314 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 1870, 



Estimated 

 Population. 

 South Shields (Municipal I ~ Q C1 , 

 Boundaries) ... J 68 ' 514 



Gateshead (ditto) 44,405 



Tynemouth (ditto) 40, 599 



'crsons to 

 an acre. 



Deaths 



Annual rate U 

 1000 liviny. 





376 



22-0 





302 



27-2 





229 



22-6 



April. — 



April rain is worth David's chariot. 



— French Proverb. 



Greenwich. — The bleak cold weather at the end of March con- 

 tinued to the 5th of April. On the 6th the weather underwent 

 a favourable change, and the temperature of the air until the 

 26th was high. The average excess was 5f ° daily. On two of 

 these days, the 20th and 21st, the excess was as large as 16° 

 and 13° respectively. On the 27th the weather became change- 

 able ; the wind was mostly N.W. The average of temperature 

 was 5° daily from April 27th to May 11th. 



The mean daily readings of the barometer during the month 

 of April were with few exceptions above the average, the excep- 

 tions occurring on the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 30th. From the 17th 

 to the 29th the readings were generally close to 30 inches. The 

 absolute range was 1*04 inches. 



The mean temperature of April was 48'9°, being 2*9° higher 

 than the average of 99 years, lower than in 1869 by l - 4°, but 

 higher than in 1868 by 0-8°. 



The fall of rain in April was 0-27 of an inch ; back to the year 

 1815 there were three instances only in which the fall was less 

 in April, viz., 1817, 1840, and 1855, in each of which month the 

 fall was 0*1 inch only. 



Wallington. — The first week was dry, clear, and fine, with 

 slight frost during the nights. A remarkable thunderstorm oc- 

 curred on the 9th, about 11 a.m. ; wind N.W. It was so dark 

 for about half an hour that all in-door work was stopped. At 

 Capheaton there was a heavy fall of hail; at Cambo hail and 

 rain. Milder weather commenced on the 10th, and continued 

 to the end of the month. Eain fell on eleven days. Frost was 

 registered on twelve mornings. The lowest reading of the ther- 

 mometer was 25° on the 3rd ; the highest 70° on the 17th and 



