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lowest was 29 "41 5 on the 1st. The 25th was the warmest day 

 of the month, the temperature being 52-1°. 



Otterburn. — The wind varied from S.W. to N.W. all through 

 the month. The highest reading of the thermometer was 53°, 

 the lowest 24°. Very strong gale of wind on the 5th. 



Wallington. — This month, like the preceding, was very change- 

 able at the commencement. Strong winds were again preva- 

 lent. Trees were blown down on the 6th.. There was frost on 

 five nights, but the thermometer only fell a little below the 

 freezing point. On the 9th 9° of frost were registered. Out of 

 door work went on with scarcely any hindrance, and the hunting 

 meets were not interrupted. The weather was very mild to- 

 wards the end of the month. A lunar rainbow was seen on the 

 10th, about 7 p.m. Its direction was from N. to S. 



Wylam. — A fine month, with a great deal of wind nearly daily. 

 Barometer rising in a fluctuating curve from 28"631 on the 1st, 

 to 80-306 on the 9th, and then falling in the same way to 29*561 

 at the end of the month. The river again made a sudden rise 

 on the 1st : it was three feet on January 31st, sixteen feet on 

 February 1st, and five feet on the 2nd. The very sudden rise 

 and fall of last month and of the present are unusual, and indi- 

 cate sudden and copious rainfalls in the west, as well as one of 

 the consequences of agricultural drainage. 



Mean height of barometer, 29 "794 inches. 



Mean temperature 43-14°. 



Ditto of thirteen years 38-94°. 



Excess of 1868 4-20°. 



Mean direction of wind, W. 3° S. 



Rain fell on fourteen days : amount, 1-89 inches. 



Mean height of river, 4-15 feet. 



Whitley. — A large meteor was seen on the 25th about 8 p.m. 

 in the N.N.W. 



XiUNAR Halos were seen at Byrness on the 6th and 7th ; at 



