424 METEOEOLOGICAL REPORT, 1869, 



mild winter, a late spring, and a rather dry but fine summer. 

 The agricultural crops of all kinds were good. The autumn 

 taken on the whole was not unfavourable for cattle feeding. 



Whitfield. — On only one night in the month was the temper- 

 ature above 32°. The coldest night was the 27th, when the 

 thermometer fell to 10°. From eight to ten inches of snow fell 

 on the 27th. On the 13th the barometer (corrected for sea 

 level) fell to 28*45. There was a heavy gale of wind. 



Wylam. — A coarse dull month, with a great deal of wind. 



Barometer— Mean height at 8 a.m., 29*751 ; highest, 30*706 

 on the 6th ; lowest, 28*992 on the 13th. 



Thermometer — Mean, 36*42°; mean of fourteen years, 39*92°; 

 deficiency of 1869, 3*50° ; highest, 55° on the 19th ; lowest, 18° 

 on the 28th. Mean of wet bulb, 34*27° ; of dry bulb, 35*83°. 



Kainfall — 2*77 inches ; greatest, 0*32 inch on the 5th ; days 

 of fall, eighteen. 



Height of river, 3*06 feet; highest, 8 feet on the 11th. 



Wind— Eesultant, W., 7° N. 



It will be observed that the barometer attained 30*706, the 

 highest point during the year, on the 6th; and the thermometer 

 fell as low as 13°, which was the lowest temperature of the 

 year, on the 28th of this month. 



I think 1869 was more windy than the average of years. — 

 G. C. A. 



North Shields. — The maximum temperature was 56° on the 

 18th, and the minimum 18*7 on the 28th. On eleven nights the 

 temperature fell below 32° on the grass. The rainfall was 0*61 

 inch in excess of the average. 



Gainford. — On the 27th the snow was on the ground to a 

 depth of nine inches where it had not drifted. 



Hartlepool. — The mean force of the wind was 4*94 (Beau- 

 fort's scale, 1-12). The maximum force was 10. The highest 

 temperature recorded was 53°, the lowest 24°. The greatest 

 fall of rain in any one day was 0*48 inch. The mean height of 



