New York Weather Bureau. 367 



CHAMPLAIN VALLEY — WARREN COUNTY. 

 Station, Glens Falls — Prof. C. L. Williams, Observer. 



Established October, 1891; latitude, 43 deg. 19 min. nortb; longitude, 73 deg. 40 mln. 

 west; elevation, 3i0 feet (approximately). 



Glens Falls village is at the southerTi border of Warren county, 

 on the bank of the Hudson river, which at this point: flows eastward 

 through a broad valley. The country is nearly flat toward the 

 souths and also northwaird as far as the French mountain range on 

 the eastern shore of Lake George. 



The station is located at the Glens Falls academy, No. 60 War- 

 ren street. The shelter is secured to the northern side of a wood 

 building, 10 by 10 feet, which is built against the brick school 

 building. The 'Shelter is 30 inches high by 18 inches deep by 24 

 inches wide. Its sides are of wood, free air circulation being ob- 

 tained by slits at all the edges, and through the wire screen in 

 front. The height of the thermometeirs (dry, wet, maximum and 

 minimum) is 4 feet from the ground. 



The rain-gauge is placed 2 feet above an open plat of ground and 

 60 feet from any buildings. 



ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY — FRANKLIN COUNTY. 



Station, Malone — Mr. A. B. Johnson, Observer. 



Established in the town in November of 1889, and discontinued in the summer of 1890; 

 the present station was established in November, 1890; latitude, 44 deg. 57 min. north; 

 longitude, 74 deg. 19 min. west; elevation, 810 feet. 



The town of Malone is at the base of the lower foot hills of the 

 Adirondacks, from which the ground slopes gradually and uni- 

 formly to the St. Lawrence river, 18 miles distant. The station is 

 located on the summit of a rise of ground 1^ miles south-south- 

 west of the town, and>about 200 feet above the tracks of the Ver- 

 mont Central railroad. The station commands a very extensive 

 view of the St. Lawrence valley toward the north and west, and of 

 the Adirondack mountains to the southward. 



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

 posed about 15 feet from the northern siide of Mr. Johnson's resi- 

 dence, in a shelter built after the specifications of the United 

 States standard. 



The rain-gauge stands in an open space 90 feet distant from the 

 nearest buildings and 3 feet above the ground'. 



