2G 



CLIMATE OF THE REGION 





N 



\1 



E. 



SK.. 



S. 



BW. 



\V 



NW. 



100 



53 



B 



117 



1 

 111 



' 1 



85 



183 



1 16 i 



3 1 3 



4.-.1 



281 

 LOT 



to 



460 



96 



698 



72 



1075 

 46 1 



557 



1264 



10] 



6 1 3 

 164 



517 









Schenectady and Canajoharie, vegetation advances more rapidly than the average 

 of the State, and al Johnstown and Fairfield less so. The difference between Canajoharie 

 and Fairfield, though bat twenty miles distant, is about a fortnight, owing chiefly to the 

 high elevation of the latter place. ITtica Beems to be not only situated near the geo- 

 graphical centre of the Slate, hut to be a pretty fair representative of it in respect to 

 climate. Its mean temperature is hut 1 lower than that of the State as a whole; and in 

 id to the progress of vegetation, it agrees within a day. 



IV. THE REGION NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE VALLEY OF THE 



III IHAWK 



Localities of observation. Mexico, Belville, Lowrille, Gouverneur, Ogdensburgh, Potsdam. 



Malone and Plattsburgh. 



TABLE I. Comparison between ealeulaled and observed temperatures. 



LOCALITIES. 



Number of 



year* 

 Dfaaamd. 



Latitude. ' Eleyation. 



Temperature 

 due to latitude 

 ami elevation 



Obaerred 



■t-uipcralure 



Variation of 

 red from 

 ralcnl il 

 temperature 





5 



7 

 1 1 



1 



15 



3 



2 



4 3° 27' 

 43 45 

 43 47 

 11 28 



11 40 



t Elevation < 



- 

 400 



slimated. 



4.',. 7 1 



44. 1 5 

 44.27 

 44.27 



41° 

 45.27 



44.07 

 n. 13 



15.87 



— 1 ".".-, 



— U. 17 



_ 0.08 



— 1.03 

 + 0.16 



— 0. 

 + 0.51 

 + 1 ■ 





TABLE II. Comparison of mean temperature, and annual extremes of heat and eold, with the average of the 



State during the same years. 



FACTS OBSERVED 



Mexico. 

 4 yean. 



BelnUe. 

 7 yean. 



Lowrille. 

 13 yean 



CouTerneur. 

 9 yean. 



Ogdensburgh. 

 1 year. 



Potadam. 

 15 year*. 



Malooe. 

 3 years 



Plattaburgh. 

 3 yean. 



temperate • 

 inrnial maximum, 

 Mean annual minimum, 

 annual ra . 



— V 



+ 1 



— •;. 

 + i 



— 1°.22 

 + 1.43 



+ 11 



— 2°. 42 



.00 



—16.00 

 +19.00 



— 3°.25 

 + 1.45 



— 17..'..'. 

 + 10.00 



_ 20.06 



+ 1 



— 1. 00 



+ 2. (X) 



— 3<>.2.'t 



— 1.13 

 —11.80 



+ 10.07 



— 8° 



— 2.66 



— ^3.3 

 + 5.61 



— 0°.62 



— 5.50 



— 7. 

 + 1.50 



