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noted for its production of strawberries. A large amount of 

 honey is produced, particularly in the eastern and western 

 portions. 



Manufacturing is important, both- in Oswego and Fulton. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



The climatological records here given for Oswego County were 

 taken at Oswego. During the early part of the observations, 

 from 1870 to 1884, the elevation was 299 feet above sea level. 

 The later observations were taken at an elevation of 335 feet. 



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

 in fall are April 27 and October 19, respectively, giving a grow- 

 ing season of 179 days. The length' of growing season decreases 

 gradually to about 140 days in the eastern part. 



The following table, compiled from records covering a period 

 of from 42 to 45 years, with the exception of the snowfall data, 

 which is for 31 years, shows both normal and extreme tempera- 

 tures and precipitation: 



Record of Tempebature and Precipitation at Oswego 



January . . . 

 February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 

 September . 

 October. . . 

 November. 

 December . 



Year 



Temperature 



Aver- 

 age 



23.8 

 23.1 



30.8 

 42.7 

 54.2 

 63.5 

 69.3 

 G7.7 

 G1.8 

 50. G 

 38.9 

 28.6 



46.2 



Highest 

 maximum 



Degrees Year 



69 

 61 

 78 

 85 

 94 

 98 

 100 

 98 

 93 

 84 

 75 

 66 



100 



1906 



1SS0 



1910 



1913' 



1879 



1875 



1878 



1883 



18S1 



1891 



1909 



1901 



1878 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degrees Year 



—23 



—18 



—11 



13 



27 



39 



45 



44 



35 



24 



— 1 



—18 



—23 



1885 

 190S 

 1872 

 1874 

 1902 

 1885 

 1885 

 1909 

 1913' 

 1S89 

 1875 

 1884 



1SS5 



Precipitation 



Average 

 inches 



3.15 

 2.68 

 2.82 

 2.26 

 2.92 

 3.25 

 3.32 

 2.70 

 3.73 

 3.30 

 3.26 

 3.57 



35.96 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Greatest 

 record, 

 inches 



2.38 

 1.65 

 2.68 

 2.19 

 2.36 

 2.80 

 3.71 

 3.76 

 2.92 

 3.01 

 1.84 

 2.81 



3.76 



Year 



1874 

 1880 

 1873 

 188G 

 1912 

 1889 

 1911 

 1893 

 1893 

 1873 

 1879 

 1878 



1893 



Snow, 

 average 



depth 

 in inches 



21.5 



18.9 



10.9 



2.2 



T. 



T. 



0.8 



8.5 



19.9 



82.7 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface is generally level or gently undulating. A series 

 of bluffs twenty to forty feet high border immediately upon the 

 : from (heir summits tho land stretches out in long and 



