Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Figure 8, Table 8) 



A warm January gave way to below normal surface water temperatures in 

 late February and early March with a minimum of 30.1°F in late February (when 

 temperatures were taken through the ice). Early warming averaged slightly 

 in advance of the meem, but slowed down after mid-May. Summer temperatures 

 remained below the mean with the exception of the maximum of 71°F which 

 occurred in mid-August. Cooling, except during the latter part of November, 

 W81S ahead of the mean; the monthly mean for December was 36.5°F, the coldest 

 for that month since 1935- The annual mesm of 50«7°F was the coldest since 

 19i^0. 



MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT 



Figure 8. Woods Hole, llassachusetts, 1958. (Dashed line mean for 

 period 1880-1956) 



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