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TABLE XIV. 

 Monthly and Annual Mean Temperatcbes at Lacbel.* 



Year. 



Mar. I Apr. ' May June! July ! Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annu'l 



'54.6 60.0 I 7a.l 



38.5 i 56.2 67.9 | 70.4 



44.4 5L3 6L3 67.9 



46.9 50.0 63.2 72.0 



71 2 

 6.4 

 5.4 

 &.1 



42.1 54.3 65.9 74.5 : 76.4 I 74.7 76.6 



7.3 I 79.1 73.6 



'9.1 75.4 66.5 



6.2 71.8 65.6 



36.6 52.8 63.4 71.6 



43.6 50.0 61.6 71.4 



44.2 52.7 6:3.2 70.2 



49.0 52.9 64.0 66.7 



41.2 18.4 65.7 72.1 



45.3 53.8 67.4 72.1 



38.1 55.5 62.0 72.0 



46.2 48.7 59.2 65.0 

 45.8 54.5 64.3 71.5 

 40.8 53.6 62.6 73.1 

 43.0 .52.6 ' fiSA 70.9 



57.1 



61.0 

 53.8 

 56.4 



E5.1 



54.2 



55.4 



52.6 



53.3 



53.1 



52.4 



.54.5 



55.6 



52.1 



54.3 



.53.6 



^53.9 



*Tlie record at Laurel is an unusually valuable one in that it is entirely homogeneous, 

 being the work of one obsorver throughout, mad^ under Identical conditions ■witli 

 standard instruments The station was opened by the I'nited States Weather Bureau 

 in April, 18!>.5, with Dr. T. M. Baldwin as the observer in charge and the Bureau has 

 had the good fortune to retain his efficient services ever since. 



TABLE XV. 

 Extreme Tdmperatdres at L.\.urel. 



74.8 69.4 49.4 44.5 I^O^ 

 74.1 67.2 .52.0 50.0 31.2 



72.9 67.0 58.2 45.0 ! 35.9 

 77.8 71.1 59.8 45.7 ' 36.8 



Year. 



-i. <. 



-- '-5 < 



1895 J Max. 



\ Min. 



1896 i Max. 



Min. 

 1897 J Max. 



1 Min. 

 1898 / Max. 



1 Min. 

 1899 J Max. 



1 Min. 

 1900 / Max. 



\ Min. 

 1901 , Max. 



1 Min. 

 1902 ; Max. 



1 Min. 

 1903 ; Mas. 



; Min. 

 1904 ' Max. 



■ Min. 

 1905 Max. 



i Min. 

 1906 Max. 



■ Min. 

 1907 - Max. 



Min. 

 190S Max. 



1909 Max. 



1 MJD. 



