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mountains, while the Genesee river shows the opposite, namely, 

 higher precipitation at its source than at its mouth. 



According to a table of average monthly, annual and seasonal 

 precipitation in Mr Turner's monograph on the climate of New 

 York State 1 it appears that the coast region, which includes Block 

 Island, East Hampton, Setauket, Fort Columbus, New York city, 

 Mount Pleasant, Tarrytown, White Plains, Croton dam, and 

 North Salem, has an average annual precipitation of 44.93 inches. 

 With the exception of Block Island, these stations are all in New 

 York and not far from the coast, and they range in elevation 

 above tidewater from 16 feet at East Hampton to 361 feet at 

 North Salem. The average elevation of the coast region is 132 

 feet. The records vary in length from 7 years to 49 years, with 

 a total of 195 years. Five of the stations are in Westchester 

 county. 



As given by Mr Turner, the northern plateau includes Con- 

 stableville, Lowville, Fairfield, Johnstown, Pottersville, Elizabeth- 

 town, Keene Valley and Dannemora, in the counties of Lewis, 

 Herkimer, Warren, Essex, and Clinton. According to the table 

 the average annual precipitation at these places is 38.97 inches. 

 The elevation of the stations above tide ranges from 600 feet at 

 Elizabethtown to 1356 feet at Dannemora, with an average eleva- 

 tion of 973 feet. The records vary in length from 4 to 22 years, 

 with a total of 73 years. 



Again, the western plateau, which includes stations in Catta- 

 raugus, Wyoming, Allegany, Steuben, Livingston and Chemung 

 counties, has an average elevation above tide of 1307 feet, ranging 

 from 1950 feet to 525 feet, and has an average annual precipita- 

 tion of 35.58 inches, while the Hudson valley, which includes 

 stations in Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia, Albany, 

 Rensselaer and Washington counties, has an average elevation of 

 230 feet above tide, with an average annual precipitation of 38.46 

 inches. The records range from 9 years to 65 years, with a total 

 of 277 years. 



l The Climate of New York State, by E. T. Turner. C. E., lute Meteorolo- 

 gist of the New York Weather Bureau : Fifth Ann. Kept. New York Weather 

 Bureau, 1893. Reprinted in Eighth Ann. Rept. of the Bureau, 1896. 



