218 METEOKOLOGICAL REPORT, 18GS, 



SoLAE Halos were seen at Byrness on the 5th and 6th. 



Lightning was seen, but thunder was not heard, at Alston on 

 the 15th. 



Thunder was heard, but lightning was not seen, at Alston on 

 the 19th and 20th; Allenheads on the 25th; Grreta Bridge on 

 the 5th and 27th. 



Thunderstorms occurred at Alston on the 26th ; at Horsley, 

 near Wylam, on the 26th; at Bywell on the 26th; at North 

 Shields on the 26th ; at "Whitley on the 26th ; at Seaham Har- 

 bour on the 26th ; at Greta Bridge on the 7th. 



Hail fell at Byrness on the 23rd ; at Wallington on the 26th ; 

 at Alston on the 26th ; at North Shields on the 8th and 9th ; at 

 Seaham on the 8th and 26th ; at Acklam Hall, near Middlesbro', 

 on the 8th and 9th. 



Snow or Sleet fell at Byrness on the 8th, 9th, and 25th ; at 

 Otterburn on the 8th ; at North Sunderland on the 8th and 9th ; 

 at Wallington on the 8th and 9th ; at North Shields on the 8th 

 and 9th; at Whitley on the 8th; at Seaham on the 8th; at 

 Greta Bridge on the 8th; at Acklam, near Middlesbro', on the 

 8th and 9th. 



May. — 



" Look at your corn in May, and you'll come weeping away ; 

 Look at the same in June, and you'll come home in another tune." 



— Old Proverb. 



Greenwich. — The mean temperature of May was 57'3°, being 

 4*8° higher than the average of the preceding ninety-seven years, 

 and higher than the corresponding temperatures of any year 

 since 1848, when it was 59-7°, or 2-4° warmer than in 1868. 

 The next and only other instance back to 1771 was in 1833, 

 when the mean temperature of May was 59*4°. The mean tem- 

 perature of all the other Mays was less than 57°. The month of 

 May was remarkable for brilliant sunshine, high temperature, 



