6 METEOKOLOGICAL REPOKT, 1S67, 



at Greenwich was 49°, being 3'1° higher than any year since 

 1845, excepting 1863, which was 49-1°. 



Wylam. — ^A fine month, with a good deal of wind, mostly 

 from the west, till towards the end, then cold winds from east 

 and north. The mean height of barometer not perfectly kept. 

 The mean temperature, 48 "00°, which is 2*2° above the average. 



Otterburn. — The month was warmer than April, 1866. The 

 thermometer never reached 60°, nor fell below 32°. 



"VVallington — A fine growing month. Only three nights on 

 which there was any frost. 



Acklam, near Middlesbro'. — Cold and cutting winds were pre- 

 valent, more or less, until the end of the month. 



Whitfield. — Rain began to fall at 7 p.bi. on the 20th, and 1*23 

 inches fell before 8 a.m. on the 21st. 



Thunder was heard at North Shields and Whitley on the 24th. 



Hail fell at North Shields and Whitley on the 24th. 



Solar halo was seen at North Shields on the 28th. 



" A cold May and a windy 

 Makes a full barn and a findy." 



" A May flood (i. e. a wet May) never did good." 



— Old Proverbs. 



May. — In the first days of May the weather was fine. On 

 the 6th a remarkable change took place over the country gener- 

 ally. At Greenwich the temperatm-e rose on the 6th and 7th to 

 an excess of 15° and 17° above the average of those days. On 

 the 12th of May in Northumberland, and on the 13th further 

 south, a great change of weather took place. The summer-like 

 weather which so suddenly set m, in the second week in May, 

 was as suddenly succeeded by a period of severe cold weather. 

 From the 21st to 26th, in Northumberland, the weather was very 

 bleak and wintry. At Greenwich the temperature of those days 



