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10th-13th, 17th, 24th, and 26th ; at Seaharn on the 10th-14th, 

 16th, 20th, and 22nd ; at Greta Bridge on the 8th-12th, 21st, 

 23rd, 26th, and 27th ; at Darlington on the 12th, 21st, and 24th; 

 at Acklam, near Middlesbro', on the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 21st; 

 at Gainford on the 8th, 12th, and 21st. 



March. — 



Worse than the sun in March 



This praise doth nourish agues. 



— Shakspeare. 



Greenwich. — From the 4th of March, with the exception of 

 the three days, the 16th, 17th, and 18th, the temperature was 

 low, and the weather very cold for the season. The deficiency 

 of temperature daily from March the 4th to the 15th was 3£°, 

 the excess for the three days, the 16th, 17th, and 18th, was 6^°, 

 and the deficiency to the end of the quarter, from the 19th, was 

 5^° daily. Upon the whole quarter of ninety days the deficiency 

 of temperature averaged 1° daily. 



During the first three days in March the readings of the baro- 

 meter remained steadily at 29*4 inches. On the 4th, however, 

 a rise set in and reached its maximum, 30*22 inches on the. 6th. 

 This was followed by a steady fall to 29*51 inches on the 12th. 

 Increasing readings were then recorded, and 30*29 inches was 

 reached on the 19th. From the 20th to the end of the month 

 the readings were generally high, the absolute maximum for the 

 month, 30*30 inches, occurring on the 28th. The absolute range 

 of reading during March was 0*93 inch. 



The mean temperature of March was 39*6°, being 1*3° lower 

 than the average of 99 years, higher than in 1869 by 2*1°, lower 

 than in 1868 by 4*4°, and higher than in 1867, when 37*7° was 

 registered. The fall of rain was 0*5 inch in excess. 



Wallington. — Like the two former months of the year this was 

 marked by a continuance of severe cold. Frost was registered 

 on fourteen days. The two lowest readings were on the 27th 

 and 28th, when the thermometer fell to 20°. The low tempera- 

 ture retarded vegetation considerably, and the grass made no 

 growth. The wind Avas comparatively light for March. 



