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CLIMATE OF THE VALLEY OF THE MOHAWK. 



TABLE I! GMtj 



:!urr. atltl (iniiUtil t stir nn $ of hi <it ami 



8lai< during Ou .<.mir y ,ar *- 



nlil. with tin artrast of the 



rs OBSERVED 



Scbet, 

 rears 



Johns'. 'wn. 

 12 year*. 



Canaj"hane- 

 4 years. 



Fa.rfirl.!. 

 H years. 



Ulica. 

 15 years. 



Whitesboro*. 

 7 years. 



:-• — 0°.01 — l°.-*4» — l°.«'l — 2°.fl6 — I°.O0 — { 



. annual maximum, — 3.1*3 — -f 3.00 — 3.21 —2.43 -+ . 



in annual minimum, —7.50 —4.14 —3.50 — :. 



i annual range.... — :t.r - +-10.50 -f L.93 4- LOT 4- ■ 



* On ihr 13th of Febr'iarv, 1>37, the theimnmr'«r is reported to have fallen lo — 32° ; tnd on the Slut of 

 January, 1 * as it did oot fall lowei than — 10° on those dsys at any other place on the 

 Mohawk, including Uiica, which it hut four miles distant, 1 conclude thtse to be errors, and have rejected them 



TABLE III. Comparison of the forwardneu of the seasons, irith the average of thi Stab during the same years. 



FACTS OBSERVED. 



Schet. 



Johnvtowa. 



Cansjohsrie. 



Fairfield. 



Vtica and 

 Whitcfboro'. 





- 



— 3' 



— 5" 



• 



— a« 



— B* 



Teats obserra 



Dm. 



t'r 



+ "l 

 + 2 

 + 3 

 + 1 



— 1 

 11*51 



ion. f The re 



— ■-'• 



—13* 

 -1-1 1 " 



—13* 



o 



— 4 



— 7* 



— 3 



- 

 + 2 



lult of obserTst 



— 1 



+ "- 



+ a 

 + o 



+ - 

 + '•• 



+ 5 



+ - 



— ii 



ions for ten yet 



-f- 



"n 



+ 2f 



— G 



- 

 

 



— 4 



— 1 



— It 



its or more. 



ush in bloom 

 do 

 Currants do 

 Plum do 

 Cherry do 

 do 

 Lilac do 



... 



Hay ' menced, 

 Wheat bar 



• The result of less tbsa four 



REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING TABLES. 



The low temperature of the valley of the Mohawk has been already referred to. 



It is 



more than 1- lower than the average of the State, and nearly 1 D lower than is due to the 

 latitude and elevation of the places of observation, with a tolerable degree of uniformity 

 throughout. The elevation of Johnstown not being known, I could not include it in the 

 comparison between the observed and calculated temperatures; but if I am not greatly- 

 deceived, it would, if included, render the difference still greater. I would not be too 

 sanguine in the explanation I gave of the cause of this reduced temperature, but I am 

 inclined to think it is the true one. In an article on the winds of the State already referred 

 shown that while the mean direction of the wind thronghonl the State is 

 \\\. ii is several degrees more northerly in the valley of the .Mohawk generally. 

 It is not so at Utica ; but there is reason to believe that most of the winds that strike that 

 from the west, should be regarded as northwest winds.* To show the influence of 



• See an article on the winds at Utica, in the Regents' Report for 1 4 Q9, pages 69 and 70. 



