woods Hole, Massachusetts (Figure 7, Table 7) 



The mean for the year 1956 at woods Hole was 53.2°F, making 

 it the third warmest year for the period of record, beginning in 1883. 

 (See Bumpus, 1957* a.) The means for 1951 and 1953 were 53.5° and 

 53.6 respectively. 



The year was characterized by early warming beginning in Feb- 

 ruary, high temperatures in the early summer and a decline beginning in 

 mid-August somewhat sooner than usual. Autumn temperatures remained 

 above the mean, but became comparable to last year's after the middle of 

 October. 



JAN FEB 



MAR APR 



AUG SEP 



Figure 7. VJoods Hole, 1957. (Dashed line, mean for period 1880-1956) 



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