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METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT FOR 1908. 
ST. JOHN OBSERVATORY. 
Meteorological Service of Canada. 
Latitude, 45° 16' 4.50z N. Longitude, 66 °, 3' 49.50z W. 
Months 
1908. 
Barometer. 
Thermometer. 
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j5 >1 
Precipitation 
Rain and 
Melted Snow. 
Thunder Storms. 
Fogs, II 
Mean 
Highest 
Lowest 
Mean 
Highest 
Lowest 
Cloudines 
0=Clcar. 
10==Wholl 
January,. . . 
29 . 857 
30.487 
29.026 
23.5 
49.8 
- 9.4 
5.5 
4.48 
1 
1 
February, . . 
30.002 
30.712 
29.006 
21.0 
50.0 
-13.2 
5.1 
2.77 
0 
5 
March 
30.048 
30.450 
29 . 270 
28.1 
48.4 
- 1.0 
5.5 
3.78 
1 
4 
April 
29.786 
30 . 440 
29.046 
36.3 
63.6 
12.0 
5.1 
3.23 
1 
4 
May 
29.960 
30 . 535 
29 . 305 
50.1 
74.2 
34.2 
6.5 
4.08 
1 
7 
June 
29.974 
30.366 
29 . 626 
57.1 
78.7 
35.0 
5.1 
2.43 
1 
5 
July 
30.008 
30.349 
29 . 533 
64.3 
84.5 
49.5 
5.8 
2.93 
2 
11 
August .... 
30.005 
30.338 
29.561 
61.1 
76.2 
47.2 
5.2 
5.21 
3 
7 
September . 
30.046 
30.401 
29.591 
58.2 
77.0 
39.2 
4.2 
1.20 
1 
5 
October. . . . 
! 30.087 
30.559 
29.110 
49.9 
68.2 
30.0 
4.6 
3.60 
0 
.7 
November . 
29.873 
30 . 478 
29 . 244 
37.9 
54.5 
21.5 ' 
6.6 
1.84 
0 
1 
December. . 
29.929 
30.637 
29.011 
1 
24.2 
50.2 
- 4.3 
5.5 
4.94 
0 
2 
Mean height of barometer for year was 29.965, the highest 
reading 30.712 on 10th February, and the lowest 29.006 on 2nd 
February. The mean temperature for the year was 42.6, which 
was 1.7 above the average for the past 36 years. Maximum 
temperature 84.5 on 6th July, and minimum — 13.2 on 5th Febru- 
ary. Total precipitation' 40.49 inches; was 5.81 inches below the 
average. The first frost occurred on 13th October and the last 
on the 22nd of April. 
D. Leavitt Hutchinson. 
Director St. John Observatory. 
