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and the back half open. The maximum thermometer is placed 

 near by, outside the shelter. The wings of the house exclude the 

 sun at all hours. 



The rain-gauge, which was constructed by Mr. Hyatt, is 70 feet 

 southeast of the house. Its top is 4^ feet above the ground. Its 

 readings agree well with the gauge of the State service. 



HUDSON VALLEY — DUTCHESS COUNTY. 

 Station, Poughkeepsie, Vassar College Observatory. 



Latitude, 41 deg. 41 min. north; longitude, 73 deg. 53 min. west; elevation, 180 feet. 



This station is located on a plateau ISO feet above the Hudson 

 river and about 2 miles from its eastern bank. The country is 

 rolling and quite flat in the immediate vicinity, giving an open 

 exposure. 



The thermometers are placed in a louvred shelter of standard 

 pattern, about 50 feet from the college observatory, and not far 

 from a clump of evergreen trees. The shelter is exposed to sun- 

 light excepting in the early morning and late afternoon. The 

 thermometers are 5 feet above the sod. 



The rain-gauge is a copper bucket, 10 inches in diameter, madi 

 by Badger & Sons, furnished by the New England Weather Ser- 

 vice. It is about 40 feet distant from the observatory. 



HUDSON VALLEY — PUTNAM COUNTY. 

 Station, Carmel — Mr. Thomas Manning, Observer. 



Date of establishment not known; latitude, 41 deg. 25 min. north; longitude, 73 deg. 

 40 min. west; elevation, 500 feet. 



This station is about 1,000 feet east of the village of Carmel, near 

 the foot of a gradual descent from the village. The surrounding 

 country is much broken by abrupt, irregular hills, probably not 

 exceeding 300 or 400 feet in height aibove the general surface. 



