CLIMATE OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. 
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TABLE III. Comparison of the forwardness of the seasons, with the average of the State during the same years. 
FACTS OBSERVED. 
Onondaga. 
Auburn. 
Aurora. 
Ithaca. 
Prattsburgh. 
Canandaigua. 
Palmyra. 
Rochester. 
| Henrietta. 
Middlebury. 
Gaines and 
Millville. 
Mayville. 
Lewiston. 
Buffalo. 
Springville. 
Fredonia. 
day3 
days 
d ys 
days. 
days 
days- 
days- 
days 
days. 
days- 
days 
days 
days 
days- 
days. 
days. 
Robins first seen. 
—0 
+ i 
+10* 
+ o 
—0 
+ IS* 
—2 
+t 
+it 
+nt 
—2 
Shadbush in bloom .... 
+5 
— 5 
4- 3* 
4- 6 
—4 
— 3* 
+1 
—10* 
—i 
+i 
—5* 
Peach do .... 
+ 2 
— 0* 
— 1 
+ 10* 
+2t 
- 1* 
—1 
— 5* 
+9* 
“M 
+ 9* 
+.')* 
-2f 
Currants do .... 
— 3f 
— 1 
— 4* 
— 4* 
+ 6* 
—0 
— 0* 
—0* 
— 3* 
—0* 
+4* 
—4* 
.... 
+6* 
—6 
Plum do .... 
-It 
... 
_ 4* 
— 5 
+ 5 
—2* 
— 2* 
—5* 
— 3* 
—3 
+4* 
+2* 
.... 
—3 
—8 
Cherry do .... 
—2 
— 9* 
—10* 
— 9 
+ 3 
—4* 
. . . 
— 0* 
_ q* 
+ 5 
+3* 
— 0 
+6* 
—8 
Apple do .... 
-of 
— 4 
_ q * 
— 6 
4“ 1 
— 0 
+ 3* 
—3* 
— l* 
-Of 
+o 
+0* 
— 0 
— 1 
—2f 
Lilac do .... 
— 0* 
— 4* 
— 5* 
_ q* 
+ 7 
+2* 
.... 
—2* 
_ 4* 
.... 
+2* 
.... 
—3 
+ 8* 
—5 
Strawberries ripe ♦.... 
— 0 
4-10* 
+ 3* 
— 0* 
+ 6* 
—2* 
+1 
—4 
+ 5* 
—6 
Having commenced .. . 
—If 
4- 2* 
— 0* 
+ 9* 
—0 
— 3* 
—3* 
+6* 
+2* 
Wheat harvest ditto .. . 
—3f 
+6 
First killing frost. 
4-61 
4- It 
4-12 
- 5f 
— 3 
+3t 
1 
4-9 
—3+ 
—fit 
+ 1* 
* The result of less than four years observation. 
The result o 
‘ observations for ten years or me 
re. 
: . -a .. 
REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING TABLES. 
I thought of subdividing this section into three, viz. the vicinity of the smaller lakes, 
the Genesee valley, and the western counties; but there is such a similarity of climate 
throughout the entire region, so far as is shown by the reports, that I concluded to em¬ 
brace the whole in one division. 
Its mean temperature does not differ much from the average of the State, but is re¬ 
markably uniform; more so than in any other section, except Long island. With the 
exception of Plattsburgh which is situated on high ground, Buffalo where observations 
were taken but for a single year, and Onondaga which seems to be hardly far enough 
west to show the characteristic climate of this section, but partakes more of that which 
reigns farther east, the average annual range of the thermometer is but 96° ; while in the 
State generally it is 104°, and in the northern counties nearly 120°. The greatest cold in 
winter at Rochester, Lewiston or Fredonia, but little exceeds that which is found on Long 
island or at New-York. Vegetation in the spring is a few days earlier than the average 
of the State; about the same as at Albany. 
But the most interesting fact developed by the observations in this section, is the change 
in the circumstances that affect the temperature (other than latitude and elevation) as we 
pass from the east into the basin of the smaller lakes, and so on westward. East of this 
section, twenty-seven places out of thirty-two showed a lower mean temperature than was 
due to their latitude and elevation; here, all but two a higher. Whether this is to be 
ascribed to the geological character of the country, or to the more southerly direction of 
the winds, or to both, or to some other cause, I would not venture to decide. The winds 
in this section are, on an average, about 11° more southerly than the mean for the State, 
