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Agricultural, Manual 



Records of Temperature and Precipitation at Amsterdam 







Tsmperathkh 







PRECIPITATION 









Hit 



test 



Lowest 





Amoun 



in 24 







Aver- 

 age 



maximum 



nun: 



num 



Average 

 inches 



hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 

 record, 

 inches 



Year 



depth 



in inches 



January 



20.1 



54 



1916 



—26 



1904 



2.73 



1.34 



1909 



13.4 



February 



17 



52 



1918 



—23 



1914 



2.71 



2 95 



1914 



16.3 



March 



29. G 



73 



1905 



—8 



1912 



3.20 



1.90 



1914 



11.7 



April 



5G.0 

 03.9 

 70 

 67 8 



88 

 97 

 93 

 100 

 98 



1915 

 1911 

 1907 

 1911 

 1910 



14 

 24 

 33 



42 

 37 



1917* 



1907 



1913 



1913* 



1912 



2.55 

 3.17 

 4.12 

 3.78 

 3.63 



2.05 



2 55 

 2.60 



2.55 



3 43 



1906 

 190G 

 1917 

 1915 

 1908 



3.4 



May 



T. 



June 





July 





August 





September. . . . 



in 6 



94 



1913 



26 



1914 



3.61 



2.90 



1916 



T. 



October 



49.7 



S4 



1910* 



18 



1901 



3.44 



4.00 



1903 



2 



November. . . . 



35 9 



71 



1914 



5 



1917 



2.34 



2.30 



1913 



4.6 



December 



24.2 



02 



1912 



—30 



1917 



2.84 



1.75 



1905 



13.9 



Year 



45.1 



100 



1911 



—30 



1917 



37.61 



4.00 



1903 



63.5 







* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 A general system of highlands forming the connecting link be- 

 tween the northern spurs of the Allegany Mountains on the south 

 and the Adirondacks on the north extends through this county. 

 The Mohawk River cuts through the upland and forms a valley 

 one to two miles wide and 200 to 500 feet below the summits of 

 the hills. The valleys of a number of the tributaries of the 

 Mohawk extend several miles into the highland district. The hills 

 bordering on the river generally rise in gradual slopes and from 

 their summits the country spreads out into an undulating upland 

 with a general inclination toward the river, into which the entire 

 surface of the county is drained. Oak Ridge, in the southern 

 part, is the highest point, with an elevation of 1,450 feet. 



Gneiss is found in some localities, the principal place being at 

 the " Xoses '"' on the Mohawk. Calciferous sandstone appears, 

 and limestone furnishes valuable quarries of building stone. Drift 

 and boulders abound in various places. The soil along the river 

 consists of alluvial deposits and a deep, rich vegetable mold. On 

 the uplands it is mostly a highly productive clayey and silty loam, 

 with small areas of gravelly loam interspersed. 



