New York Weather Bureau. 415 



The rain-gauge is placed on a roof having a southeastern ex- 

 posure, and is 12 feet above the ground. A second roof rises about 

 6 feet above the gauge, at a distance of 18 feet from it, and 16 feet 

 toward the northwest a roof also rises about 10 feet above the 

 gauge. 



CENTRAL LAKES — CAYUGA COUNTY. 



Station, Fleming — Mr. Robert Warwick, Observer. 



Established December, 1889; latitude, 42 deg. 51 min. north; longitude, 76 deg. 36 min. 

 west; elevation, 1,000 feet. 



This station is situated in the open country, on the ridge of land 

 lying between Cayuga and Owasco lakes, its distance from the 

 latter being about 2^ miles, and from the city of Auburn 4 miles. 

 The surface in the vicinity of the station is quite flat, but with a 

 general slope downward toward the north. 



The thermometers have recently been removed from the shelter 

 described in the report of 1890, and are now exposed in a corn- 

 house, whose north side is of open lattice work. The thermom- 

 eters are suspended on the north side of the house, 3 feet from the 

 lattice and 6 feet from the ground. 



The rain-gauge is located about 100 feet west of Mr. Warwick's 

 house, and is well removed from obstructions to a free air circu- 

 lation. 



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 min. 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, 6 miles south of Romulus, 

 north of which a comparatively flat country extend® to Lake 

 Ontario. 



