Seneca County 



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CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Seneca County have been taken at 

 Romulus by J. II. Coryell. The location of the station is about 

 1,000 feet west of the principal corner at Romulus, which is 

 situated on nearly level ground, there being only a gentle slope 

 toward Cayuga Lake on the east and Seneca Lake on the west. 



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

 in fall are May 7 and October 10, respectively, giving a growing 

 season of 156 days. 



The following records, which cover a period of 24 years, show 

 both normal and extreme temperatures and precipitation : 

 Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Romulus 



January. . . . 

 February. . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. . 



October 



November. . 

 December . . , 



Year 





Temperature 







Precipitation 





Highest 



Lowest 





Amount in 24 



Aver- 

 age 



maximum 



minimum 



Average 

 inches 



hours 



Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



Year 



25.0 



70 



1906 



—15 



1896 



2.23 



1.73 



1913 



23.5 



65 



1906 



—17 



1914* 



1.83 



2.31 



1900 



•33.3 



84 



1905 



-4 



1900 



2.41 



2.56 



1913 



45.4 



87 



1896 



17 



1912* 



2.58 



1.62 



1907 



57.7 



93 



1895 



25 



1902 



3.50 



2.02 



1893 



66.4 



96 



1893 



35 



1913 



3.30 



2.62 



1906 



71.2 



98 



1894 



41 



1898 



3.22 



2.31 



1895 



69.0 



97 



1900* 



42 



1913 



3.14 



1.73 



1908 



62.8 



97 



1897 



32 



1913* 



2.45 



2.43 



1913 



51.3 



88 



1891 



21 



1904 



2.95 



2.48 



1891 



39.4 



74 



1902 



11 



1905 



2.16 



2.25 



1900 



29.2 



65 



1901 



—8 



1914 



2.12 



2.00 



1894 



47.8 



98 



1894 



—17 



1914* 



31.89 



2.62 



1906 



Snow, 

 average 



depth 

 in inches 



11.6 

 11.9 

 10.1 

 4.5 

 2 



0.3 



3.3 



11.2 



53.1 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 A high ridge enters the county from Tompkins, and occupies 

 nearly one-fourth of its surface. The extreme southern portion 

 of this ridge rises 700 to 800 feet above Seneca Lake and gen- 

 erally terminates in high bluffs on the shores of the lakes. At the 

 foot of Seneca Lake the bluffs have an average height of 20 feet, 

 rising gradually toward the south to an elevation of 100 to 150 

 feet. At the foot of Cayuga Lake the shore is low and shelving; 

 but in Romulus the shores rise in bluffs which gradually increase 



