BY THE REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 421 



to 20". In the valley, 100 feet below the level of the village, it 

 was down to 15°. 



Wylam. — A dull cold month, with a good deal of wind. 



Barometer— Mean height at 8 a.m., 29-818; highest, 30-307 

 on the 20th; lowest, 29-537 on the 4th. 



Thermometer — Mean, 41-35°; mean of fourteen years, 41-11°; 

 excess of 1869, 0-24°; highest, 59° on the 19th; lowest, 25° on 

 the 11th. Mean of wet bulb, 36-97° ; of dry bulb, 38-92°. 



Rainfall — 2-97 inches ; greatest, 0-86 inch on the 14th ; days 

 of fall, fifteen. 



Height of river, 4*3 feet ; highest, 16-5 feet on the 14th. 



Wind— Resultant, W., 6° N. 



North Shields. — The maximum temperature was recorded on 

 the 14th and 18th 58°, and the minimum 29° on the 10th. On 

 six nights the temperature fell below 32° on the grass. The 

 rainfall was 0-25 inch above the average of the years 1860-65. 



Hartlepool. — The mean force of the wind for the month was 

 4-51 (Beaufort's scale, 1-12). The maximum force was 9. The 

 highest temperature recorded was 56°, the lowest 29°. The 

 greatest fall of rain in any one day was 0-86 inch. The mean 

 height of the sea above the general level in feet was 0-67. The 

 maximum height was 2. The maximum force in cwts. per square 

 foot was 20. 



Solar Halos were seen at Rothbury on the 11th and 28th ; 

 at Sunderland on the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 25th, 27th, 

 and 29th. 



Lunar Halos were seen at Otterburn on the 14th ; at Roth- 

 bury on the 15th, 19th, and 23rd ; at Sunderland on the 12th, 

 14th, 17th, 20th, and 26th. 



Rainbows were seen at Rothbury on the 3rd ; at Sunderland 

 on the 19th. 



A METEOR was seen at Rothbury on the 6th. 



