Woods Hole Massachusetts 



Water temperattires at Woods Hole were, on an annual basis, 

 substantially lower than had been observed since 19hl, but were com- 

 parable to the mean for the period of record. (See Bumpus, 1957) 

 A relatively cold January was followed by a slightly retarded spring. 

 Summer temperatures were comparable to the mean for the period of record, 

 but the autumn temperatures cooled more slowly than the mean. 



Fi.'^re 8. Woods Hole, 1956. (Dashed line, mean for period 1580-1956) 



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