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mixed hay are grown in all townships for feeding, as is also silage 

 corn. Oats are also grown throughout the county. The south- 

 western portion of the county produces large quantities of 

 potatoes, which are well adapted for seed for Long Island and 

 New Jersey. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Otsego County are taken from the 

 Cooperstown station, at an elevation of 1,250 feet. The present 

 observer is Miss Elizabeth C. Keese. 



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

 in fall are May 9 and September 29, respectively, giving a grow- 

 ing season of 143 days. 



The following table summarizes records covering a period of 

 63 years, beginning with the year 1854: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Cooperstown 



January. . 

 February . 

 March .... 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October . . . 

 November 

 December. 



Year 



Temperature 



Aver- 

 age 



20 



20 



28 



41 



54 



63 



68 



65 



58 



46.8 



35.1 



24.9 



43.9 



Highest 

 maximum 



Degrees Year 



62 

 57 

 76 



82 

 87 

 90 

 94 



90 

 87 



SO 

 70 

 (12 



94 



1906 



1903 



1907 



1903 



1895 



1901 



1911 



1916 



1908 



1910* 



1895 



1901 



1911 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degrees Year 



-33 



-28 



-16 



14 



24 



30 



39 



36 



27 



19 







-15 



-33 



1904 

 1914 

 1912 

 1898 

 1902 

 1913 

 1912 

 1912' 

 1913 s 

 1904 

 1891 

 1903 



1904 



Precipitation 



Average 

 inches 



2.76 

 2.62 

 2.85 

 2.77 

 3.66 

 4.23 

 4.53 

 4.18 

 3.57 

 3.37 

 3.04 

 2.89 



40.47 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Greatest 

 record, 

 inches 



1.51 

 1.95 



1.85 

 1.88 

 2.70 

 3.24 

 3.66 

 2.80 

 2.26 

 3.20 

 2.40 

 1.67 



3.66 



Year 



1915 

 1910 

 1903 

 1910 

 1906 

 1915 

 1903 

 1911 

 1912 

 1903 

 1898 

 1900 



1903 



Snow, 

 average 



depth 

 in inches 



15.7 



18.4 



13.2 



3.1 



T. 



3.9 



5.5 



14.4 



74.2 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



The surface is a hilly upland divided into several ridges 

 separated by deep, broad valleys. In every township are found 

 elevations of from 250 to 500 feet, among which flow a great 

 number of small streams. The greatest elevations are in Cherry 

 Valley township, where several hills rise more than 2,000 feet 

 above tide. 



