8 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 18G7, 



Snow fell at Whitley on the 22nd and 23rd ; at Whitfield and 

 Wallington on the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd ; at St. John's, Wol- 

 singham, on the 21st and 22nd ; and at Seaham and Eothbury 

 on the 22nd. 



Hail fell at Rothbury on the 22nd, and at Seaham on the 21st 

 and 22nd. 



Thunder was heard on the 28th at Otterburn ; at Seaham, on 

 the 6th, 27th, and 29th ; at Alston on the 6th, 27th, 29th, and 

 oOth ; at Wallington on the 6th, 9th, and 10th ; at Whitley on 

 the 8th, 10th, 27th, and 29th ; at Whitfield on the 8th ; at Al- 

 lenheads on the 6th and 8th ; at Bywell on the 6th and 7th ; at 

 North Shields on the 6th, 10th, and 28th ; at Durham on the 

 10th ; and at Harlow Hill on the 6th. 



Lightning seen but thunder not heard at Eothbury on the 6th 

 and 8th ; at Durham on the 6th ; and at North Shields on the 

 8th. 



June.— The climate of June was about the average. The cold 

 winds which prevailed more or less made it, however, not a very 

 pleasant month. At Greenwich the mean temperature was 58°, 

 being the same as the average of the preceding ninety-six years, 

 and 1° below that of last year. 



Wylam. — A fine month, with a good deal of warm sunshine, 

 alternating v/ith chill blasts of air from the north. 



Barometer and thermometer both steady ; the mean of the 

 former, 80-004, that of the latter, 56-45°, which is 5° below the 

 average. 



Alston. — The greatest range of temperature on any one day 

 throughout the year was on the 26th, when it amounted to 49°. 



Otterburn. — Fine month, but cold. On four days only the 

 thermometer marked 70° ; on three days it was below 40°. 



Thunder was heard at Wallington and Alston on the 14th, and 

 at Whitley on the 5th and 15th, and at North Shields on the 7th. 



