354 Eighth Annual REroRT of the 



The dry, wet, maximum and minimum thermometers are se- 

 cured to the side posts of a northern piazza of Mr. Keese's resi- 

 dence; their distance from the ground being about 9 feet, and 

 from the piazza roof, 5 feet. The sun readies the piazza only 

 near the hours of rising and setting, and at these times one-half 

 of the piazza is always in the shade of a projecting doorway; 

 hence by moving the thermometers from one side x)i the piazza to 

 the other, they are kept shaded for several hours pre- 

 ceding the time of observation. The walls of the house are of 

 brick, from which the instruments are separated by at least sev- 

 eral inches of air space. 



The rain-gauge is 60 feet south of the house,, and has no obstacle 

 to a free air circulation in its vicinity. The top of the gauge is 4 

 feet above the ground. 



Mr, Keese's record of temperature was kept during 30 years 

 from readings of a Grreen standard thermometer, with which the 

 instrument furnished by this service early in 1890 was found to 

 agree closely. The rain-gauge in use for 36 years was the Pike 

 " conical " form, which, as compared with the gauge of the New 

 York Bureau, is found to give a slightly deficient registration. 

 The exposure of the instruments has been substantially the same 

 during the entire period of the record. 



EASTERN PLATEAU — OTSEGO COUNTY. 

 Station, New Lisbon — Mr. G. A. Yates, Observer, 



Established November, 1892; latitude, 42 deg. 35 min. north; longitude, 75 deg. 13 mln. 

 west; elevation, 1.234 feet. 



This station is situated in the open country on the rolling lands 

 of the Butternut Creek valley, which is here about three-fourths 

 of a mile wide, llie adjacent hills being of moderate elevation. 



Maximum and minimum thermometers are exposed in a louvred 

 shelter of Unite d States standard form and dimensions; their height 

 from the sod being 6 feet. The shelter is 30 feet northeast of Mr, 

 Yates' house, and is near, but not directly under, a fruit tree. 



The rain-gauge is supported by a fence post at a height of 6 feet 

 from the ground, A barn 40 feet away is the nearest building. 



