NOTES ON NEW BRUNSWICK WEATHER. 
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of the month. Lumbering operations in northern New Brunswick 
were delayed by mild conditions and lack of snow. There was 
a moderate southeast gale on the 8th, heavy southeast on the 
14th, moderate northwest on the 27th and 30th. At the close of 
the month the snow covering ranged from two inches near 
the coast to two feet in Northumberland County. The highest 
temperature was fifty-one, at Grand Manan, on the 6th; lowest, 
minus twenty, at Sussex, on the 29th. 
METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT FOR 1909. 
ST. JOHN OBSERVATORY. 
Meteorological Service of Canada. 
Latitude, 45° 16' 4.50" N. Longitude, 66° 3' -5l" W. 
Months 
1909. 
Barometer. 
Thermometer. 
Cloudii ess : 
0 = Clear, 
10= Wholly Clouded. 
Precipitation : 
Rain & Melted Snow. 
Thunder Storms. 
Fogs. 
Mean 
Highest 
Lowest 
Mean 
Highest 
Lowest 
January 
30.098 
30.882 
29.047 | 
21.5 
53.3 
- 9.6 
5.6 
6.53 
0 
2 
February 
29.872 
30.628 
28.708 
21.8 
48.0 
- 7.3 
5.9 
5.30 
0 
0 
March 
29.696 
30.163 
29 . 127 
30.4 
46.7 
7.0 
5.87 
4.71 
0 
0 
April 
30.016 
30.645 
29.296 
37.4 
53.5 
18.5 
6.0 
5.58 
1 
3 
May 
29.919 
30.375 
29.448 
49.0 
69.0 
32.7 
6.1 
2.15 
0 
4 
June 
29.907 
30.223 
29.571 
57.7 
79.5 
38.7 
5.2 
1.75 
3 
4 
July 
29.866 
30.251 
29 . 326 
60.8 
80.2 
48.7 
5.5 
2.61 
5 
11 
August 
29.966 
30.361 
29.451 
63.0 
81.8 
45.7 
4.5 
2.86 
2 
7 
September 
30.112 
30.511 
29 . 594 
57.0 
67.0 
43.3 
6.2 
7.43 
0 
4 
October 
29.891 
30.397 
29.275 
49.3 
72.9 
28.7 
5.4 
4.37 
0 
2 
November, fl . . . 
30.106 
30.699 
29.364 
40.3 
57.8 
21.0 
6.6 
5.58 
0 
2 
December 
29.729 
30.639 
28 . 992 
25.5 
42.5 
3 . 5 
7.0 
2.60 
0 
0 
Mean height of barometer for year was 29.931, the highest reading 
30.882 on January 16th, and the lowest 28.708 on the 20th February. The 
mean temperature for the year was 42.8 which- was 1.8 above the aver- 
age for the past 37 years. Maximum temperature 81.8 occurred on the 
2nd of August and minimum — 9.6 on the 17th of January. Total pre- 
cipitation was 5147 which was 5.03 above the average. The first frost 
was recorded on October 20th and the last on June 2nd. 
D. Leavitt Hutchinson, 
Director St. John Observatory. 
