BY THE EEV. R. F. WHEELEE, M.A. 225 



Wylam. — An exceedingly fine month, but very dry. Several 

 humming-bird hawk-moths about the garden. Barometer very 

 steady, with a slight tendency downward, from the beginning 

 to the end of the month. Mean height of barometer 30'067 

 inches. 



Mean temperature of month 61-73°. 



Ditto of thirteen years 58*84°. 



Excess of 1868 2-89°. 



Mean direction of wind, E., 33° S. 

 Eain fell on four days : amount, 0"57 inch. 

 Mean height of river '93 foot. 



The highest temperature of the year was on the 28th, when 

 the maximum thermometer marked 87°. 



Stamfordham. — The highest readings of the thermometer for 

 the month were on the 2nd, 82^°; the 15th, 87i°; and the 22nd, 



87°. 



Darlington. — Hot dry weather throughout. On the 16th a 

 heavy fall of more than three-quarters of an inch of rain occurred. 



Thunder was heard, but lightning was not seen, at Allenheads 

 on the 22nd ; at Alston on the 28th ; at Bywell on the 5th ; at 

 North Shields on the 15th and 28th; at Seaham on the 28th; at 

 Acklam Hall, near Middlesbro', on the 6th and 22nd. 



Thunderstorms occurred at Otterburn on the 28th ; at Allen- 

 heads on the 28th ; at Wallington on the 28th ; at Bywell on 

 the 28th ; at North Shields on the 5th and 6th ; at Seaham Har- 

 bour on the 28th; at Acklam Hall, near Middlesbro', on the 

 28th. 



August. — 



"All the tears St. Swithin can cry 

 St. Bartlemy's mantle wipes diy." 



— Old Pi-overh. 



Greenwich. — The beginning of the month of August was of 

 high temperature. On the 5th the maximum temperature was 



