METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Lat. 44° 54' 2" N. Lon. 68° 40' n" 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- 

 nine years. 



January was 3 degrees and February 5 degrees below the 

 average, while March, April and May fell from I to 3 degrees 

 below the average. On the other hand, December was over 7 

 degrees above the average for that month. Other minor com- 

 pensations brought the mean temperature of the year within 

 0.29 degrees of the average. The precipitation was very 

 unevenly distributed, with a total 1.32 inches below the average. 



