REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A., AND DR. H00PPELL. 469 



Mean for month ( max -+ min -) = 53-18° 

 Mean for sixteen years 54-75° 



Deficiency of 1871 1-57 ° 



Highest reading, 75° on the 2nd and 3rd ; lowest, 35° on the 

 29th. 



Mean of wet bulb at 8 a.m., 48-23° ; of dry bulb, 50-43° ; dif- 

 ference, 2-20°. 



Fall — Rain, 5-28 inches ; greatest fall, 1*56 inches on the 

 25th ; days of fall, thirteen. 



River Tyne at Wylani Bridge — Mean height, 2-06 feet ; high- 

 est, 7 feet on the 28th. 



Wind— N., 24° E. 



Whitley. — On September the 4th, 1871, about 11 p.m., a fine 

 Lunar Rainbow of considerable permanence was seen. The arc 

 was complete and very clearly defined. 



On September the 5th a very vivid meteor was seen about 

 9.45 p.m., which emerged near Polaris and passed close by Dubhe. 

 It was visible about two and a half seconds, and left a trail of 

 brilliant violet which faded into faint bluish white. 



Solar Halos were seen at Wallington on the 26th ; at Sun- 

 derland on the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 23rd, and 29th. Lunar 

 Halos were seen at Wallington on the 26th and 30th ; at Sun- 

 derland on the 2nd, 25th, 26th, and 30th. Lightning was seen, 

 but Thunder was not heard, at Wallington on the 3rd, 7th, 21st, 

 and 30th ; at Rothbury on the 18th ; at Whitley on the 9th ; 

 at Sunderland on the 21st and 22nd ; at Acklam on the 9th. 

 Thunder was heard, but Lightning was not seen, at Wallington 

 on the 20th and 21st ; at Acklam on the 6th. Thunderstorms 

 occurred at Sunderland on the 7th ; at North Shields on the 6th. 

 Hail fell at Sunderland on the 30th ; at Darlington on the 8th ; 

 at Acklam on the 30th. 



