390 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 1869, 



The barometer, after a steady rise of an inch in fifteen hours 

 on the 2nd, was steady for the remainder of the month. 



During the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th the temperature was 

 never lower than 46°, and the only time when it approached the 

 freezing point was on the 28th. 



Solar Halos were seen at Byrness on the 11th ; at Rothbury 

 on the 11th, 12th, and 13th ; at Sunderland on the 6th ; at 

 Darlington on the 9th and 12th. 



Lunar Halos were seen at Rothbury on the 17th, 18th, and 

 23rd ; at North Shields on the 24th ; at Sunderland on the 17th, 

 20th, and 23rd ; at Darlington on the 23rd. 



Aurora Borealis was seen at North Shields on the 27th. , 



Rainbows were seen at Byrness on the 9th and 17th ; at Sun- 

 derland on the 14th, 16th, and 25th ; at Seaham Hall on the 

 17th and 18th. 



Thunder was heard, but Lightning was not seen, at Byrness 

 on the 7th. 



Lightning was seen, but Thunder was not heard, at Roth- 

 bury on the 19th ; at Seaham on the 19th. 



Snow fell at Byrness on the 22nd and 28th ; at Elsdon on the 

 27th and 28th ; at Rothbury on the 2nd, 22nd, 27th, and 28th ; 

 at Otterburn on the 22nd and 27th ; at Stamfordham on the 

 28th ; at Horsley near Wylam on the 2nd, 23rd, 27th, and 28th ; 

 at Sunderland on the 27th ; at Seaham on the 28th ; at Dar- 

 lington on the 27th and 28th. 



March. — 



' ' A March mthout water 



Dowers the liincl's daughter." 



— French Proverb. 



Greenwich. — On the 2nd of March weather of a wintry char- 

 acter set in and continued until the end of the month, the aver- 

 age deficiency of daily temperature for this period exceeding 4°. 



