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CLIMATE OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. 
as appears from the following statement, which I copy from the article on the winds of 
the State, already referred to. 
Onondaga. 
S 67° S' W 
Auburn . 
S 74° 55' W 
Aurora. 
S 52° 40' W 
Ithaca. 
S 62° 47' W 
Prattsburgh .... 
S 76° 46’ W 
Canandaigua. 
S 62° 50' W 
Palmyra.. 
S 69° 7' W 
Rochester . 
N 89° 32' W 
Henrietta. 
S 44° 19' W 
Middlebury . 
S 72° 31' W 
Lewiston. 
S 45° 58' W 
Buffalo . 
S 42° 40' W 
Springville .... 
N 81° 4' W 
Fredonia . 
S 04° 42' W 
Average. 
S 66° 6' W 
Mean for the State .... 
S 76° 54' W 
Difference . 
10° 48' 
The want of observations in the southern part of this section renders it impossible to 
say how far the peculiarity in the climate we are speaking of extends in that direction. 
We notice it as far South as Prattsburgh, which is within forty miles of the south line of 
the State, and nearly fifteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. 
There is great uniformity in the extreme heat of summer throughout the State. But 
five places out of fifty-five show a difference of over 3° from the mean of the State, which 
is 92°. 
The average time for the whole State, from the blooming of apple trees to the first 
killing frost in autumn, deduced from over nine hundred observations, is one hundred and 
seventy-four days. On the west end of Long island it is twelve and a half days more, and 
in St. Lawrence country twenty-two less; the difference between the two latter being 
consequently thirty-four and a half days. 
I intended to have added some remarks on the stability of the climate of the State, and 
several other matters, but am compelled from want of time to omit them. 
JAMES H. COFFIN. 
