REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A., AND DR. HOOPPELL. 471 



Mean minimum for month, 37*6°, mean maximum, 52*7°. 



Meldon, near Morpeth. — Eain fell every day from the 1st to 

 the 6th ; the weather from the 6th to the 14th was fine. By 

 the middle of the month the corn was all carried and stacked. 

 On the 10th and 11th there were 8° and 7° of frost respectively. 



Wylam. — Fine calm month ; temperature pretty even. 

 Barometer — Mean height at 8 a.m., 29*819; highest, 30 , 406 

 on the 10th ; lowest, 29-129 on the 2nd. 



Thermometer — Mean of maximum 56*45° 



Mean of minimum 39*19° 



Difference 17*26° 



Mean for month ( max " * min " ) = 47*82° 

 Mean of sixteen years 48*02° 



Deficiency of 1871 0*20° 



Highest reading, 66° on the 19th ; lowest, 26° on the 10th. 



Mean of wet bulb, 43-10° ; of dry bulb, 44*90° ; difference, 

 1*80°. 



Fall — Rain, 2*78 inches ; greatest fall, 0*84 inch on the 

 20th ; days of fall, fifteen. 



River Tyne at Wylam Bridge — Mean height, 3*08 feet ; high- 

 est, 7*5 feet on the 19th. 



Wind— "W., 10° S. 



Solar Halos were seen at Sunderland on the 9th, 10th, 25th, 

 and 27th. Lunar Halos were seen at Wallington on the 25th, 

 26th, and 29th ; at Sunderland on the 1st, 26th, and 28th ; at 

 Durham on the 26th. Lightning was seen, but Thunder was 

 not heard, at Saughtree on the 4th ; at Allenheads on the 4th ; 

 at Wallington on the 4th ; at North Shields on the 2nd ; at 

 Acklam on the 4th. Thunder was heard, but Lightning was 

 not seen, at Wallington on the 8th ; at Allenheads on the 8th ; 

 at Cresswell on the 19th ; at North Shields on the 8th. Thun- 

 derstorms occurred at Whitley on the 8th ; at Sunderland on 

 the 8th ; at Acklam on the 8th. Aurora Boreales were seen 

 at Cresswell on the 3rd ; at Durham on the 4th ; at Rothbury on 



