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EASTEKN PLATEAU — OTSEGO COUNTY. 



Station^ Oneonta — Messrs. Ford and Ford, Observers. 



Established August, 1S94; latitude, 42 deg. 27 min. north; longitude, 75 deg. 6 mln. 

 west; elevation, 1,000 feet. 



The town of Oneonta is situated in a valley of the eastern high- 

 lands, at the junction of the Susquehanna, Charlotte and Schenevus 

 rivers. 



The maximum and minimum thermometers are exposed in front 

 of the drug store of Messrs. Ford, on the north side of Main street. 

 The instruments are 6 feet above the sidewalk. Direct sunlight 

 is excluded by an awning; but the pavement is liable to become 

 heated in the early morning and the late afternoon. 



The rain-gauge is mounted at the center of the flat tin roof of 

 the business block, at a height of about*40 feet from the ground; 

 the bottom of the gauge resting upon the roof. 



EASTERN PLATEAU — SCHUYLER COUNTY. 

 Station, Perry City — Mr. W. H. Jepfers^ Observer. 



Equipped with standard instruments in December, 1889; latitude, 42 deg. 03 min. north; 

 longitude, 76 deg. 44 min. west; elevation, 1,038 feet. 



This station is located about 4 miles west-southwest of Trumans- 

 burgh, on the hills west of Cayuga lake, from whose shore it is 

 about 6 miles distant. Mr. Jeffers' house is situated on the west 

 bank of a brook which, after flowing southward 50 rods, meets a 

 larger stream emptying into Cayuga lake; the ground rising grad- 

 ually from the valley of the creek toward the northwest and south. 

 At a distance of 8 miles to the south is the range of Newfield hills, 

 whose summit reaches an altitude of 2,100 feet; and a similar 

 high tract of land lies to the west of the station near Seneca lake. 

 The valley in which the station is situated, with others opening 

 out of it, form an irregular depression extending through thi.? 

 western range of hills. 



