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the 26th and 28th; at Midcilesbro' on the 18th, 26th, and 28th; 

 at Seaham Hall on the 26th. 



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

 on the 18th ; at Otterbui-n on the 28th ; at Rothbury on the 

 10th ; at Bywell on the 18th, 22nd, and 25th ; at Sunderland 

 on the 24th and 29th ; at Seaham on the 28th ; at Darlington 

 on the 26th ; at Middlesbro' on the 7th. 



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

 Sunderland on the 28th ; at AUenheads on the 28th ; at Roth- 

 bury on the 28th. 



August. — 



' ' Dry August and warm, 



Doth harvest no harm." — Old Proverb. 



Gj-reenwich. — A sudden change set in on August 1st; the tem- 

 perature declined below its seasonable average and continued so 

 till the 21st, with frequent rain in light showers : the average 

 daily deficiency of temperature for the period was 2-8°. From 

 the 22nd there was a warm period of a week's duration with 

 brilliant sunshine, and the excess of temperature daily was as 

 large as 8° : on the 28th the excess reached 12°. On the 29th 

 the weather changed to cold bleak and cloudy, and the daily 

 deficiency of temperature averaged 3-8° till September 3rd. 



From the 1st to the 14th of August the readings of the baro- 

 meter oscillated above and below the average several times. 

 The absolute minimum, 29*39 inches, (being also the absolute 

 minimum for the month,) occurred on the 9th, From the 14th 

 to the end of the month the readings were, almost without ex- 

 ception, above the average, and above 30 inches. 



The mean temperature of August was 60*8°, being 0*1° higher 

 than the average of 98 years, lower than in 1868 and 1867 by 

 2-8° and 1*2 respectively, but higher than in 1866, 1865, and 

 1864, when 59*4°, 59*9°, and 59'6° respectively were recorded. 



On the 24th severe earthquakes were felt at Arica and other 

 parts of South America, St. Thomas in the West Indies, &c. 



North Sunderland. — A generally fine month np to the 28th. 



