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METEOROLOGICAL EEPOET, 1868, 



TYNE DISTKICT (Continued) 



PLACE 



Height of Guage above 

 sea level 



Above Ground .. 



HOKSLEY, 



NEAR 



BYWELL. 



BYWELL. 



WYLAM. 



96 Feet. 



6 Inches. 



MONTH. 



Quantity. 

 Inches. 



Quantity, 

 Inches. 



January .. 

 February . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . 

 September 

 October . . 

 November 

 December 



1868. 

 1867. 

 1866. 

 1865. 

 1864. 

 1863. 

 1862. 

 1861. 

 1860. 

 1859. 

 1858. 

 1857. 

 1856. 



Average of Years 



Diflference in 1868 

 from mean . . . 



23-58 

 2 years 



+0-19 

 Inches. 



Dys. 

 on w. 

 Rain 



fell. 



1-76 

 2-35 

 1-93 

 3-36 

 0-94 

 0-44 

 0-58 

 1-76 

 2-97 

 2-51 

 2-21 

 3-29 



24-10 



24-10 

 1 year, 



Quantity. 

 Inches. 



Days on 

 which 

 Rain 



fell. 



4-20 

 1-50 

 2-10 

 3-20 

 0-90 

 0-20 

 0-90 

 2-10 

 4-00 

 1-60 

 2-70 

 4-30 



160 



27-70 

 27-55 

 29-19 



29-82 

 28-81 

 28-49 

 26-49 

 23-80 

 38-00 

 27-34 

 21-88 

 27-55 

 29-82 



28-19 

 13 years, 



— 0-49 

 Inches. 



Quantity. 

 Inches. 



Days on 

 which 

 Rain 

 fell. 



23 



17 

 17 

 19 

 11 

 6 

 8 

 12 

 16 

 19 

 23 



199 

 227 

 230 

 186 

 188 

 198 

 199 

 213 

 259 

 182 

 165 



204 

 11 yrs 



— 5 

 Days. 



26-24 

 13 years 



— 0-19 

 Inches. 



18 



14 



8 



12 



5 



2 



4 



8 



13 



11 



12 



24 



131 

 144 

 173 

 156 

 206 

 185 

 211 



172 

 7 years 



— 41 

 Days. 



* Tliese Guages are under the charge of the same observer. They are placed on 

 the same level, and ai-e IS feet apart from each other. They are both bottle Guages 

 with funnels 5 inches in diameter. A similar difference has been remarked in 

 previous years. 



