4 METEOROLOGICAL EEPORT, 1807, 



and 6th, amounting to (30-155-28-341) 1-814 inches. The first 

 twelve days of the month were generally windy, but the 6th was 

 not more so than the rest ; there was, however, a gale in Lon- 

 don and the South of England on the 5th. 



The mean height of the barometer was 29*907. The mean 

 temperature, 43'02°, which is 4*4° above the average. 



Alston. — The lowest reading of the barometer during the year 

 was on the 6th, 28-445. 



Wallington. — Until the 26th the weather was mild and fine. 

 Many of the trees and shrubs were in bud, and many of the 

 hardy floAvers in blossom. During the last two days frost and 

 snow set in, and hard weather continued up to March the 24th, 

 which stopped all advance in vegetation. 



North Shields. — The greatest depression of the barometer 

 during the year, 28-492 inches, occurred at 2 p.m. on February 

 the 6th. 



Snow fell at Seaham on the 11th ; at North Shields, on the 

 6th ; at Whitley, on the 27th. 



Hail fell at North Shields on the 27th. 



Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, at Allenheads 

 on the 6th. 



Aurorse were seen at North Shields on the 8th and 17th ; at 

 "Whitley (very brilliant), on the 8th. 



Lunar halos were seen at North Shields, on the 18th and 

 16th; at Whitley, on the 25th; at Allenheads, on the 11th. 



March. — " A wet March makes a sad autumn." — Old proverb. 



The weather during March, everywhere throughout the king- 

 dom, presented a marked contrast to that of February. Cold 

 and bitter winds, snow and storms, were the characteristics of 

 March. 



The mean temperature of the month at Greenwich was 87 "7°, 

 being 8-3° below the average of the preceding ninety-six years, 



