Barnegat Lightship (fig. 9, table 9) 



Surface water temperatures were below normal in about two- 

 thirds of the decads reported and four record lows were observed. 



Bottom temperature showed 10 record lows and most of the 

 decads from mid-April through December were colder than normal. 



The lowest surface salinity observed was in early June but 

 the data for parts of April and May are missing. The average time of 

 the minimum is in mid-May. Surface salinities were generally below 

 average in the first quarter and above average during the remainder 

 of the year. The water column was apparently more nearly isohaline 

 than is usual during the period of the summer thermocline along this 

 section of the coast. 



— NO DATA 



Figure 9. --Barnegat Lightship, 1965. (The dashed line in the upper 

 diagram is the mean for 1956-64.) 



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