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FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



APPENDIX 



Monthly mean water temperatures listed in 

 table 1 are based on the daily records of surface 

 temperatures taken at 8 a. m., 12 noon, and 4 

 p. m. from 1905 to 1949 by the Branch of Fish 

 Culture, of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, at 



Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Similar records (table 2) 

 were kept by the Branch of Fish Culture at Woods 

 Hole for the period 1881 to 1942. The data for 

 the period 1944 to 1952 were provided by the 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 



Appendix Table 1. — Monthly mean water temperatures, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1949 to 1905 



(Temperature in °F.] 



1949. 

 1948- 

 1947. 

 1946. 

 1945. 

 1944- 

 1943. 

 1942. 

 1941. 

 1940. 

 1939. 

 1938. 

 1937. 

 1936. 

 1935. 

 1934. 

 1933. 

 1932. 

 1931. 

 1930. 

 1929. 

 1928- 

 1927. 

 1926. 

 1925. 

 1924. 

 1923. 

 1922. 

 1921. 

 1920. 

 1919. 

 1918. 

 1917. 

 1916- 

 1915- 

 1914. 

 1913. 

 1912. 

 1911. 

 1910- 

 1909. 

 1908. 

 1907- 

 1906- 

 1906. 



Average, 1948-1906. 



January 



38.4 

 34.6 

 36.6 

 33.6 

 36.5 

 34.1 

 32.8 

 34.6 

 36.2 

 31.4 

 34.1 

 34.4 

 36.0 

 33.7 

 32.0 

 31.8 

 38.0 

 36.2 

 38.0 

 32.3 

 34.6 

 36.0 

 33.4 

 32.7 

 29.6 

 34.3 

 30.1 

 31.8 

 36.4 

 29.9 

 34.5 

 28.1 

 33.0 

 33.0 

 31.4 

 34.1 

 36.6 

 31.7 

 34.9 

 34.6 

 33.7 

 36.2 

 32.2 

 34.9 



33.9 



February 



36.0 

 32.4 

 35.6 

 33.7 

 33.6 

 34.0 

 32.9 

 32.0 

 33.2 

 29.1 

 32.0 

 31.7 

 36.0 

 31.3 

 32.0 

 30.0 

 38.0 

 36.0 

 36.5 

 31.2 

 33.1 

 33.0 

 32.6 

 29.8 

 31.5 

 30.9 

 29.8 

 31.0 

 33.2 

 29.4 

 34.5 

 29.5 

 29.9 

 31.3 

 30.7 

 29.9 

 33.4 

 30.4 

 31.5 

 33.5 

 32.3 

 32.4 

 29.0 

 31.4 



32.3 



March 



37.0 

 34.8 

 36.5 

 37.5 

 35.8 

 34.0 

 33.6 

 33.9 

 35.5 

 30.0 

 32.0 

 32.3 

 37.5 

 37.4 

 34.8 

 31.9 

 38.2 

 35.9 

 38.7 

 33.1 

 33.7 

 34,9 

 34.6 

 32.2 

 35.5 

 34.6 

 30.6 

 34.9 

 36.7 

 35.6 

 36.8 

 33.0 

 31.9 

 30.8 

 33.1 

 31.9 

 35.7 

 33.2 

 34.3 

 37.2 

 36.5 

 34.8 

 32.2 

 31.3 

 32.7 



34.4 



April 



42.9 

 40.5 

 41.1 

 40.4 

 43.6 

 38.6 

 37.0 

 39.8 

 41.7 

 36.2 

 34.6 

 37.5 

 41.3 

 40.7 

 41.1 

 41.1 

 41.6 

 40.2 

 43.6 

 39.6 

 37.7 

 39.1 

 38.6 

 36.1 

 40.6 

 39.2 

 38.6 

 41.6 

 43.1 

 39.7 

 41.6 

 38.8 

 36.6 

 38.3 

 39.9 

 37.1 

 40.7 

 38.9 

 40.0 

 45.3 

 40.7 

 40.1 

 37.4 

 37.7 

 38.0 



39.' 



May 



50.9 

 47.5 

 46.7 

 46.5 

 47.6 

 48.2 

 46.1 

 49.8 

 48.3 

 47.9 

 44.4 

 43.8 

 48.7 

 46.0 

 47.0 

 50.2 

 50.3 

 45.7 

 48.1 

 47.2 

 46.1 

 46.6 

 47.1 

 45.0 

 48.0 

 46.9 

 49.0 

 49,4 

 50.7 

 49.7 

 48.6 

 49.0 

 40,6 

 46.0 

 46.3 

 46.0 

 46.3 

 47.1 

 49.1 

 60.0 

 47.8 

 60.0 

 42.9 

 44.9 

 44.2 



47.3 



June 



67.3 

 53.6 

 54.0 

 53.6 

 53.5 

 52.9 

 53.0 

 66.3 

 53.2 

 51.9 

 49.8 

 56.0 

 56.6 

 53.1 

 56.5 

 56,6 

 57.1 

 64.1 

 59.6 

 57.7 

 68.8 

 55.0 

 66.7 

 54.0 

 55.5 

 54.6 

 55.4 

 58.1 

 57.1 

 55.5 

 68.3 

 64.0 

 51.3 

 62.9 

 54.4 

 63.0 

 54.0 

 64.1 

 65.8 

 67.3 

 58.1 

 56.3 

 51.5 

 61.7 

 52.7 



July 



64.9 



63.5 

 60.5 

 63.2 

 60.3 

 59.8 

 60,8 

 56,5 

 60.1 

 60.6 

 59.5 

 57.1 

 59.6 

 61.5 

 60.6 

 62.'4 

 61.6 

 61.6 

 58.7 

 64.2 

 62.6 

 57.9 

 63.1 

 60.9 

 61.2 

 61.4 

 61.6 

 69.6 

 63.9 

 63.4 

 61.6 

 62.8 

 62.3 

 69.8 

 59.4 

 60.1 

 68.4 

 61.7 

 61.6 

 64.8 

 64.0 

 61.2 

 62.4 

 57.7 

 58.5 

 59.4 



60.9 



August Septem- 

 ber 



61.2 

 63.4 

 60.4 

 61.7 

 60.5 

 59.9 

 60.0 

 57.0 

 58 9 

 60.0 

 60.2 

 64.2 

 61.6 

 62.3 

 60.0 

 62,1 

 62,6 

 60,4 

 60,9 

 58,7 

 64.6 

 60.4 

 61.4 

 61.2 

 61.1 

 58.5 

 62.4 

 60.7 

 64.1 

 60.6 

 62,0 

 62.6 

 59,4 

 58,8 

 59,8 

 61,3 

 62,0 

 61.2 

 63.1 

 62.6 

 62.9 

 69.7 

 62.1 

 60.1 



61.2 



66.9 

 60.5 

 58.8 

 58.3 

 58.7 

 54.7 

 57.3 

 52,1 

 56.3 

 64.7 

 64.3 

 67.9 

 57.3 

 67.4 

 59.1 

 65.8 

 56.9 

 58.0 

 57.2 

 66,5 

 57,4 

 66,8 

 66,3 

 56,1 

 56,9 

 57.8 

 59.0 

 59.3 

 67.0 

 67.3 

 56.6 

 53.9 

 64.6 

 57.2 

 56.4 

 66.9 

 67.3 

 66.4 

 59.4 

 69.0 

 68.9 

 57.3 

 66.7 

 54.3 



57.0 



October 



48.0 

 66.9 

 52.5 

 51.0 

 51.0 

 61.7 

 62.8 

 50.4 

 49.2 

 48.0 

 49.8 

 51.1 

 48.0 

 50.9 

 46.9 

 48.3 

 50.5 

 60.1 

 63.7 

 49,0 

 51.7 

 51.1 

 50.3 

 46.8 

 50.4 

 50,0 

 49,4 

 51,4 

 63,6 

 50,4 

 49,8 

 48,0 

 47,3 

 47,7 

 50.4 

 53,4 

 50,7 

 50,1 

 50,9 

 63,4 

 63,1 

 48.4 

 49.0 

 47.9 



50.4 



Novem- 

 ber 



47.6 

 48.6 

 47.7 

 45.7 

 46.8 

 46.7 

 46.0 

 44.8 

 45.0 

 40.9 

 43.8 

 46.0 

 39.3 

 46.2 

 41.3 

 42.8 

 46.5 

 45.2 

 45.5 

 42.6 

 43.8 

 44.6 

 43,5 

 41,5 

 43,8 

 44,3 

 41,6 

 42,7 

 43,8 

 44,1 

 44,3 

 40,3 

 41,3 

 41,8 

 42,1 

 47.5 

 44.8 

 44.0 

 46.7 

 46.3 

 44.1 

 43.1 

 42.3 

 41.4 



44.4 



Decem- 

 ber 



42.5 

 40.0 

 41.3 

 37.1 

 39.2 

 40.1 

 37.4 

 39.5 

 39.7 

 33.7 

 37.3 

 41.7 

 36.0 

 37.9 

 36.2 

 36.6 

 38.9 

 38.3 

 37.8 

 32.7 

 38.0 

 38,7 

 36,6 

 36,8 

 36,8 

 40,4 

 33,4 

 37,2 

 39.8 

 36.8 

 37.5 

 31.9 

 36.4 

 36.3 

 34.6 

 41.8 

 38.9 

 39.6 

 36.4 

 38.5 

 37.2 

 39,0 

 35,5 

 36.8 



37.5 



Yearly 

 mean 



46.7 

 48.5 

 47.2 

 47.0 

 46.5 

 45.3 

 46.6 

 46.0 

 44,6 

 43,4 

 45,1 

 48,1 

 45,4 

 46,6 

 45,6 

 47,4 

 46,8 

 48,4 

 46,6 

 46,0 

 46,9 

 46,2 

 44,8 

 45,4 

 45,8 

 46,3 

 46,4 

 47,6 

 46.6 

 47.2 

 45.4 

 43.3 

 44.1 

 44.7 

 43.6 

 47.4 

 45.9 

 46.8 

 48,2 

 47,3 

 47.4 

 44.2 

 44.6 



