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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- 

 eight years. 



In its meteorological aspects every year presents marked 

 characteristics, and the year 1906 was no exception to this 

 rule. The mean temperature for January was the highest ever 

 recorded at this Station for this month, being nearly 10 degrees 

 above the average for the past 38 years. The succeeding 

 month was also warm, though less noticeably so. March, on 

 the other hand, proved the coldest March since that of 1885, 

 and with but three exceptions the coldest ever observed at this 

 Station. The growing season, from June to September inclu- 

 sive, was warm, and the killing frosts long delayed. These 

 conditions were especially fortunate, since the heavy rains of 

 May greatly delayed planting operations. The summer months 

 were dry and the precipitation for the year was nearly five 

 inches below the average. 



