60 
Mock suns had also been seen: two at Rotherfield, Feb, 17th, 1635 ; 
one at Brighton, March 24th, 1861 ; and four halos. Only one mock 
moon was recorded, viz, May 2nd, 1863, at Brighton, with a lunar 
halo. Twice only had the sea been frozen in Sussex. The first time 
was in 1788, on December 22nd, during one of the most severe frosts 
of last century. On the receding of the tide, the water within the 
sand-bar was frozen over, and the Lewes paper of that date says— 
“Last Monday, we are told, the sand at Brighthelmstone, at neap tide, . 
was covered with a most beautiful sheet of ice, and such as would 
have afforded excellent diversion to skaters had there been any there 
to have enjoyed it.” The other occasion was on February 17th, 1855, 
during a very severe frost, when the temperature on the King’s-road, 
Brighton, fell to 12 degrees. A sheet of ice, a quarter of an acre in 
extent, was seen at Black Rock by the coast-guard ; and, at Koray 
the sea at low-water was said to be like a frozen lake. 
In the following table are given the mean monthly temperatures 
of the five years ending 1872, for four stations, three on the coast and 
one inland :— 
COAST. INLAND. 
g wn 
MONTHS. 3 Pa 
oa 2 re) 23 
E = | & > Be 
) Fa a a 
S a a ss 
deg. deg. deg. deg 
IE beh g aereree Sepckaeeanierapipisases|. Se 38°7 39°7 39°4 
February .....0. seavacsvecre “acces een| Aero 42°2 43'1 42°5 
March iiveddcresss acaa es seaeee Reeves 43°4 42°3 43°6 42°9 
Anil tawencers vai bu. cheehteogiiees petted 49'1 48°9 49°7 49'4 
IVRety aes cetsaes SasduhiseMandoataessoenaes Saal) = hao 533 53°9 53°3 
ING Fecemeetanecsnactkesocenes ABpIe onde 58°6 58°9 58.8 58°4 
Ch aie et Sate a en Re veel? 8639 64:2 64°7 64°7 
MUSE (1 One Peete RPrketiess|(( Oz D 62°9 62°4 62°9 
September ..:... Sena nonecanctc cs0uds 59°8 59°0 59°6 59°0 
MCLODEItiPiststeks secede onstecenss ea 22 504 513 50°3 
INGVEMIDER deseverstsscanecswce canes sae\, (A451 43'0 44°1 42°5 
December......... eoescsanasneenesass 410 397 | 41°2 39°7 
WiGaiivecccddsevscs«ssvecesnss wel 5050 50°3 | 51°0 50°3 
And the mean monthly daily range of temperature for the five 
years ending 1872 for Worthing, Brighton, Eastbourne, and Hay- 
