BY THE EEV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 5 



4° below the average of the preceding twenty-six years, and 2*B° 

 lower than in 1866. 



On the 17th there were strong gales throughout the South of 

 England, doing much damage to the shipping. No remarkable 

 wind was felt in the north. 



Wylam. — A bitterly cold month till the 23rd, with almost con- 

 stant east winds, after that, a few beautiful days succeeded ; but 

 the month ended with very chill and piercing northerly winds. 



The mean height of barometer, 29*713. The mean tempera- 

 ture, 36"21°, which is 4*2° below the average. 



Alston. — The highest reading of the barometer (30'88 inches) 

 during the year occurred on the 3rd ; and at North Shields 

 (30*753), at 9 a.m., on the same day. 



Snow fell at Whitfield, without intermission, from 2 p.m. oil 

 the 7th to 2 p.m. on the 9th ; altogether on sixteen days. At 

 Whitley, on the 5th to the 22nd ; at North Shields, on every day 

 from the 6th to the 22nd, except the 10th and 21st ; at Otter- 

 burn, from the 6th to the 23rd ; at Wolsingham, from the 6th to 

 the 14th, and from the 16th to the 22nd ; at Seaham, from the 

 6th to the 9th, and on the 14th, 17th, 19th, and 20th ; at Wal- 

 lington, from the 6th to the 10th, and on the 12th, 15th, to the 

 17th, 19th, 20th, and 22nd. 



Hail fell at Whitley on the 20th. 



Solar halos were seen at North Shields on the 25th, at Allen- 

 heads on the 21st. 



Aurorse were seen at Whitley on the 7th. 



" When April blows his horn, 

 It's good for both hay and corn." 



" A cold April the barn will fill." 



— Old Proverba. 



April was a very unsettled month. Heavy gales of wind 

 were general throughout the country. The mean temperature 



