EXPLANATION OP OCEAN TEMPERATURE CHART No. 12. 



ABSECON LIGHT-HOUSE, NEW JERSEY. 

 Observer : A. G. Wolf. 



Location of station. — Absecon light-house is located on the beach In front of Atlantic City, N. J., and just south of 

 the entrance to Absecon Inlet. It is 34| iniles,N. by E. | E. of Five Fathom Bank light-ship. The shore in front of 

 the light-house is faced with shoals. The lO-fathom curve is distant 6i miles, the 20-fathom curve 34 miles, the 100- 

 fathom curve 70 miles. 



GeograpMcal position.— 'La.titaAe, 39° 21' 59" N. ; longitude, 74° g4' 52" W. 



Depth of water. — Nine to 15 feet. 



Range of iem^erafaj-e (March 1 to January 1).— Air, 46°.5 (33° to 79°.5); surface, 45° (34°.5 to 79°.5). 



Although located on the shore of an inlet, protected by shoals in front, this station affords more satisfactory results 

 than either Body's Island or Cape Lookout. The ranges of temperature given above are essentially the same for both 

 the air and surface, but if we except the surface curve for 1885, and compare only the air and surface curves for cor- 

 responding years, 1881-1883, we find that the maximum for the air exceeds that for the surface by nearly five degrees. 

 The conditions are, therefore, very much the game at Absecon as at Five Fathom Bank, and the surface curves are 

 nearly as regular. 



Table showing the direction of the winds, by qimdrants, for each month of the year, being the means of five years' observations. 



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