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



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Besides the observations and results, embodied in the fore- 

 going, and in tbe general tables, tbe editors have been favoured 

 with several other communications of an interesting and valua- 

 ble character. 



Among these are records of extremely low temperatures oc- 

 curring during the year 1871, at Wark'Eectory, in the valley of 

 the North Tyne. These have been kindly furnished to the Club 

 by the Eev. Hugh Taylor ; and the striking difference between 

 them and the lowest recorded at most of the other stations makes 

 the editors regret, still more than they have hitherto, the paucity 

 of observations received by the Club from so interesting and im- 

 portant a locality. No greater service could be rendered to the 

 meteorology of the district than the careful record of observa- 

 tions, at a few stations in the valley of the North Tyne, by some 

 of the numerous members of the Club resident amid its pictur- 

 esque scenes. 



The following are the temperatures and dates alluded to. 

 The thermometer used was situated about four feet from the 

 ground, facing the north, and was eighteen inches distant from 

 a wall covered with ivy. The height of the thermometer above 

 the river level was considered to be about sixty feet. 



Minimum Temperatures recorded at Wark 

 in the Year 1871. 



Date. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 



Date. 



Tempera- 

 ture. 



March 15 



5 



18 

 28 

 26 

 29 

 29 

 32 



June 26 



28 

 30 

 32 

 28 

 18 

 13 



May 17 



June 27 



June 3 





June 5 



September 14 



October 10 



June 22 



June 24 



November 19 



June 25 





From Durham Mr. J. J. Plummer has forwarded, in addition 

 to the particulars given for Durham in the general tables, the 

 average of the same for the twelve years extending from 1860 

 to 1871. This valuable information is given in the subjoined 



