New York Weather Bureau. 407 



The station is equipped with a maxinmm and minimum ther- 

 mometer, owned by Mr. Manning, and a rain-gauge of the pattern 

 used in the Croton aqueduct system. The thermometers are ex- 

 posed on the northern piazza of Mr. Manning's house, at the height 

 of 5 feet above the floor, and at about the same distance below the 

 poof . The instruments are about 15 feet from the western or near- 

 est end of the piazza, the roof of which (8 feet in width), with the 

 hill westward, probably ishields the thermometer from the direct 

 rays of the sun at all hours. 



The rain-gauge is on level ground, about 100 feet south of the 

 house, and has an unobstructed air circulation about it. The fun- 

 nel of the gauge is about 12 inches in diameter, and its height 

 above the ground is 12 inches. 



CHAMPLAIN VALLEY — SARATOGA COUNTY. 

 Station, Saratoga — Mr. W. H. Hall, M. D., Observer. 



Established October, 1890; special temperature station; latitude, 43 deg. .05 min. north; 

 longitude, 73 deg. 48 min. west; elevation, 270 feet 



The general surface in the vicinity of Saratoga is a plain, bor- 

 diered on the west by the Palmerstown range of hills, and on the 

 east ridges of lesser height separate the plain from the Hudson 

 river. The station is, no doubt, subject to the conditions of both 

 the Champlain and Hudson valleys; but the character of the 

 topography of Saratoga county indicates/ that the prevailing air 

 currents are from the north rather than the south. There are no 

 records of previous systematic meteorological observations for 

 Saratoga covering a period longer than one year. 



The thermograph was removed in May, 1892, from the location 

 described in the report of 1890, and is now exposed out of the north 

 window of the tower of the High School building, at a height of 50 

 feet from the ground. 



