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day line opened business. Shipbuilding is one of the important 

 industries in the countv (p. 741). 



A large area in this county has recently been given over to the 

 construction of the Ashokan Ileservoir, one of the water supplies 

 for New York City. 



In the acreage of small fruits Ulster County ranks second in 

 the state ; it also stands third in ju-oduction f grapes. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 

 The meterological station in Ulster Comity is located at ]\iohonk 

 Lake, at an elevation of 1,235 feet. The present observer is 1). 

 Smiley. 



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

 fall are April 26 and October 15, respectively, giving a growing 

 season of 172 days. 



The following table covers the period 1896 to 1918: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Mohonk Lake 





Temperature 



Precipitation 







Highest 



Lowest 





Amount in 24 







Aver- 

 age 



maximum 



minimum 



Average 

 inches 



hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



Year 



depth 

 in inches 



January 



26.7 



60 



1906* 



—16 



1914* 



3.47 



2.02 



1902 



16.6 



February 



22.9 



56 



1903 



—16 



1908 



3.75 



2.75 



1896 



15.1 



March 



33.2 



76 



1905 



—8 



1912 



4.56 



6.50 



1914 



11.4 



April 



45.5 

 57.2 

 64.5 

 69.8 

 67.6 



88 

 91 

 89 

 96 

 94 



1915 



1914 



1914* 



1911 



1918 



14 

 23 

 37 

 50 



44 



1897 



1907 



1910 



1912* 



1912 



3.96 

 3.61 

 3.71 

 4.84 

 4.85 



3.44 

 2.73 

 3.13 

 4.05 

 4.75 



1910 

 1908 

 1903 

 1902 

 1901 



3.0 



May 



T. 



June 





July 









September. . . . 



61.2 



93 



1914 



31 



1904 



4.45 



4.40 



1904 





October 



50.9 



82 



1897 



22 



1904 



3.74 



5.07 



1903 



T. 



November. . . . 



41.1 



70 



1909* 



7 



1901 



2.63 



3.28 



1896 



3.0 



December 



27.0 



61 



1912 



—24 



1917 



4.17 



3.70 



1915 



12.6 



Year 



47.3 



96 



1911 



—24 



1917 



47.74 



6.50 



1914 



61.7 







* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



The surface is mostly a hilly and mountainous upland. The 



northwestern part is occupied by the Catskills, the Shawangunk 



Mountains extending from the southwest corner in a northeasterly 



direction almost the length of the county. In the mountain region 



