BY THE REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 317 



Rainfall on seven days, viz., - 72 inch; greatest fall O30 

 inch on the 12th. 



Mean height of river, 2 feet ; highest, 2*8 feet on the 12th, 

 13th, 14th, and 15th. Wind— S.W., 10° N. 



Acklam, near Middlesbro'. — A very trying month for vegeta- 

 tion. The wheat was looking well at the close of the month, 

 though rather thin. Turnips and potatoes had made little pro- 

 gress owing to the want of rain. There was much wind during 

 the month. Hot sunshine during the day, and often cold frosts 

 at night. 



Solar Halos were seen at Wallington on the 19th ; at Sun- 

 derland on the 4th, 12th, 14th, 18th, 24th, 28th, and 29th. 

 Aurora Borealis was seen at Greta Bridge on the 19th. 

 Thunderstorm occurred at Newcastle - on - Tyne on the 1st. 

 Thunder was heard, but Lightning was not seen, at Walling- 

 ton on the 20th and 22nd ; at Cresswell on the 29th ; at Sedge- 

 field on the 1st ; at Seaham on the 30th. Hail fell at Byrness 

 on the 1st ; at Wallington on the 2nd ; at Cresswell on the 1st ; 

 at Shotley Bridge on the 1st. Snow or Sleet fell at Byrness 

 on the 2nd ; at Wallington on the 3rd ; at Dyke Head, near Els- 

 don, on the 2nd. 



June. — 



If St. Vitus' day be rainy weather, 

 It will rain for thirty days together. 



— Old Proverb. 



Greenwich. — The weather up to June 22nd was summer like 

 with very little rain. On the 23rd the weather became cold and 

 changeable. The average daily deficiency of temperature from 

 June the 23rd to the 30th was 3±°. 



Upon the whole quarter the periods of warm weather being 

 of longer duration than those of cold, there was an excess of 

 temperature amounting to l - 4° daily. The temperature rose to 

 90-2° on the 22nd. In June, 1846, the highest temperature ob- 

 served was 91-1°, in 1857 92-7°, and in 1858 94-5°. 



The mean daily readings of the barometer during June were 

 generally high, there being only six days on which the mean 



