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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT FOR 1912. 
ST. JOHN OBSERVATORY. 
Meteorological Service of Canada. 
Latitude, 45° 
16.' 4.c 
50. " N. 
Longitude, 66° 
, 3.' 47 
’.70." W 
Barometer. 
Thermometer. 
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Months. 
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1912. 
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1) 
Mean 
| Highest 
Lowest 
Mean 
I High- 
Low- 
ggjg 
u ii i 
H 
| est 
est 
w a! 
January' 
29.893 
I 30.586 
28 . 557 
13.3 
46.3 
-12.7 
5.3 
3.72 
0 
0 
February 
29 . 754 
| 30.304 
29.001 
20.3 
43.7 
-12 
4.8 
3.00 
0 
2 
March 
30.021 
| 30.647 
29.216 
28.6 
1 49.2 
3.3 
5 . 5 
3.89 
0 
4 
April 
29.916 
30.584 
29.053 
37.7 
56.5 
16.7 
5 . 1 
3.36 
1 
5 
Mav 
29.965 
30.387 
29.316 
48.8 
67.6 
34.3 
6.2 
7.49 
3 
6 
June 
29.895 
[ 30.187 
29 . 509 
55 . 6 
76.3 
40 
45 
5 . 5 
2.65 
1 
6 
July 
29.928 
] 30.266 
29.452 
60.3 
| 77.5 
6.5 
4.00 
3 
6 
August 
29.928 
30.365 
29.526 
59.2 
73.9 
46 
6.0 
5.75 
5 
9 
September 
30.052 
30.432 
29.616 
55 
71.2 
38.5 
5 . 7 
3.45 
0 
2 
October 
30.001 
30.482 
29 . 486 
47.9 
1 68 
32 
4.9 
3.23 
0 
1 
November 
29.937 
1 30.355 
29.358 
37.7 
| 57.5 
21.7 
6.1 
3.93 
0 
I 
December 
29.906 
| 30.567 
29.562 
28.4 
| 52.5 
3.7 
4.5 
7.38 
0 
4 
Mean height of barometer for year was 29.933, the highest 
reading 30.647 on 6th March, and the lowest 28.557 on the 
9th January. The average temperature for the year was 
41.1, which was 0.1 below the average of the past forty years. 
Maximum temperature 77.5 occurred on the 2nd of July and 
the minimum 12.7 below zero on the 13th January. Total 
precipitation 51.85 was 4.69 above average. 
D. L. Hutchinson, 
Director St. John Observatory. 
