METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 

 Lat. 44° 54' 2" X. Lon. 68 c 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 ; thermo- 

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

 eter. The observations at Orono now form an almost unbroken 

 record of thirty-four years. 



In this section of the State the -winter of 1 90 1-2 was more than 

 two degrees warmer than the average, while the snowfall was 

 only about three-fourths of the usual amount. March was 

 remarkably warm, with almost no snow after the middle of the 

 month. This soon disappeared and the indications pointed 

 towards an early spring. May, however, proved cool with much 

 cloudiness. June, also, was cloudy and the rainfall was nearly 

 double the normal. Frequent showers, much cloudiness, and a 

 low temperature characterized the growing season throughout 

 the greater portion of the State. Much of the sweet corn raised 

 for canning purposes failed to mature and in many sections grain 

 lodged badly. From an agricultural stand-point, the season as 

 a whole was unfavorable. 



