METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



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 ; thermo- 

 graph ; rain-gauge ; self-recording anemometer ; vane and barom- 

 eter. The observations at Orono now form an almost unbroken 

 record of thirty-one years. 



The noticeable features of the year at this point were the 

 warm month of December, which was 7.33 degrees warmer than 

 the average; and the small rainfall of April, August, and 

 November. In August the only rain which fell was in the form- 

 of light showers, the precipitation in each case being less than- 

 one-hundredth of an inch. The total rainfall for the year was 

 10.66 inches below the average for thirty-one years. 



For the first nine months of the year, observations were made 

 at 7 A. M., 2 P. M., and 9 P. M. Since October i the morning- 

 and evening observations have been discontinued. Latitude 44% 

 54', 2" N. Longitude 68°, 40', 11" W. Elevation above the 

 sea, 150 feet. 



