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North Sunderland. — First part of month dry and cold, last 

 ten days hot. 



Wallington.- — A continuance of low night temperatures, with 

 north-east and northerly winds, characterised the month. Frost 

 was registered on seven nights. The lowest reading of the ther- 

 mometer recorded was 23° on the 17th, which nearly destroyed 

 the fruit crops. 



The highest maximum temperature was 73-5° on the 22nd. 

 The mean maximum temperature for the month was 58-7°, the 

 mean minimum 36°. Rain fell on ten days. 



Meldon, near Morpeth. — Vegetation progressed favourably up 

 to the 9th ; from that date to the 25th the weather was very 

 ungenial. On the night of the 17th there were 8° of frost, which 

 was very destructive to the fruit crops. The peaches which were 

 set upon the wall trees nearly all fell off, and about three-fourths 

 of the apricots, which were as large as marbles, dropped ; goose- 

 berries also suffered greatly. The earlier blossoms of the pear 

 and apple trees and strawberries were entirely destroyed. All 

 potatoes above the ground were cut down. The peas also were 

 much damaged with the severe frost of the 17th. The 17th was 

 a remarkable cold windy day from the N.W. After the rain of 

 the 25th vegetation advanced rapidly to the end of the month. 



Cresswell. — The hills in the distance were covered with snow, 

 and there was ice here a quarter of an inch thick on the 18th. 



Wylam. — Very cold and raw, with N.E. wind till the 16th, 

 when the wind changed to N.W., and the tbermometer, which 

 on the 17th was down to 27°, began to rise ; and on the 19th 

 the weather was much milder, and continued so till nearly the 

 end of the month. Much damage was done to the gardens by 

 the severe frost of the 17th. The blossoms of most of the wall 

 fruit trees, and that of many of the standards, being killed by 

 this unusually late and severe frost. 



Barometer — Mean height at 8 a.m., 30-047 ; highest, 30-357 

 on the 7th ; lowest, 29-573 on the 4th. 



