METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT FOR 1904. 
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ST. JOHN OBSERVATORY. 
Meteorological Service of Canada. 
Latitude 45.17 N. Longitude 66.4 W. 
Months 
Barometer 
Thermometer 
Cloudiness : 
9 = Clear 
10 = Wholly Clouded 
Precipitation : 
Rain & Melted Snow 1 1 
Thunder Storms 
Fogs 
Mean 
Highest 
Lowest 
Mean 
Max. 
Min. 
January . . . 
30.04 
30.75 
29.22 
14.8 
42.2 
—14.7 
5 
4.36 
0 
3 
February . . 
29.99 
30.62 
28.97 
14.9 
44.2 
—14. 
5 
3.07 
0 
0 
March 
30.03 
30.99 
29.35 
28.7 
46.3 
—1.3 
5 
5.27 
1 
2 
April ..... 
29.97 
30.57 
29.45 
38.4 
63.2 
17 
6 
4.47 
0 
6 
May 
30.00 
30.32 
29.58 
51.9 
72.5 
33 
6 
2.81 
1 
4 
June 
30.03 
30.47 
29.52 
56.2 
79.2 
41 
6 
1.75 
0 
7 
July 
29.98 
30.23 
29.53 
61.6 
81. 
50.3 
7 
3.47 
1 
18 
August .... 
30.03 
30.40 
29.70 
60.6 
76.4 
46.4 
6 
6.50 
1 
8 
September . 
30.07 
30.56 
29.14 
54.2 
68.5 
34.5 
5 
4.44 
0 
6 
October.. . . 
30.02 
30.52 
29.01 
46.7 
65. 
27 
6 
4.08 
1 
3 
November . 
29.83 
30.41 
28.64 
34. 
49.9 
12.5 
7 
2.40 
0 
1 
December . . 
29.93 
30.52 
29.18 
16.5 
46.2 
— 6.8 
5 
1.60 
0 
1 
The mean height of barometer for year was 29.993. The highest reading 
was 30.990, on 5th March, and the lowest 28.637, on 14th November. The 
mean temperature for year was 39.9, being 2 degrees colder than average. 
Maximum temperature 81, on 9th July; minimum, — 14.7, 2nd of January. 
The total precipitation, 44.22 inches, was 1.86 inches less than average. First 
frost occurred on 9th September; last frost 2nd of May. 
D. LEAVITT HUTCHINSON, 
Director St. John Observatory. 
