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-guage ; 

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

 tions at Orono now form an almost unbroken record of forty 

 years. 



The year 1908 differed from the average year in several very 

 important respects. Every month but three was warmer than 

 the average. January was especially warm, the mean tempera- 

 ture for the month being 6.4° higher than the average for the 

 past 40 years. The highest temperature reached was 97 ° on 

 July 7; and the lowest -24 on February 5. May and October 

 were warm months, and but for the prolonged droughts of June 

 and September the growing season would have been exception- 

 ally long. 



The precipitation for the year was light, over six inches below 

 the average. During the period of 47 days, from June 1 to July 



17 inclusive, only 2.10 inches of rain fell; and from August 



18 to October 1 inclusive, 48 days, the total precipitation was 

 .99 inch. 



