Woods Hole Massachusetts 



r- Water temperatures at Woods Hole were, on an annual basis, 



substantially lower than had been obsei^ed since 19 Ul, but were com- 

 parable to the mean for the period of record. (See Bumpus, 1957) 

 A relatively cold January was followed by a slightly retarded spring. 

 Simmer temperatures were comparable to the mean for the period of record, 

 but the autumn temperatures cooled more slowly than the mean. 



K-Cure 8. Woods Hole, 19$6. (Dashed line, mean for period 1880-1956) 



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