New York Weather Bureau. 359 



NORTHERN PLATEAU — LEWIS COUNTY. 



Station^ Number Four — Mr. Charles Fenton, Observer. 



Established by the National Service in December, 1888; equipment completed by the 

 State in December, 1889; latitude, 43 deg. 50 min. north; longitude, 75 deg. 12 mln. west; 

 elevation, 1,571 feet. 



The station, Fenton's Number Four, is 18 miles east of Lowville, 

 near the western limits of the Adirondack wilderness. The sta- 

 tion stands on a plateau which commands a view of Beaver lake, 

 about one-half mile distant, and also a considerable range of the 

 surrounding cotintry in all directions. Since the hills in this sec- 

 tion are much lower than the peaks of the eastern Adirondacks, 

 the air circulation about the station is nearly unobstructed. 



The dry^ wet bulb and maximum and minimum thermometers 

 are exposed near the northwest corner of Mr. Fenton's main build- 

 ing in a slngle-louvred shelter of the Signal Service pattern. The 

 shelter is about 11 feet above the ground, and is reached by a nar- 

 now platform extending out about 10 feet from the piazza of the 

 house. It is exposed to the rays of the sun until about 9 in the 

 morning; but during the remainder of the day the shelter is 

 shaded by the main building. 



The rain-gauge is situated on open ground, free from obstacles 

 to a favorable exposure. The height of the funnel is about 3 feet 

 from the ground. The barometer (by Schneider Bros.) is hung 

 near the window of am unheated room on the first floor of the 

 building. 



NORTHERN PLATEAU — LEWIS COUNTY. 

 Station, Turin — Mr* R. T. Church, Observer. 



Established by the State Service in October, 1890; latitude, 43 deg. 38 mln. north; longi- 

 tude, 75 deg. 25 min. west; elevation, 1,240 feet. 



This station is located on the same terrace of " Tug Hill " range 

 already described with reference to Constableville; but the pla- 

 teau is not so vvide as at the latter place, and the hills rise much 

 more abruptly westward from Turin toward Gonier Hill (the high- 

 est point of the range) whoise summit is 2,100 feet above tide. A 

 consideration of the very heavy rains or cloud bursts which have 



