METEROLOGICAL ABSTRACT FOR 1905 . 
517 
ST. JOHN OBSERVATORY. 
Longitude, 45.17 N. Longitude, 66.4 W. 
Months 
Barometer 
Thermometer 
Cloudiness : 
0 = Clear 
10 = W holly Clouded 
Precipitation : 
Rain & Melted Snow 
Thunder Storms 
OB 
ix 
o 
fc 
Mean 
Highest 
Lowest | 
Mean 
Max. 
Min. 
January. . . . 
30.03 
1 
30 77 
29.22 
15.8 
47.5 
1 
—11.0 
5.0 
5.77 
° 
1 
February . . 
29.93 
30.65 
; 29.11 
16.5 
37.5 
3.3 
5.4 
2.63 
o 
0 
March 
30.05 
30.57 
! 
1 29.58 
29.1 
51.3 
1.0 
4.0 
1.44 
0 
2 
April 
29.77 
30.17 
29.31 
40.6 
63.5 
25.0 
6.0 
1.51 
0 
3 
May 
29.92 
30.43 
1 29.48 
47.7 
68.5 
29.6 
6.2 
1 3.30 
0 
0 
June. . . . 
29.92 
30.26 
29.54 
54.8 
75.6 
39 7 
6.3 
3.94 
1 
6 
July . 
29 94 
30.19 
29.55 
60.8 
79.6 
50.0 
6.2 
2.88 
4 
1 
August .... 
29.94 
30.28 
29.58 
59.9 ! 
75.3 
46.3 
6 2 
2.03 
1 
9 
September. . 
30.02 
30.44 
29.52 
55.2 
68.5 
36.5 
6.6 
7.70 
1 
10 
October. . . . 
30.04 
30 56 
29.53 
47.2 
68.3 
26.6 
4.1 
1.13 
0 
4 
November. . 
29.89 
30.38 
29.21 
36.9 
52.3 
12.2 
5.7 
5.24 
0 
1 
December . 
30.00 
30.76 
28.91 
27.5 
50.2 
2.8 
5.7 
5 20 
0 
2 
The mean height of the barometer was 29.95. The highest reading 30.77, 
and the lowest 28.91. The mean temperature for the year was 41.0, which is 
0.8 lower than average for the past thirty-three years. The maximum temper- 
ature was 79.6 on the 10th of July; the minimum — 11.0 on January 15. The 
total precipitation was 42.77, which is 3.21 inches below the average of thirty- 
three years. First frost occurred on 11th of October, and the last- on the 7th 
of June. Aurora was observed the 24th of June, 5th of July, 26th of Septem- 
ber and 14th of November, and at 9.30 p.m. of December 18th a meteor of 
unusual brilliancy was observed. 
D. LEAVITT HUTCHINSON, 
Director, St. John Observatory. 
