14 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 1867, 



December. — December opened with storm and tempest every- 

 where in England, and out-door work was seriously interfered 

 with for a time. , 



The mean temperature at G-reemvich was 37"5°, being 1'6° 

 lower than the average of ninety-six years, and 3° lower than 

 that of 1866. 



From the 2nd to the 10th the average deficiency of tempera- 

 ture WPS 9^° daily. A great change took place on the 11th : 

 tlie frost departed, and the temperature for the seven days end- 

 ing the 17th was in excess by 7J° daily. 



Wylam. — A very fine month. Dull, with occasional gales of 

 wind. 



Mean height of barometer 29*866. Mean temperature 39*33, 

 which is 0"7° below the average. 



Otterburn. — On sixteen days only throughout 1867 has the 

 thermometer reached 70° in the shade. 



Seaham. — A very strong gale of wind from the north sprung 

 up suddenly about 4 p.m. on the 1st December. Up to that time 

 the day had been calm and fair. 



Wallington. — A great storm on the 1st. On reviewing the 

 phenomena of the year, it was marked by a late spring, and by 

 abundant agricultural and vegetable crops. Eain came just when 

 it was wanted, and nothing in this locality suffered from drought. 



North Shields. — Mean height of barometer for the year 29"92. 

 Yearly range of the barometer 2'261. Mean height of thermom- 

 eter for the year 46-66. Yearly range of thermometer 59°. 



Whitfield. — The thermometer fell to 18° on the 4th. It was 

 below 32° on twenty-one nights. Four inches of snow fell on 

 the 2nd, and also on the 6th. 



Snow fell at Otterburn from the 1st to the 10th ; at St. John's, 

 Wolsingham, from the 5th to the 7th, and on the 17th and 31st ; 

 at Rothbury on the 1st, 4th, and 5th ; at Whitley from the 1st 

 to the 3rd, and on the 5th, 7th, and 20th. 



Lunar halos were seen at North Shields on the 6th, 8th, 9th, 

 and 14th. 



