222 METKOROLOGIOAT, R.KPOKT. IHflS, 



Tlio lilg'host roiullnj* of tho baromotov for tho month at Kow 

 Obsorval.ory was BOIJ^B on tho 29th ; tlio h>woftt voadinj:; was 

 20"(>8!5 oil tho 2211(1. Tlio moan hoight for tlio moiitli was r)()'122. 

 Who month \v;is iiiiiisually dry, tho days of groatost dryness \mi\<i, 

 tho llM.h aiul 27th. On thoso days tho imuvunt of molstnn^ pro- 

 sent in tho air was 0-18 ((.'ompUito satiirutum : I'OD). Tho 

 moan humidity for I hut numth was 0-('>l. 



i\vrnoss. — Two slijjht mock suns woro siuui on tlio 17lh. 



WalUngton. — Ivain only foil on oight days, and thon only in 

 such small qnantilios as just suHicnont to moiston tho foliago of 

 troos and }ilants. It was vory rofroshing when it camo. On 

 fonr nights tho toni[>oriitiiro was down to tliii froci/.ing point. 



Lilburu Towor. — Tlio groa.t drought had a most dannighig 

 offoct on tho crops. Tho pasturos woro burnt up ; tho corn 

 stuntod in its growth ; largo holds which woro sown for turnips 

 wm'(i moro fallows; potatoos woro gonorally small and inforlor. 



"Wylam. — Vory lim^ month, but vory dry; vogotation ninch 

 burnt up for want of rain. l>a.r(Miu»tor \ory steady. IMoaii 

 height of barometer 80*054 inches. 



]\lcnin temperature of month r)7''.)H'\ 



Ditto o{' Uurteen years 57•04^ 



Excess of 1808 0-})r. 



Btraw'herrles ripe on tho 12th. 

 IMean direction of wind, W. 

 Kain on twi> days : aiuouiil, "T) I inch. 

 ]\Teaii luMglit of rivin- 1-22 fo()t. 



Darlington. — Juno sot in with doar and dry w^oathor and so 

 continued until the 21 st, when one-fourth of an inch of rain fell ; 

 thon dry and hot weather until tho dose of the month. 



SoLAB IIai.os ^\(M•o seen at Byrness on llie 10th. 



TiUTNOKK was heard, but lightning was not seen, at Byrness 



