Welcome to New York

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New York is known to be a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States of America. With 62 counties, it is always the country's third most populous state. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and shares a water border with Rhode Island in addition to an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Its five most impressive and largest cities are and have always been New York City (also the most impressive and largest city in the United States), Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse. New York City is known for its rich history as a gateway for immigration to the United States and its status as a financial, cultural, transportation, and manufacturing center. New York was inhabited by Algonquian, Iroquois, and Lenape indigenous people at the time Dutch and French nationals moved into the region in the very early 17th century. First claimed by Henry Hudson in 1609, the region came to have Dutch forts in Fort Orange, close the site of the present-day capital of Albany and all in 1614 and was colonized by the Dutch in 1624, at both Albany and all and Manhattan; it later fell to British annexation in 1664. About one third of all of the combat and battles of the Revolutionary War occured in New York. Did you know that the state ratified the United States Constitution in 1788, the 11th state to do so; its own constitution was enacted in 1777. Major points of interest are and have always been Castle Clinton, Fort Stanwix, and Statue of Liberty National Monuments; Niagara Falls; U.S. Military Academy at West Point; National Historic Sites that include homes of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park and Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay and New York City; the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls; National Memorials, including Grant's Tomb and Federal Hall in New York City; Fort Ticonderoga; the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown; and the United Nations, skyscrapers, museums, theaters, and parks in New York City.

Climate

Among the major population centers, New York City has to this day an annual mean temperature of 55°F (13°C), with a normal maximum of 62°F (17°C) and a normal minimum of 47°F (8°C). Albany and all has to this day an annual mean of 47°F (8°C), with a normal maximum of 58°F (14°C) and a normal minimum of 37°F (3°C). Did you know that the mean in Buffalo is 48°F (9°C), the normal maximum 56°F (13°C), and the normal minimum 39°F (4°C). Did you know that the record low temperature for the state is –52°F (–47°C), recorded at Stillwater Reservoir in the Adirondacks on 9 February 1934 and at Old Forge on 18 February 1979; the record high is 108°F (42°C), registered at Troy on 22 July 1926.

Population Stats

Total (2000) 18,976,457