•>•» 



i I.IMATK OF THE VALLEY OF THE HUDSON. 



TARLE II I mean t tmytiatw t, ami annual extremes of heat ami cold, with the artrage of the 



•t during Ou >.im< years. 



FACTS OBSER\ 



Ml Plrasam 



N --.!•■. 



Goshen. 



merr. Newburifh. 



Pooshkeepsie 



Kingston. 



Redbook. 





1 I >esrs 



1 1 vrwi 



? years. 



1 1 \e»r». 13 years. 



19 jressa. 



14 years 



la years. 



... - 



-f :;• 



+ I" 



+ l°.H> 



-f-l°.:n 4 . 



4- 4°.25 



4 2°. '.'7 



4 i°.'.'j 



IB .in mill l: ■ 



-f- 2. 



— 1 



4 5 



-f 1 . 



4- 1 



— 0.11 



4 i».75 



'i annual minimum, 



-f-ll. 



— 1 . 



4 ; 



4 1.00 



4 5.31 



4 2.33 



+ 1 .43 



4 3. ia 



Mem annual range 



—11. 



- 



— .. 



4- 4.88 



— :;. 



4- 1.91 



— 1.57 



— .■.' 



FACTS OBSERVED. 



«OD. 



Kinderhonk. 



Albany. 



L»n»ircburgh 



Cambridge. 



Salem. 



Granville. 





9 years. 



13 years 



15 y> 



M yearr 



13 years. 



6 years. 



7 years. 



tempentun 



4 1 



+ 0°.42 



41°.... 410.6$ 



— 1" 



— l°.:i'> 



— 11° |. 





+ "• 



4 • 



4 0.78 4 3.1 1 



— 0.05 



+ 3.00 



4 2.57 



annual minimum, 



4- 1. 1" 



— l.r.i 



4 0.85 — 1.57 



—ll . 



—11.6 



— 9.14 



annual rai - 



— 3.44 



+ 3. - 0.13 4 -.71 



+10.63 



+14.6 



411.71 



TABLE III Comparison of t\ 



t forwardness of the seasons, trilh thi art rase of the State during the tame ye 



art. 



FACTS OBSERVED 



3 



■- 



z\ 

 _^ 

 3 



DO 



z 



— 



1- 

 - 



e 



z 



'J 



- 

 z 



p. 



— 



— 

 9 



s 



-a 



z d 



- s 



O 

 O 

 — 



■a 

 I 



a 



c 



— 

 9 

 = 



it 



z 

 c 



- 



s 



- 



i 



c 

 ■« 

 c 



3 



9 



.H 



§ 



- 



.Si 



H 



"> 

 c 

 3 



u 



a 



S •i\is\\ in t.l iim .. . 

 Peach do ... 

 Currants do 

 Plum do 

 Cherry do 

 Apple do ... 

 Lilac do ... 



ing commenced . . 

 .t harvest ditl" . . 





+ll« 



— 7 



— 7 

 —12 

 —11 



— 0" 

 —13" 



+*» 



ir jean 



_ ,', 



— 5 



— 3 



— 1 



— 4 



— 1 



— 1 



-13t 



— ■ 



— 7" 



— 1* 



— U* 



— 2* 



— 1' 



— 2* 



— 4* 



— '.3 : 



— 6 



_ g* 



— 5 



— '• 



— 9 



— 4 



— 5 



_l*o« 



— 3* 



+T 



— 8 



—":,'• 

 —U* 



— -• 



— 2" 



413' 



-6 



— 9 

 —11* 

 -12- 

 -6 



— V 



— I 



— 6 



— B 

 + 5t 



— in 

 —10" 



— ii- 



4-3- 



4' it 



tThe 



— 5* 



— 6* 



— 3* 



— ":■• 



— 7 



— 2 



— I - 



— 2 

 2* 



4 9 



remit 



— 1 



— 8 



— 2 



— 6 



— 9 



— 4 



— 5 



— e 



— 4' 



+ 61 



f obsen 



— 5f 



— 3 



4 1 



— 4 

 -2t 











— !• 



+ ot 



rations 



+ 4 



+ 9 ; 



— 2* 



— 2" 



— 5* 



+'i : 



+»t 



at ten j 



_L"o« 



— 2 



— 3f 



— 3 



— 5 



+"*• 



4 4t 



esrs or 



+ 



4 '-' 



+"i* 



+ 

 4 ' 

 - 



+ 0' 

 4 1- 



+ 2 



more. 



4 "* 

 4 I" 



+16" 



4 i ; 

 +'•'»• 



— 3 

 — '3* 



+ 3 



' The rasn'.t 0/ less than fo 



obacrn 



111 on. 



REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING TABLES. 



There is nothing very peculiar in regard (o the mean temperature of this valley as a 

 whole. At North-Salem and Goshen n is considerably lower than is due to the latitude 

 and elevation of those places, and at PoDghkeepsie considerably higher. The extreme 

 simiiiKr heal i> greater by several degrees than in any other section of the State; and this 

 is true not only of the proper valley of the Hudson, but north of it as far as Lake Cham- 

 plain. There ia no other place in the State where the thermometer has risen so high on 

 an average each year a> at Montgomery, Poughkeepsie and Lansingburgh. The latter 

 place is not less remarkable for extremes of cold in the winter. For the past fifteen years, 



