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CLIMATOLOCUCAL REPOBT, 1870, 



The following list shows the lowest temperature for each day 

 in December, 1870 (according to a self-registering thermometer, 

 four feet from the ground), at Gainford : — 



December 1 30° 



2. 



3. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 12. 

 14. 

 16. 



26° 

 29° 

 28° 

 23° 

 24° 

 31° 

 29° 

 25° 

 24° 



December 17 . 

 „ 18 .. 

 „ 21 .. 

 „ 22 .. 

 „ 23 .. 



24 . 



25 .. 

 „ 26 .. 



27 .. 



28 .. 



. 20-5° 

 . 27° 

 . 26-5° 

 . 16° 

 . 7-5° 

 . 0-5° 

 . 14-5° 

 . 21° 

 . 14° 

 . 11° 



December 29 18-5° 



„ 30 20-0° 



„ 31 0-3 J 



i.e. 3 degrees below zero. 



The readings are taken 

 at 9 a.m. daily, and, there- 

 fore, give the extreme 

 degree of cold during the 

 previous 24 hours. 



WIND. 



The following tables shows the number of days on which the 

 wind blew from each quarter at the different stations from which 

 observations have been received. 



Mr. T. W. Backhouse, of Sunderland, has been good enough to 

 prepare the following statement which shows — A, the number 

 of hours that each wind blew in 1870, according to observa- 

 tions made several times a day; B, the amount of rain with 

 each wind, as nearly as could be ascertained ; and C, the amount 

 that would have fallen with each wind in a year if it had fallen 

 in the same proportion: showing that 1870 the N.E. wind was 

 the wettest, and the S.W. the dryest. 



N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. 



A— 477, 377, 517, 909, 806, 1281, 

 B— 2-02, 1-70, 1-67, 3-01, 1-32, 1-71, 

 C— 37-1, 39-5, 28-3, 29-0, 14-3, 11-7, 



w. 

 1966, 



N.W. 



1097, 



Uncer- 

 tain. 



1330 



2-92, 



4-24, 



4-32 



13-0, 



33-9. 





NOTES ON FLOWERING PLANTS. 



January. — 



Acklam, near Middlesbro.' — Field daisy on the 4th. 



February. — 



Wallington. — The Christmas rose, winter aconite, and the 

 snowdrop were the only flowers observed to be in bloom. 



Acklam, near Middlesbro'. — On the 6th the catkins on the 



