183 THE CLIMATE OF CALVERT COUNTY 



ments for Calvert County. The excellent series of observations taken 

 at Solomons from 1892 to 1905 fairly represents the conditions prevail- 

 ing in southern Maryland, and the reader is referred for further details 

 to the subjoined account of the climatology of Solomons. 



THE CLIMATOLOGY OF SOLOMONS. 



Lat. 38° 19' N. ; Long. 76° 27' W. ; elevation 20 feet. Eecord 1892-1905. 

 Observer, Dr. William Henry Marsh. 



INTKODUCTORY. 



The station is located on Solomons Island, in the Patuxent Eiver, 

 at the southern extremity of Calvert County. The island contains about 

 40 acres of land, and its greatest elevation above mean tide is 

 not over 20 feet. The nearest point on the mainland is 

 300 yards from the northwest end of the island. The instruments are 

 located on the east side, about 135 feet from the shore at low tide. The 

 exposure is an open one. The nearest forests are distant 2 miles on 

 the north and about 3 miles south of station. The elevation of the 

 nearest main land is about the same as that of the island. 



The thermometers are exposed in a standard shelter which is placed 

 20 feet from the house, over sod, and the door of the shelter opens towards 

 the southeast. The thermometers are 5| feet above the ground. The top 

 of the raingage is 3^ feet above the ground, and the nearest object is a 

 tree 22| feet distant. 



The climatic data available for Solomons are presented in complete 

 detail in Tables V to XVII. The monthly means have been obtained in 

 all years from the means of the maximum and minimum temperatures. 

 Table Y gives the annual summaries at the station from 1892 to 1905, 

 and enables one to study readily the variation in the meteorological con- 

 ditions from year to year, while the footings of Tables VI to XVII show 

 the averages and extremes of the most important elements of climate for 

 each month of the year. In the text reference will be made only to the 

 most striking features of climate with some comparison of conditions 

 at other places in Maryland. 



