214 METEOEOLOGICAL EEPORT, 1868, 



Byrness. — Two mock suns were seen between 10 a.m. and 

 12*30 P.M. on the 9th. A rainbow with supplementary arc was 

 seen on the 10th. 



Otterburn. — A very fine month. Wind chiefly from S.W. and 

 N.W. Highest reading of thermometer 54°, lowest 24°. 



Wallington. — This was a very mild month. There was frost 

 on eighteen nights but rarely severe. On seven nights the ther- 

 mometer never fell below the freezing point. The lowest read- 

 ing was on the 25th, when 13° of frost were registered. No 

 rain fell from March 25th to April 5th. 



Wylam. — Most beautiful, fine, mild weather all this month. 

 The apricots on cold wall blossomed on the 4th, six days earlier 

 than usual ; and the pear trees on cold wall on the 21st, ten 

 days earlier. 



The barometer seemed settling after the fluctuations of Janu- 

 ary and February, and gradually rose during the last three weeks 

 of the month. 



Its mean height was 29"816 inches. 



Mean temperature of month 44-03°. 



Ditto of thirteen years 40*67°. 



Excess of 1868 3-36°. 



Mean direction of wind, W., 14° S. 



Rain fell on eight days : amount, 1*72 inches. 



Mean height of river 8*95 feet. 



Darlington.- — The weather was fine to the 5th ; showery for 

 the next few days ; from the 10th to the 24th fine and dry. On 

 the 25th snow fell, and we then had fine weather to the end of 

 the month. 



Lunar Halos were seen at Byrness on the 1st ; at Wallington 

 on the 7th ; at Alston on the 7th ; At North Shields on the 1st, 

 2nd, 6th, and 7th. 



Solar Halos were seen at Byrness on the 9th, 18th, 24th, 

 and 25th ; at Wallington on the 24th and 25th. 



