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

 first in fall are June 10 and September 5, respectively, giving a 

 growing season of 87 days. 



In the following table the records for average temperatures and 

 precipitation cover the period 1897 to 1900 and 1909 to 1918; 

 the remaining records cover the latter period only: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Lake Placid Club 



January . . . 

 February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . . 

 September. 

 October. . . 

 November . 

 December. 



Year 





Te 



MPERATUHE 







Phecipitation 





Highest 



Lowest 





Amount in 24 



Aver- 

 age 



maximum 



minimum 



Average 

 inches 



hours 



Degrees 



Year 



Degree:- 



Year 



Greatest 



record. 



Year 















inches 





14.1 



51 



1916 



—37 



1914 



4.24 



1.21 



1913 



13.6 



53 



1918 



— 30 



1914 



3.22 



1.15 



1910 



23.(5 



65 



1918* 



—23 



1911 



3.92 



2.00 



1910 



36.2 



78 



1913 



—10 



1911 



3.24 



1.10 



1918 



48.2 



87 



1918 



17 



1911 



3.31 



1.82 



1910 



55.1 



85 



1915 



25 



1918 



3.34 



1.G0 



1910 



62.3 



92 



1911 



31 



1914 



4.49 



3.02 



1912 



59.3 



91 



1918 



29 



1918 



3.24 



3.52 



1918 



52.4 



85 



1909 



18 



1914 



3.12 



1.72 



1912 



43.1 



76 



190!) 



12 



1914 



3.22 



2.19 



1918 



29.2 



64 



1918 



—7 



1917* 



3.28 



1.84 



1915 



17.2 



55 



1918 



—39 



1917 



3.42 



1.63 



1915 



37.9 



92 



1911 



—39 



1917 



42.04 



3.52 



1918 



average 



depth 



in inches 



31.5 

 28.2 

 27.6 

 14.6 

 4.0 

 0.1 



0.2 

 4.9 



18.6 

 30.7 



160.4 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



The mountains in this county attain the highest elevation in 

 the state, the highest being Mt Marcy, 5,467 feet. Taking into 

 consideration the great number of lofty peaks, they surpass in 

 magnitude all other groups east of the Mississippi. Excepting 

 the upper portions of the loftier peaks, the mountains are gen- 

 erally covered with forests. The original forests still remain in 

 a portion of the western part of the county. 



The southwestern part is largely drained by the Hudson and 

 its principal branch, the Schroon River. The main stream of the 

 W< . t 1 'ranch of the Ausable rises very near one of the springs 

 in which the Hudson has its source. In the extreme south of 

 Keene the Bocpiet River also rises among the mountains. The 

 Saranac River flows northeast across the extreme northwest corner 

 of the county. The waters of the streams., lakes and ponds come 

 chiefly from cold, pure spring 



