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The maximum and minimum thermometers are located under 

 the roof of a porch, on the south side of the house. They are se- 

 cured to a post, at an elevatiooi of 6 feet above the ground, and 5 

 feet above the piazza floor. Rays of the sun are excluded from the 

 Instrument by maple shade trees and by a screen over the ther- 

 mometers. 



The rain-gauge is mounted about 4 feet above the ground, on the 

 fence of an open lot. The exposure is very satisfactory. 



HUDSON VALLEY -^ COLUMBLl COUNTY. 



Station, Lebanon Springs — Mr. Arthur K. Harrison, Ob- 

 server. 



Established in March, 1892; latitude. 42 deg. 29 min. north; longitude, 73 deg. 20 mln» 

 west; elevation, 930 feet. 



This station is located on the eastern side of a narrow valley 

 which runs nearly north and south through the high hills of eastern 

 Columbia county. 



The maximum and minimum thermometers are exposed on the 

 northern side of a building under a " hood; " their distance from 

 the walls of the building being 5 or 6 inches, and from the ground 

 5 feet. 



The rain-gauge is exposed in a slightly sloping, open meadow. 

 Its height above ground is, 1 foot 4 inches. 



HUDSON VALLEY — DUTCHESS COUNTY. 

 Station, Wappinger's Falls — Mr. H. C. Townsend, Observer. 



Equipped with rain-gauge May, leaO, with maximum and minimum thermometers in 

 February, 1893; latitude, 41 deg. 35 min. north; longitude, 73 deg. 56 rain, west; eleva- 

 tion, 110 feet. 



This station is located at the eastern edge of the town of Wap- 

 pinger's Falls, in the valley of Wappinger's creek. The surround- 

 ing country is broken, one of the higher hills rising about 300 feet 

 west of the station. The station stands on a point of land extend- 

 ing into Wappinger's lake, a body of water 1 mile long and about 

 half a mile wide. 



