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Solomons, Mean Tempekatukes, Courected to 88 Years. 

 Jan. Feb. Miir. Ajir. Miiy June July Aug. !^ept. Oct. Nov. Deo. Year 

 36.9 37.5 44.3 64.4 04.9 



74.0 79.3 78.1 



;i.8 59.5 49.4 39.8 57.5 



If observations at Solomons be continued long enough the mean tempera- 

 tures will probably gradually approach the corrected values given above, 



.Ian. Feb. Miir .\|.r Muy. .lun. July. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Doc. Jan. 



Fio. 8. — Annual mean temperature curves. — (a) for Solomons, (b) for Wood- 

 lawn, (c) for Sunnyside. 



which show the winter means higher than for Baltimore, and February 

 higher than for January, as it should be. The facts are given to show 

 that serious errors may be made by using short period records without 



