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Solar halos were seen at Hendon on the 19th and 21st. 



Aurora were seen at Wallington on the 23rd ; at Allenheads 

 on the 23rd ; at North Shields on the 23rd ; at West Hendon 

 on the 28th and 30th. 



Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, at Walling- 

 ton on the 14th ; ,at Allenheads on the 14th ; at Whitley on 

 the 14th ; at West Hendon on the 14th. 



Hail fell at Byrness on the 14th and 22nd ; at North Sunder- 

 land on the 21st and 22nd ; at Middlesbro' on the 24th ; at Sea- 

 ham Harbour on the 19th and 22nd ; at Whitley on the 1st. 



Snow or Sleet fell at Byrness on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11th, 22nd, 

 23rd, and 29th; at Otterburn on the 1st, 2nd, Brd, 11th, and 

 22nd; at North Sunderland on the 10th, 11th, and 24th; at 

 Wallington on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 11th, 22nd, and 24th ; 

 at Whitley on the 1st, 4th, 10th, 11th, 20th, and 24th ; at Greta 

 Bridge from the 3rd to the 8th, 11th, and 23rd ; at Middlesbro' 

 on the 24th ; at Newcastle-on-Tyne on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11th, 

 and 24th. 



February. — 



" February fill dyke, be it black or be it white ; 

 But if it be black, it's better to like." 



■ — Old Proverb. 



Greenwich. — The month of February was remarkably warm. 

 There was less than the average of east winds and compounds 

 of east winds both in February and March. The weather in 

 February was more like spring than winter. The mean tem- 

 perature of February was 43*0°, being 4*6° higher than the aver- 

 age of the preceding ninety-seven years, 1-7° lower than the 

 preceding year, and higher than the corresponding temperature 

 of any year except 1867 and 1859 as far back as 1851. At Kew 

 Observatory the mean height of the barometer for the month 

 was 30-123. The highest reading was 30-542 on the 16th ; the 



