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Agricultural Manual 



Important manufacturing interests are located at Rome and 

 LTtica, including copper, iron, and cotton and woolen materials 

 (p. 4^_ 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Oneida County are taken from the 

 records made at the Rome station at an elevation of 480 feet. 



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

 first in fall are May 10 and September 29, respectively, giving 

 a growing season of 142 days. 



In the following table the data for temperature and precipita- 

 tion cover the period from 1889 to 1918. The snowfall data 

 covers the period 1901 to 1918: 



Record of Temperature axd Precipitation at Rome 







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 



20.4 



04 



1S90 



—27 



1905 



3.71 



1.30 



1916 



26.5 



February 



20.1 



55 



1892 



—22 



1916 



3.82 



2.13 



1893 



26.2 



March 



29.1 



75 



1903 



—21 



1916 



4.13 



2.45 



1892 



14.4 



April 



44.9 

 56.2 



87 

 95 



1915 

 1904* 



15 



24 



1904* 

 1903* 



2 80 

 4.13 



1.27 

 2.47 



1902 

 1918 



1.5 



May 





■Tunp . . 



64 7 

 69 .7 

 67.5 



97 

 98 

 97 



1904* 



1892 



1916* 



31 

 42 

 40 



1894 



1917* 



1915 



4.68 

 4.84 

 4.43 



3.25 

 2.30 

 3.23 



1903 

 1903 

 1917 





July 





August 





September. . . . 



59.9 



93 



1915 



30 



1S97* 



3.94 



3.48 



1890 





October 



48.6 



89 



1916 



20 



1904 



3.60 



2 40 



1903 



0.1 



November. . 



36.1 



70 



1916 







1891 



3.91 



2.42 



1900 



11.4 



December 



24.6 



67 



1901 



—19 



1902 



4.25 



3.10 



1901 



29.1 



Year 



45.2 



98 



1892 



—27 



1905 



48.24 



3.48 



1890 



109.2 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 A broad valley, nearly level, extends east and west through 

 the center of the county, and from it, both north and south, the 

 surface rises into a broken and hilly region. The highlands 

 occupying the southern part lie in ridges extending north and 

 south. North of the central valley the surface rises abruptly to 

 a height of 800 to 1,200 feet and spreads out into a nearly level 

 plateau broken by the ravines of the streams. 



