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AGRICULTURAL MANUAL 



Salt is no longer manufactured in this section, as it can be 

 produced more cheaply in other localities. 



Extensive manufactures at Syracuse include soda, and various 

 kinds of machinery and pottery (p. 407). 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



The meteorological station in Onondaga County is the local 

 office of the United States Weather Bureau at Syracuse, at an 

 elevation of 597 feet above sea level. The official in charge is 

 M. R. Sanford. 



Average dates for the last killing frost in spring and the first 

 in fall are April 25 and October 19, respectively, giving a grow- 

 ing season of 177 days. 



The following tables, compiled from observations covering the 

 period from 1902 to 1917, show both normal temperatures and 

 precipitation : 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Syracuse 





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 



February 



March 



April 



May 



24.8 

 21.2 

 32.0 

 44.2 

 56.7 

 64.4 

 70.4 

 67.6 

 62.1 

 50.8 

 39.1 

 27.3 



46.7 



68 

 65 

 80 

 84 

 92 

 90 

 100 

 97 

 90 

 85 

 75 

 64 



100 



1906 

 1906 

 1907 

 1915 

 1911 

 1907 

 1911 

 1916 

 1913 

 1905 

 1909 

 1914 



1911 



—22 

 —20 



16 

 26 

 37 

 46 

 44 

 33 

 23 

 9 

 —12 



—22 



1914 

 1914 

 1916 

 1911 

 1903 

 1910 

 1912 

 1909 

 1913 

 1904 

 1903 

 1914 



1914 



2.77 

 2.64 



3 05 

 2.58 

 2.83 

 3.68 

 3.40 

 3 29 

 2.58 

 2.80 

 1.72 

 2.78 



34.02 



1.70 

 1.95 

 1.97 

 1.46 

 2.18 

 2.36 

 2.63 

 2 05 

 2.54 

 1.87 

 1.16 

 1.87 



2.63 



1915 

 1909 

 1913 

 1907 

 1916 

 1903 

 1915 

 1905 

 1915 

 1903 

 1912 

 1904 



1915 



18.8 



18.6 



14.6 



4.1 



5 



June 





Ju' ' 





August 



September .... 



October 



November .... 

 December ... 



Year 



0.8 



6.4 



18.3 



80.8 







TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 By far the larger part of the surface of Onondaga County 

 slopes northward toward the St. Lawrence River, which receives 

 most of its drainage. The portion drained southward lies mostly 

 within the towns of Fabius and Tully. Nearly one-half of the 

 county is level or very slightly rolling. That part of the county 



