SOUTHERN DISTRICT 
315 
A SERIES OF TABLES, 
SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL FACTS IN METEOROLOGY, SO FAR AS THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT IS CONCERNED. 
TABLE I. Names of places, latitude, height, etc. 
PLACES. 
North Latitude. 
West Longitude. 
Elevation. 
Topographical remarks. 
Franklin... 
42°34' 
77°20' 
F'T^JSonia... 
42 26 
79 24 
144 feet above Lake Erie. 
2J miles from the lake. 
Harfwick .. 
42 38 
75 01 
1100 feet above tide. 
On a tributary of the Susqug,hannah. 
Ithaca . 
42 27 
76 00 
417 feet above tide. 
Head of Cayuga lake, and 30 feet above it. 
Oxford ... 
42 28 
75 32 
961 feet above tide. 
Valley of the Chenango. 
Pompev.... 
42 56 
76 05 
1300 feet above tide 
900 feet above Salina or Syracuse. 
TABLE II. Mean temperature for each month, 1845. 
PLACES. 
January. 
i 
February. 
i 
March. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
►"“3 
August. 
September. 
| October. 
i 
November. 
i 
December. 
Annual 
mean. 
1 Highest 
and lowest 
degree. 
Annual 
range. 
Greatest 
monthly 
range. 
Cortland, ... 
20-70 
26-44 
36-41 
45-83 
53.05 
62-93 
65-06 
65-69 
55-63 
49-93 
37-97 
21-33 
45-37 
95 
— 9 
104 
72 
Franklin .... 
29-71 
29-41 
38-81 
46-96 
53-26 
63-21 
67-20 
68-59 
56-48 
48-21 
39-78 
21-83 
46-95 
98 
— 6 
104 
70 
Fredonia.... 
34-62 
34-21 
43-03 
51-62 
56-07 
67-11 
70-61 
71-71 
61-31 
53-08 
42-53 
28-20 
51-22 
96 
— 4 
92 
58 
Ithaca ...... 
30-33 
29-98 
39-85 
48-93 
57-04 
62-98 
71-03 
70-99 
60-84 
52-08 
42-53 
23-56 
49-18 
97 
— 4 
101 
56 
Oxford . 
25-50 
24-45 
35-40 
44-00 
51-47 
62-93 
68-38 
07-84 
55-63 
46-36 
36-08 
18-65 
44-67 
93 
—16 
109 
67 
Cherryvalley, 
24-87 
23-32 
34-85 
42-69 
53-59 
62-92 
69-82 
67-85 
57-65 
51-63 
40-45 
18-41 
45-07 
85 
—17 
102 
05 
Hartvvick ... 
31-75 
31-11 
12-46 
50-24 
58-89 
68-81 
71-78 
72- 55|61 "53 
54-28 
43-09 
26-31 
51-06 
94 
— 7 
101 
65 
TABLE III. Prevailing winds in each month, 1845. 
PLACES. 
January. 
February. 
j March. 
April. 
03 
S 
June. 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
November. 
December. 
Cortland. 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
SW 
NW 
SW 
SW 
SW 
SW 
NW 
Franklin. 
NW 
S 
NW 
NW 
S 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
S 
W 
S 
Fredonia. 
W 
s 
S 
SW 
S 
W 
W 
w&s 
S 
W 
W 
N&W 
Ithaca. 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
SW& 
NW 
NW 
NW 
Oxford . 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
SW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
sw 
SW 
SW 
Cherryvalley . 
sw 
W 
W 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
S 
NW 
SW& 
NW 
sw 
SW 
Hartwick .... 
s 
NW 
s 
S 
NW 
S 
NW 
S 
NW 
S 
s 
NW 
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