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days on which rain did not fall, namely the 21st and 29th. On 

 the night of the 17th 1*07 inches of rain fell. 



Wylam. — A cold, raw, changeable month, with a good deal of 

 E. wind and a good deal of rain. 



Barometer— Mean height at 8 a.m., 29-819; highest, 30-261 

 on the 6th ; lowest, 29*073 on the 19th. 



Thermometer — Mean of maximum 52*30° 



Mean of minimum 35-77° 



Difference 16-53° 



Mean for month ( max - + miu ) = 44.03° 

 Mean for sixteen years 46-06 J 



Deficiency of 1871 2-03° 



Highest reading, 63° on the 29th ; lowest, 26° on the 7th. 



Mean of wet bulb at 8 a.m., 39-30°; of dry bulb, 41-14°; dif- 

 ference, 1-84°. 



Fall — Eain, 3-61 inches ; greatest fall, 1-00 inch on the 19th ; 

 days of fall, sixteen. 



River Tyne at Wylam Bridge — Mean height, 2*4 feet ; highest, 

 8 feet on the 14th. 



Wind— E., 12° N. 



Solae Halos were seen at Wallington on the 10th ; at Sun- 

 derland on the 1st, 29th, and 30th. Lunar Halos were seen 

 at Wallington on the 26th ; at Sunderland on the 1st and 7th. 

 Thundeestobms occurred at Sunderland on the 27th; at Ack- 

 lam, near Middlesbro', on the 19th. Lightning was seen, but 

 Thundee was not heard, at Wallington on the 21st, 22nd, and 

 28th ; at Greta Bridge on the 21st. Thundee was heard, but 

 Lightning was not seen, at Saughtree on the 29th ; at Walling- 

 ton on the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 29th ; at Allenheads on 

 the 29th ; at Meldon on the 29th ; at North Shields on the 27th 

 and 28th. Hail fell at Meldon on the 28th; at Acklam, near 

 Middlesbro', on the 3rd. Snow fell at Saughtree on the 4th 

 and 18th ; at North Sunderland on the 3rd ; at Meldon on the 1st, 

 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Auroe.se Boreales were seen at Rothbury 



