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54° on the 28th, and the lowest 26-8° on the 3rd. On eight 

 days the temperature was below 32° on the grass. 



Seaham. — On the 18th there was a strong gale of wind about 

 8 P.M. The barometer was very unsteady for hours. 



Hartlepool. — The barometer began to fall on the 1st, at noon, 

 and at 9 a.m. on the 2nd was iVths of an inch lower. This de- 

 pression was followed by a gale from the N.N.E., which lasted 

 from noon till midnight. In the twenty-four hours preceding 9 

 A.M. on the 3rd there was a rise of l-iVth inches. 



On Good Friday, the 26th, at 5 p.m., a gale sprang up, which 

 continued without intermission till 6 p.m. on the 29th ; its direc- 

 tion varied from N.N.W. to E.S.E., and its force from 9 to 6 

 Beaufort's scale. There was no remarkable indication of the 

 approach of this gale at Hartlepool, but a general atmospheric 

 disturbance was reported, extending over Western Europe. 



Eain fell on twenty-two days, but on no day in large quantities. 



The sea was at a height of from three to four feet during the 

 gale at the end of the month. 



Solar Halos were seen at Byrness on the 2nd and 7th ; at 

 Kothbury on the 12th and 14th ; at North Shields on the 22nd 

 and 23rd ; at Sunderland on the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 

 14th ; at Darlington on the 9th, 14th, and 21st. 



Lunar Halos were seen at Eothbury on the 19th and 23rd ; 

 at Sunderland on the 20th ; at Darlington on the 23rd. 



AuRORJG BoREALES Were seen at Elsdon on the 2nd ; at Roth- 

 bury on the 2nd ; at Sunderland on the 2nd, 9th, and 18th ; at 

 Darlington on the 18th ; at Greta Bridge on the 2nd. 



Thunderstorms occurred at North Shields on the 10th ; at 

 Sunderland on the 27th ; at Seaham on the 27th ; at Middlesbro' 

 on the 27th. 



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

 land on the 27th and 28th. 



Snow fell at Byrness on the 3rd, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 

 14th; at Otterburn on the 1st, 10th, 12th, 14th, and 17th; at 



