Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Figure 8, Table 8) 



A veLina January gave way to below normal surface water temperatures in 

 late February and early torch with a minimum of 30'1°F in late February (when 

 temperatures were taken through the ice). Early warming averaged slightly 

 in advance of the mean, but slowed down after mid-May. Summer temperatures 

 remained below the mean with the exception of the meucimiim of 71°F which 

 occurred in mid- August. Cooling, except during the latter part of November, 

 was ahead of the mean; the monthly mean for December was 36.5°F, the coldest 

 for that month since 1935- The annual mean of 50.7°F was the coldest since 

 19i^0. 



JAN FEB 



MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 



Figure 8. Woods Hole, Llassachusetts, 1958. (Dashed l±ne mean for 

 period 1380-1956) 



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