BY THE REV. R. F, WHEELEE, M.A. 227 



Barometer very steady. Mean height of barometer, 29-790 

 inches. 



Mean temperature of month 61 "03°. 



Ditto of thirteen years 58-96°. 



Excess of 1868 2-07°. 



Mean direction of wind, S., 22° W. 



Rain on eight days : amoiint, 2-23 inches, 



Mean height of river 1-27 feet. 



Stamfordham. — The highest temperatures recorded were 88^ 

 on the 2nd, and 85° on the 5th. 



Darhngton. — The 2nd was the warmest day of the month. 

 On the 6th there was some rain at night ; four days of fine wea- 

 ther followed ; showery from the 11th to the 15th, then fine to 

 the 22nd ; the 23rd, 24th, and 25th showery ; then fine to the 

 end of the month. 



SoLAB Halos were seen at Wallington on the 16th. 



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

 the 6th ; at Whitley on the 22nd. 



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

 on the 15th, at North Shields on the 15th; at Whitley on the 

 15th; at Acklam Hall, near Middlesbro', on the 17th. 



Thunderstorms occurred at Allenheads on the 11th ; at Alston 

 on the 11th and 15th; at North Sunderland on the 6th and 11th; 

 at Wallington on the 6th and 15th; at By well on the 11th; at 

 Horsley, near Wylam, on the 15th; at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 

 the 6th ; at Whitley on the 5th and 6th ; at North Shields on 

 the 5th ; at Seaham on the 5th and 6th ; at Acklam, near Mid' 

 dlesbro', on the 6th and 11th. 



September. — 



" September blow soft till the fruit 's in the loft." 



— Old Proverb, 



Greenwich. ^ — The month of September was warm throughout, 



