Fulton County 



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The following tabic covers the period 1S92 to 1918: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Gloversville 



January. . . 

 February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . . 

 September . 

 October. . . 

 November . 

 December . 



Year 



Temperatuue 



Aver- 

 age 



18.6 

 17 6 

 28.9 

 43.4 

 55.4 

 63.6 

 68.9 

 66 3 

 59 1 

 47 9 

 35 

 23.1 



44.0 



Highest 

 maximum 



Degrees Year 



50 

 56 

 73 

 89 

 96 

 95 

 100 

 95 

 96 

 86 

 70 

 64 



100 



1913 



1903 



1903 



1915* 



1911 



1901 



1911 



1918 



1914 



1900 



1895 



1895 



1911 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degrees Year 



—32 



—28 



—12 



9 



23 



32 



38 



35 



25 



18 



— 1 



—34 



—34 



1904 

 1908 

 1910 s 

 1911 

 1903 

 1912 

 1898 

 1912 

 1914 

 1904 

 1903 

 1917 



1917 



Precipitation 



Average 

 inches 



3.45 

 3.35 

 3.78 

 3.02 

 3.88 

 4.20 

 4.07 

 3.86 

 3.93 

 3.40 

 3.16 

 3.52 



43.62 



Amount in 2-i 

 hours 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



1.94 

 1.84 

 1.95 

 1.80 

 2.65 

 2.59 

 2.70 

 3.02 

 2.20 

 2.60 

 2.56 

 1.75 



3.02 



Year 



1898 

 1918 

 1903 

 1902 

 1906 

 1897 

 1915 

 1904 

 1913 

 1903 

 1896 

 1904 



1904 



Snow, 

 average 



depth 

 in inches 



21.1 



23.2 



15.4 



3.8 



0.1 



T. 

 0.2 



6.3 

 17.6 



87.7 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface of Fulton County is a rolling and hilly upland, 

 rising into a mountainous region on the northern border. Among 

 the hills in the northern part of the county are many small 

 lakes, which form a characteristic feature of the wilderness region 

 of northern New York. Along the Sacandaga, which flows 

 through the northeast corner of the county, occupying portions 

 of the towns of Xorthampton, Broadalbin, and lEayfield, is an 

 extensive swamp known as the " YTy," and said to contain an 

 area of 13,000 acres. The principal tributary of the Sacandaga 

 River is !May field Creek. The county is also drained by the 

 Cayadutta, Caroga, East Canada, and numerous small creeks 

 flowing into the Mohawk. 



The greater part of the surface of the county is covered with 

 drift deposits. Black River limestone, Trenton limestone, and 

 Utica slate are found in several localities. In the northern part 

 of the county an excellent building stone is found, which is 

 suitable also for curbing and Belgian pavement blocks. The 

 soil in the southern part and along the valleys is mostly a gravelly 



