New York Weather Bureau. 405 



The maximum and minimum thermometers are exposed on thn 

 northwestern side of a small wing of Mr. Townsend's house, and in 

 a shallow angle formed by the wing and the main portion of the 

 house. They are protected by a shelter .3 feet high, 3 feet wid.^ 

 and 1 foot deep; its top and back being of solid wood, and the front 

 and sides of lattice work. During the summer the sun reaches 

 the shelter for about an hour in the morning and afternoon, but at 

 other seasons it is entirely shaded. The thermometers are 5 feet 

 2 inches above the ground and 8 inches from the wing wall. Th« 

 room within is not heated. 



The rain-gauge is 50 feet from the house, and at ample distance 

 from trees and buildings. Its top is 7 feet 4 inches above the 

 ground. 



HUDSON VALLEY — DUTCHESS COUNTY. 

 Station, Honeymead Brook — Dr. James Hyatt, Observer. 



Equipped April, 1890; latitude, 41 deg. 61 min. north; longitude, 73 deg. 42 mln. west; 

 ■elevation, 450 feet. 



This station is situated about 1 mile southeast of the village of 

 Stanfordville and is about 4 rods distant from the track of the 

 N. D. and C. R. R. The valley through which this road passes 

 opens toward the south^southwest into the Hudson valley; hence 

 it is thought that the meteorological conditions of the station are 

 similar to those of the Hudson valley north of the Highlands. 

 The general surface rises for several miles east and southeast 

 from the station to the high hills west of the Harlem valley, while 

 in its immediate vicinity the ground is broken by numerous irregu- 

 lar hills having a comparatively small elevation. 



The dry and wet bulb, and the maximum and minimum ther- 

 mometers are placed at the angle formed by the northeast side of 

 the main portion of Mr. Hyatt's house and the northwest side of a 

 wing projecting about 4 feet from the main building, the instru- 

 ments thus fronting toward the north. The thermometers, ex- 

 cepting the maximum, are sheltered by board sides and bottom, 

 and a sloping roof, the front being wholly open to the northwest, 



