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Thermometer — Mean of maximum 38 - 42° 



Mean of minimum 25-78° 



Difference 12-64° 



Mean for month ( max - + min - ) = 32- 10° 

 Mean for sixteen years, includ- 

 ing 1871 36-92° 



Deficiency of 1871 4-82° 



Highest reading, 50° on the 15th; lowest, 7° on the 1st. 



Mean of wet bulb at 8 a.m., 29-66° ; of dry bulb, 31,41° ; dif- 

 ference, 1-75°. 



Fall — Eain, 063 inch, snow (melted), 0*63, = 1-26 inches; 

 greatest fall, 0*39 inch on the 16th ; days of fall, eleven. 



River Tyne at Wylam Bridge — Mean height, 3-46 feet ; high- 

 est, 14 feet on the 7th. 



Wind— W., 5° S. 



Whitley. — A fine meteor was seen on the 1st. 



Solar Halos were seen at Wallington on the 21st ; at Sun- 

 derland on the 6th ; at Gainford on the 20th. Lunar Halos 

 were seen at Wallington on the 9th, 10th, and 11th; at Sunder- 

 land on the 1st and 8th ; at Darlington on the 6th. Lightning 

 was seen, but Thunder was not heard, at Wallington on the 

 15th. Hail fell at North Sunderland on the 29th and 30th ; 

 at Wallington on the 22nd-24th, 28th-31st ; at Acklam, near 

 Middlesbro', on the 23rd-25th, and 28th. Snow or Sleet fell 

 at Saughtree on the 9th ; at North Sunderland on the 2nd, 9th, 

 11th, 25th, and 28th; at Rothbury on the 14th, 15th, 24th, 

 26th, and 28th ; at Wallington on the 2nd, 9th-12th, 16th, 17th, 

 and 23rd ; at Meldon on the 25th, 28th, 29th, and 31st ; at 

 Whitley on the 8th, 9th, 25th, 27th, and 28th ; at Darlington 

 on the 9th and 25th ; at Gainford on the Ist-lOth, 22nd, 23rd, 

 and 25th ; at Greta Bridge on the 1st, 8th, and 11th ; at Acklam, 

 near Middlesbro', on the 9th, 11th, 14th, 22nd, 25th, 26th, and 

 29th. Aurora Boreales were seen at Sunderland on the 13th ; 

 at CressAvell on the 15th; at Sunderland on the 9th and 11th. 



