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What is the yearly amount of precipitation in New York??

Answer 1

New York is a State with an area of   141,205 Km² .  there is no one right answer to your question.

Moisture for precipitation in New York State is transported primarily from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean through circulation patterns and storm systems of the atmosphere. Distribution of precipitation within the state is greatly influenced by topography and proximity to the Great Lakes or Atlantic Ocean. Average annual amounts in excess of 50 inches occur in the western Adirondacks, Tug Hill area, and the Catskills, while slightly less tan that amount is noted in the higher elevations of the Western Plateau southeast of Lake Erie. Areas of least rainfall, with average accumulations of about 30 inches, occur near Lake Ontario in the extreme western counties, in the lower half of the Genesee River Valley, and in the vicinity of Lake Champlain.

New York State has a fairly uniform distribution of precipitation during the year. There are no distinctly dry or wet seasons, which are regularly repeated on an annual basis. Minimum precipitation occurs in the winter season, with an average monthly accumulation ranging from about 3.5 inches on Long Island to 2.2 inches in the Finger Lakes and Lake Champlain regions. Maximum amounts are noted in the summer season throughout the state except along the Great Lakes where slight peaks of similar magnitude occur in both the spring and fall seasons. Average monthly amounts in the summer vary from 3.0 inches in the lowlands south of Lake Ontario (Great Lakes Division) to 4.0 inches in the Eastern Plateau, Hudson Valley, and Coastal Divisions. New York's precipitation tends to be distributed most uniformly over the year in counties along the coast and the Great Lakes.

Variations in precipitation amounts from month to month or for the same month in different years can be wide for any individual area. Usually such variations range from near 1 inch to about 6 inches; in extreme cases, the variation is from less than 1 inch to 10 inches or more. Almost any calendar month has the potential of having the lightest, or heaviest, monthly accumulation of precipitation within a calendar year at a given location. The greatest monthly precipitation of record in New York State was a total of 25.27 inches at West Shokan (Ulster County) in October 1955. On the other hand, wide areas of the state measured less than 0.3 inch of rain in October 1963. Within relatively short distances, precipitation in the same month may be strikingly different. An extreme example occurred in August 1971 with a total of 16.7 inches falling at New York city's Borough of Richmond (Staten Island), but only 2.9 inches at Riverhead, about 90 miles away in eastern Long Island.

The amount and distribution of precipitation are normally sufficient fro the maintenance of the state's water resources for municipal and industrial supplies, transportation, and recreation. Rainfall is usually adequate during the growing season for economic crops, lawns, gardens, shrubs, forests, and woodlands. Severe droughts are rare, but deficiencies of precipitation may occur form time to time, which cause at least temporary concern over declining water supplies and moisture stress in crops and other vegetation. In some years, a pronounced shortage of precipitation during the spring or fall months results in a considerable fire hazard in the state's woodlands.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

lots of snow.