348 Eighth Annual Report of the 



The thermometer shelter is built substantially after the specifi- 

 cations of the United States Weather Bureau, having louvred 

 sides and a sloping shingled roof. It is 24 feet southeast of the 

 nearest building (a barn) and is not affected bv any artificial heat. 

 The thermometers are 5| feet above the ground. 



The rain-gauge stands on level ground, 30 feet south of Mr. Orr's 

 house and 12 feet south of a small fruit tree. The top of the gauge 

 is 2 feet above the ground. 



• EASTERN PLATEAU — BROOME COUNTY. 



Station, Binghamton — Superintendent of State Hospital; 



Mr. J. J. Eastman,, Observer. 



Established (by Signal Service) October, 1889; latitude, 42 deg. 07 min. north; longitude. 

 75 deg. 55 min. west; elevation, 870 feet 



The instruments are located on the grounds of the pumping sta- 

 tion of the State hospital water- v^^orks, on the northern bank of the 

 Susquehanna river. North of the station the ground rises ab- 

 ruptly to the hospital grounds, over 200 feet above, and beyond 

 the hospital the ground continues to rise to a much greater eleva- 

 tion. The station is at the outskirts of the city of Binghamton, 

 which lies O'n the broad plain toward the south and west. 



The dry bulb and maximum and minimum thermometers are 

 exposed in a louvred shelter^ built after the signal service specifi- 

 cations, and is supported at the height of 12 feet from the 

 ground on a skeleton platform. It is 90 feet west of the pumping 

 station, 100 feet north of the river bank, and about 30 feet above 

 mean water level of the river. 



The rain-gauge is 90 feet w-est of the water-works^ and there are 

 no obstructions nearer than this to interfere with a free air circu- 

 lation. The top of the gauge is 8 feet above the ground. 



