EXPLANATION OF OCEAN TEMPERATURE CHART No. 12. 



ABSECON LIGHT-HOUSE, NEW JERSEY. 



Observer: A. G. Woi.F. 



Location of station. — Al^eton li};lit-liousi! is located on (lie beach in front of Atlantic City, N. J., and just south of 

 the entrance to Absecon Inlet. It is 34| miles N. by E. f E. of Five Fathom Bank light-shii>. The shore in front of 

 the light-house is faced with shoals. The 10-fathoni curve is distant C^ miles, the '20-fathom curve 34 miles, the 100- 

 fathom curve 70 miles. 



Geographical position. —La,\\taAc, 39° 21' 59" N. ; longilndo, 74° 24' 52" W. 



Depth of water. — Nine to 15 feet. 



Range of temperainre Qilarch 1 to Jannrfry 1).— Air, 4r)°.5 (33° to 79°. 5); surface, 45° (34°.5 to 79°.5). 



Although located on the shore of an inlet, jirotected by shoals in front, this station affords more satisfactory results 

 than either Body's Island or Cape Lookout. The ranges of temperature given above are essentially the same for both 

 the air and surface, but if vre except the surface curve for 1885, and compare only the air and surface curves for cor- 

 responding years, 1881-1883, we find that the maximum for the air exceeds that for the surface by nearly five degrees. 

 The conditions are, therefore, very much the same at Absecon as at Five Fathom Bank, and the surface curves are 

 nearly as regular. 



Table slioicing the direction of the winds, by quadrants, for each month of the year, being the means of five years' observations. 



Quadrant. 



Northeast 



Sonthfast 



Soulliwost 



Korthwcst. ... 



Jannary. 



0.9 

 16 



Febrn- 

 ary. 



7.2 I 

 2.8 

 5.3 

 12.9 



7.8 

 4.3 

 C.2 

 12.7 



April. 



9.7 

 6.7 

 4.9 

 8.5 



May. 



10.3 

 11.2 



4.8 

 4.5 



June. 



7.9 

 12.1 

 6.3 

 3.5 



July. 



10 

 7 5 

 4.0 



August. 



9.8 

 9.4 

 0.0 

 4.6 



Septem- 

 ber. 



10.3 

 8.2 

 0.9 

 4.5 



October. 



8.C 

 7.1 

 0.2 

 8.7 



NoTem- 

 ber. 



4.4 

 4.2 

 8.9 

 12.1 



Decem- 

 ber. 



3.8 

 3.9 

 9.4 



13.8 



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