414 Ninth Annual Report of the 



a mile of the summit. The station is situated on the northern 

 slope of one of the ridges mentioned. The j^round rises rapidly 

 for a short distance at the rear or south side of the station, but 

 falls away from it on the eastern and northeastern sides, thus 

 giving? a free circulation of air from the east, north and west. 



The thermometers are exposed in a shelter of the dimensions 

 and pattern used by the United States Weather Bureau. This 

 shelter is 6 feet above the ground and 17 feet from the north side 

 of Mr. Bartlett's house. 



The rain-gauge is 50 feet from the northeast corner of the house 

 in a clear space. The bottom of the gauge is 1 inch above the 

 ground. 



Details as to the manner in which long records of temperature 

 and rainfall were obtained by Mr. Bartlett may be found in the 

 report of this bureau for the year 1890. 



GREAT LAKES — WAYNE COUNTY. 

 (Station, Lyons — Mr. Willard H. Vebder, Observer. 



Date of establishment not known, but prior to 1888; latitude, 43 deg. 06 min. north; 

 oi'gi'.ude, 77 deg. 00 min. west; elevation, 407 feet. 



Mr. Veeder's house is on or near the summit of the gradual slope 

 on which the town of Lyons is situated. The ground falls away 

 gently from the station to the northeast and south, but toward the 

 west is nearly level for a quarter of a mile, to the base of an abrupt 

 ridge, extending in a north and siouth 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 8^ 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 ray» during the remainder of the day. 



