BY THE REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 423 



There were heavy gales of wind on the 18th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 

 19th, and 30th. 



The rainfall was 0*9 inch in excess of the average. 



North Sunderland. — An unsettled stormy month. From the 

 4th to the 10th the days were unusually dark. The temperature 

 was low but equable. There were several heavy gales of wind 

 after the 10th. A snow storm began on the 24th, and a thaw 

 set in on the afternoon of the 29th. 



Alnwick Castle. — On the 13th the anemometer registered a 

 velocity of 65J miles an hour, which was the greatest velocity 

 by ten miles recorded on any occasion since the erection of the 

 self-acting anemometer. 



On the 22nd, between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m., the wind made six 

 complete circuits of the points of the compass, and between 2 p.m. 

 and 11 p.m. of the same day five complete circuits. 



Wallington. — This month was remarkable for the great and 

 sudden fluctuations of the barometer. The weather was very 

 changeable, alternating rapidly between frost, open weather, 

 snow, and rain. The first fall of snow, which remained for any 

 time on the ground, fell on the 24th. Christmas Day was clear 

 and frosty in the morning and afternoon. About 6 p.m. a high 

 wind began to blow from N.E., accompanied by heavy showers 

 of snow and hail, the hailstones being very large. At 9 a.m. 

 the following morning the snow had fallen to a depth of from 

 four to six inches. On the 27th the snow measured ten to twelve 

 inches in depth, and a strong gale of wind blowing during the 

 night the snow drifted greatly and the roads were in many places 

 blocked up. The wind veered to N.W. The snow storm ceased, 

 and there was a severe frost for three nights afterwards. The 

 lowest temperature registered during the month was on the 28th, 

 when the mercury fell to 15". 



On the 29th the wind changed to S.W., and blew strongly. 

 A thaw set in, the snov/ rapidly disappeared, and the year went 

 out with a shower of rain — fresh and calm weather. 



On reviewing the phenomena of the year it was mnrked by a 



