern part 

 running north and south past Cortland; .the Otselic across the 

 southern jfart of the county; and the Harford across the south- 

 western part. 



That part of the Allegheny plateau included within Cortland 

 Countv has an average elevation of about 1,800 feet, the higher 



