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 

 barometer.' The observations at Orono now form an almost 

 unbroken record of thirty-one years. 



The mean temperature for 1900 was about one degree above 

 the average for 32 years. The greatest monthly variations 

 from the average were in April and October, which were 3°-74 

 and 5°. 55 respectively higher than usual. The total precipi- 

 tation, 53.8 inches, was higher than that recorded at any one 

 year at this Station since 1870, when the fall was 58.04 inches. 

 The rainfall was very unequally distributed through the year, 

 April being dry, while in May the fall was more than double 

 the average, thus greatly delaying planting. July and August 

 were so dry that crops in this section suffered greatly. Lati- 

 tude, 44 , 54',. 2" N. Longitude 68°, 40', 11" W. Elevation 

 above the sea, 150 feet. 



