''A METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 1867, 



The mean temperature of January at Greenwich was 34"2°, 

 being 2° below the average of the preceding ninety- six years, 

 4*1° below the average of the preceding twenty-six years, and 

 lower than any of the preceding years. 



Wylam. — A fine wintry month, with a good deal of snow and 

 frost. Between the 5th and 8th the barometer fell (from 30-078 

 to 28'475) 1"603 inches very suddenly. There was a heavy gale 

 in London and the Channel on the 8th, but it was almost calm 

 at Wylam. A wind pressure of 85ib on the square foot was re- 

 corded at Greenwich. The mean height of the barometer at 

 9 A.M. was 29.540. The mean temperature ( "'^^- ^ ™"- ) was 

 32-2°, which is 4-7° below the average of the preceding twelve 

 years. 



Alston. — The lowest reading of the thermometer for the year 

 was on the 3rd, when it fell to 1° degree below zero. Taking 

 the mean reading of the thennometer, the coldest days of the 

 year were the 3rd, 5th, and 13th January, on each of which days 

 the average temperature was 14°. The least range of tempera- 

 ture tlii'oughout the year occurred on the 7th, namely 2°. 



Wallington. — The first severe weather set in on January the 

 1st (thermometer down to 13°), and continued with frost and 

 snow until the 13th. During the last week of the month the 

 weather was mild and open. 



Whitley. — Contrary to what is usually the case, the snow- 

 storm seems to have been more severe here than in places much 

 forther inland. In some parts of the roads the drifts had to be 

 cut through to a depth of more than six feet. 



North Shields. — The lowest range of the thermometer dm-ing 

 the year was 14° on Januaiy 1st. The lowest reading on the 

 ground was 10° on January 4th. 



Snow fell at Otterburn from the 1st to the 23rd. At Wolsing- 

 ham, on the 2nd, 5th, 9th to the 12th, and 14th to the 22nd. At 

 Seaham, on the 2nd, 4th to the 6th, 10th to the 14th, 17th, 



