METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Lat. 44° 54' 2." N. Lon. 68° 40' 11" W. Elevation 150 feet. 



The instruments used at this Station are the same as those 

 used in preceding years, and include : Wet and dry bulb ther- 

 mometers ; maximum and minimum thermometers ; rain-gauge ; 

 self-recording anemometer, vane, and barometer. The observa- 

 tions at Orono now form an almost unbroken record of thirty- 

 seven years. 



The winter of 1904-5 was one of unusual severity, December 

 being 4^°, January 3°, and February 4° below the average for 

 these months. Lower temperatures for both January and 

 February have been recorded at this Station, but in only one 

 instance, the winter of 1874-5, has the combined record for the 

 three months fallen so low. During this same period the ther- 

 mometer registered zero or below, as the minimum temperature, 

 on no less than 50 days. 



For three successive years the total precipitation has been 

 very low, the deficit for the past year amounting to about 12 

 inches, or over one-fourth of the whole. The shortage was 

 especially noticeable in March and October, in which months the 

 precipitation was about one-fifth the average. In but one month 

 of the year, November, did the precipitation equal the average 

 amount. That these conditions were not confined to this partic- 

 ular locality is shown by the table on page 231. 



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