376 Eighth Annual Report of the 



CENTRAL LAKES — SENECA COUNTY. 

 Station, Romulus — Mr. J. H. Coryell, Observer. 



Instruments transferred from Mr. B. E. Hicks September 7, 1891; latitude, 42 deg. 

 43 mln. north; longitude, 76 deg. 56 min. west; elevation, 719 feet. 



This station is situated in the western part of the village of 

 Romulus, near the summit of the ridge separating the basins of 

 Cayuga and Seneca lakes. The high southern plateau terminates 

 in a somewhat abrupt descent at Ovid, G miles south of Romulus, 

 north of which a comparatively flat country extends to Lake 

 Ontario. 



The thermometers are exposed in a single-louvred shelter 20 

 inches wide, 36 inches long, and 30 inches high, with a hinged 

 bottom, and a drop-doo'r in front facing the west. The shelter is 

 located at the eastern side-of the house, and is exposed to the di- 

 rect rays of the sun only from 10 to 12 a. m. The instruments are 

 hung in the center of the shelter at a height of 5 feet 6 inches 

 above the ground. 



The rain-gauge is 30 feet distant from any buildings or trees^ the 

 nearest of the latter being small shrubs 8 feet high. The gauge 

 is 30 inches above the ground. 



CENTRAL LAKES — TOMPKINS COUNTY. 



Station, Ithaca — At the College of Civil Engineering, Cor- 

 nell University. 



Established 1874; latitude, 42 deg. 27 mln. north; longitude, 76 deg. 29 mln. west; eleva- 

 tion, 810 feet. 



This station is situated on the hill bordering the eastern side of 

 Cayuga Lake valley, its disttince from the head of the lake being 

 about 1 mile and its elevation above the lake level 400 feet. South 

 of the city of Ithaca, which lies immediately below the station, the 

 valley divides into two branches, the first and main branch extend- 

 ing through the hills toward the southwest, while the second forms 

 the narrow channel of Six Mile creek, which flows from the high- 

 lands southeast of the city into Cayuga lake. The meterological 

 station has an open exposure toward the main valley on the west, 



