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ridge, extending in a north and south direction, and 75 to 100 feet 

 in height. The general character of the surrounding country is 

 that of a plain, broken by numerous isolated low hills. The ther- 

 mometers are exposed in a single-louvred shelter about 3^ feet in 

 width by 3 feet in height, which is placed out of the window of an 

 unheated room on the second floor and north side of the house. 

 The shelter has a sloping roof and its bottom is closed. The front 

 and sides are of single-louvred work, while at the back the raising 

 of the window-sash gives access to the thermometers. In the 

 early summer the shelter is exposed to the sun up to about 9 a. m., 

 but is shielded from solar rays during the remainder of the day. 



The rain-gauge is placed on a roof having a southeastern ex- 

 posure, and is 12 feet above the ground. A second roof rises about 

 6 feet above the gauge, at a distance of 18 feet from it, and 16 feet 

 toward the northwest a roof also rises about 10 feet above the 

 gauge. 



CENTRAL LAKES — CAYUGA COUNTY. 



Station, Fleming — Mr. Robert Warwick, Observer. 



Established December, 18S9; latitude, 42 deg. 51 min. nortli; longitude, 76 deg. 36 min. 

 west; elevation, 1,000 feet. 



This station is situated in the open country, on the ridge of land 

 lying between Cayuga and Owasco lakes, its distance from the 

 latter being about 2| miles, and from the city of Auburn 4 miles. 

 The surface in the vicinity of the station is quite flat,, but with a 

 general slope downward toward the north. 



The thermometers have recently bgen removed from the shelter 

 described in the report of 1890, and are now exposed in a corn- 

 house, whose north side is of open lattice work. The thermom- 

 eters are suspended on the north side of the house, 3 feet from tlie 

 lattice and G feet from the ground. 



The rain-gauge is located about 100 feet west of Mr. Warwick's 

 house, and is well removed from obstructions to a free air circu- 

 lation. 



