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TABLE V. Comparative view of the quantity of rain for each of the last ten years, so far as reported, with a 
general mean for the whole number of those years. 
LOCALITIES. 
1836 . 
1837 . 
1838 . 
1839 . 
1840 . 
1841 . 
1842 . 
1843 . 
1844 . 
1845 . 
General 
mean. 
Albany ...... 
44-60 
41-17 
42-03 
38-11 
44-38 
37-85 
45-99 
48-35 
35-00 
39-45 
41-69 
Gouverneur .. 
26-70 
20-02 
19-63 
22 ' 77 
18-94 
25-46 
33-48 
23-85 
Lowville. 
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28-40 
39-99 
28-86 
34-53 
27-16 
26-47 
30-69 
30-87 
Potsdam ..... 
18-54 
23-58 
26-78 
22-96 
32-48 
20-77 
28-53 
34-14 
31-67 
31-02 
27-05 
TABLE VI. Amount of rain and melted snow, observed at the Albany Academy, compiled from its Meteorological 
Register, by Prof. Tew Eyck. 
The figures indicate the depth in inches and decimals of an inch. 
YEAR. 
January. 
February. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
j November. 
December. 
1826 
2*43 
1-36 
3-81 
1-77 
0-76 
6-22 
5-53 
2-46 
3-58 
2-37 
1-56 
1-27 
1827 
5-40 
3-07 
2-38 
4*66 
3-43 
3-75 
5-43 
4-69 
5-67 
4-65 
2-76 
3-91 
1828 
2-25 
2-53 
1-94 
2-52 
4-48 
2-87 
5-40 
0-88 
8-08 
1-56 
4-91 
0-24 
1829 
4-56 
3-26 
2-78 
4-77 
2-68 
3-90 
3-22 
1-46 
2-73 
2-41 
3-86 
2-44 
1830 
1-76 
1-41 
4-86 
2-37 
4-63 
7-58 
2-37 
1-55 
0-93 
3-15 
7-29 
3-95 
1831 
1-88 
4-17 
2-38 
4-59 
2-88 
4-04 
4-32 
3-25 
3-93 
4-82 
1-71 
1-57 
1832 
4-21 
3-12 
2-59 
2-90 
2-69 
3-57 
4-28 
7-51 
2-76 
4-20 
3-28 
3-34 
1833 
2-63 
2-56 
1-62 
1-33 
8-47 
2-36 
4-48 
3-36 
3-14 
7-50 
2-43 
1-86 
1834 
1-35 
2-04 
1-60 
2-35 
3-70 
2-32 
5-25 
2-77 
2-34 
3-77 
1-37 
3-59 
1835 
4-64 
1-79 
2-60 
4-54 
2-71 
6-48 
5-39 
5-34 
1-28 
2-22 
2-26 
1-19 
1836 
7-30 
4-39 
1-70 
2-30 
3-86 
5-67 
2-43 
2-25 
3-49 
3-99 
3-31 
3-91 
1837 
2-25 
2-77 
3-47 
1-63 
7-34 
5-06 
4-38 
3-96 
1-95 
3-59 
2-14 
0-63 
1838 
2-25 
2-20 
2-09 
1-53 
7-45 
7-60 
1-72 
4-91 
4-46 
3-32 
3-55 
0-95 
1839 
2-17 
1-57 
1-52 
4-75 
3-83 
5-12 
5-77 
1-24 
2-75 
1-35 
2*95 
5-09 
1840 
2'16 
2-44 
3-99 
5-23 
2-28 
3-47 
3-40 
4-77 
5-76 
4*81 
3-13 
2-95 
1841 
4-19 
2-12 
3-15 
3-75 
2-24 
2-10 
1-56 
4-27 
5-65 
1-34 
3-34 
4-14 
1842 
1-15 
3-21 
2-69 
4-90 
1-44 
4-44 
3-42 
4-15 
6-40 
4-22 
4*76 
5-21 
1843 
2-13 
3-21 
7-37 
4-25 
2-07 
5-54 
4-42 
6-05 
2-19 
5*72 
3-04 
2-36 
1844 
1-35 
2-04 
1-60 
2-35 
3-70 
2-32 
5-25 
2-77 
2-34 
3-77 
9-37 
3-59 
1845 
1846 
4-64 
3-03 
1-79 
3-72 
2-60 
3-34 
4-54 
0-74 
2-71 
6-48 
5-39 
5-34 
1-28 
2-22 
2-26 
1-19 
Greatest quantity of rain in any one month, for 20 years, May, 1833; smallest ditto, December, 1828. 
TABLE VII. General Summary. 
PLACES. 
Mean temperature. 
Prevailing winds. 
Av. quantity of rain. 
Albany.. 
Lowville .... 
Gouverneur .. 
Potsdam ..... 
20 years, 48-26 
17 ss 43-61 
13 “ 43-66 
18 “ 43-35 
20 years, S 
16 " NW 
13 “ SW 
19 “ SW 
20 years, 40*80 
15 “ 32-82 
17 “ 28-26 
