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EASTERN PLATEAU — CHENANGO COUNTY. 

 Station, Oxford — Mr. John P. Davis, Observer. 



Latitude, 42 deg. 26 min. north; longitude, 75 deg. 40 min. west; elevation, 1,000 feet; 

 location changed to Oxford village in 1893. 



This station is located at Mr. Davis' residence in the town of 

 Oxford, on the western side of the Chenango river valley; the sur- 

 face being nearly level in the vicinity of the station. 



The maximum and minimum thermometers are secured 6 feet 

 above the sod, to the north side of a barn. They are protected by 

 louvred wings at the sides, and by a closed board roof. 



The rain-gauge is situated in the garden^ about 25 feet distant 

 from the barn. Its top is 2 feet above the ground. 



EASTERN PLATEAU — DELAWARE COUNTY. 



- Station, South Kortright — Mr. D. C. Sharpe, Observer. 



Established (by Signal Service) in 1888; equipped by State Service, February, 1890; 

 latitude, 42 deg. 20 min. north; longitude, 74 deg. 43 min. west; elevation, 1,700 feet. 



This station is located in a deep valley of the Catskill moun- 

 tains through which the western branch of the Delaware river 

 flows in a southwesterly direction. On the southern side of the val- 

 ley the mountains rise to a height of about 1,000 feet, and to a 

 somewhat less elevation on the northern side. The valley at this 

 point is about one-half mile wide, the station being located nejir 

 its center. 



The maximum and minimum thermometers are exposed in a 

 doorway about 2 feet deep, on the north-northwest side of Mr. 

 Sharpe's house. 



The instruments face toward the northeast, and are never 

 reached by the direct sunlight. The hall into which the door leads 

 is unheated. The walls of the building are of wood. The ther- 

 mometers are about 8 feet above the sod. 



The rain-guage is 20 feet distant from the south side of the 

 house. The top of the gauge is 2 feet above the ground. 



