



RAIN AND SNOW AT WYLAM FOR 18 YEARS (PROM 1854 TO 1871, 



BOTH INCLUDED). 











JANUARY. 



FEBRUARY. 



MARCH. 



APRIL. 



MAY. 



JUNE. 



JULY. 



AUGUST. 



SEPTEMBER. 



OCTOBER. 



NOVEMBER. 



DECEMBER. 



TOTAL. 



Amount 



Days. 



»— 



Days. 



Amount 



Day.. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Day.. 



Amount 



Days 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 





3-65 

 1-27 

 1-67 

 2-54 

 0-48 

 063 

 410 

 0-89 

 2-10 

 3-50 

 0-76 

 1-21 

 1-63 

 408 

 3-15 

 1-07 

 1-55 

 1-26 



14 

 10 

 14 

 13 

 4 

 12 

 20 

 15 

 16 

 23 

 13 

 14 

 17 

 22 

 18 

 12 

 15 

 11 



0-39 

 2-61 

 1-55 

 1-15 

 0-51 

 0-75 

 1-77 

 2-97 

 1-48 

 0-55 

 1-96 

 1-50 

 2-61 

 0-67 

 1-89 

 1-50 

 1-94 

 1-54 



16 

 11 



5 

 15 

 10 

 14 



ie 



9 

 21 

 14 

 10 



8 

 14 

 13 

 17 



8 



0-29 

 2-02 

 0-14 

 2-48 

 0-SO 

 1-95 

 2-19 

 1-84 

 3-61 

 2-10 

 3-79 

 1-54 

 2-99 

 1-S.5 

 1-72 

 1-89 

 1-35 

 0-88 



5 

 13 



4 

 15 



7 



7 

 20 

 19 

 24 

 14 

 20 

 17 

 20 

 18 



8 

 15 

 11 

 12 



0-52 

 022 

 2-27 

 2-82 

 0-61 

 3-16 

 0-97 

 1-17 

 1-31 

 1-04 

 1-04 

 1-24 

 3-52 

 1-84 

 3-00 

 207 

 1-.01 

 361 



5 

 13 

 12 



7 

 19 

 14 

 13 

 16 

 16 

 11 

 10 

 12 

 12 

 13 

 10 



18 



2-18 

 1-35 

 3-37 

 1-39 

 0-79 

 0-27 

 2-21 

 0-71 

 2-60 

 1-22 

 2-73 

 4-56 

 1-15 

 2-22 

 0-77 

 3-80 

 0-72 

 0-88 



18 

 10 

 16 

 12 

 13 



3 

 14 

 10 

 18 

 14 

 14 

 16 



7 

 11 



1G 



7 

 7 



4-00 

 3-85 

 2-90 

 2-27 

 1-63 

 2-01 

 3-58 

 2-17 

 3-17 

 3-89 

 1-16 

 0-03 

 1-23 

 1-53 

 0-54 

 1-45 

 1-40 

 3-13 



10 

 15 

 15 

 7 

 8 

 10 

 18 

 17 

 19 

 17 

 16 

 3 

 12 

 8 

 2 

 7 

 12 

 11 



3-29 

 1-33 

 1-71 

 1-43 

 3-40 

 3-00 

 2-71 

 3-37 

 1-91 

 1-29 

 0-07 

 2-56 

 3-22 

 2-81 

 0-57 

 0-20 

 0-63 

 2-85 



17 

 12 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 11 

 14 

 25 

 20 

 ,r 9 

 57 

 • 8 

 12 

 14 

 4 

 7 

 5 

 21 



G-52 

 300 

 3-85 

 2-90 

 1-94 

 1-80 

 2-13 

 1-76 

 3-47 

 2-91 

 1-58 

 2-8G 

 3-65 

 200 

 2-23 

 1-25 

 2-39 

 0-87 



20 

 15 

 13 



8 

 17 

 13 

 21 

 14 

 15 

 20 

 17 

 22 

 20 

 12 



8 

 10 



8 



8 



0-52 

 0-31 

 483 

 3-22 

 2-91 

 2-G3 

 1-11 

 2-03 

 1-30 

 3-14 

 1 ■!)'.) 

 0-32 

 4-54 

 2-03 

 4-26 

 2-94 

 1-07 

 5-28 



8 

 4 

 16 

 13 

 14 

 17 

 15 

 10 

 14 

 21 

 26 

 14 

 24 

 15 

 13 

 17 

 11 

 13 



2-53 

 3-59 

 1-03 

 1-56 

 1-GG 

 3-66 

 3-02 

 1-23 

 1-87 

 3-9G 

 G-67 

 9-51 

 0-70 

 0-94 

 1-31 

 2-13 

 4-81 

 2-78 



9 

 13 

 11 

 13 

 17 

 12 

 19 

 13 

 18 

 17 

 18 

 21 

 10 

 9 

 11 

 14 

 22 

 15 



5-16 

 2-73 

 1-42 

 2-29 

 2-12 

 2-G4 

 3-06 

 3-7G 

 0-91 

 3-14 

 2-17 

 2-74 

 2-74 

 0-59 

 2-46 

 2-97 

 2-73 

 2-11 



21 



15 

 11 

 15 

 10 

 17 

 23 

 25 

 16 

 11 

 21 

 18 

 10 

 4 

 12 

 15 

 16 

 16 



1-7.-, 

 1-05 

 4-51 

 0-42 

 1-40 

 2-95 

 4-53 

 1-04 

 0-92 

 1-:::, 

 3-05 

 TOO 

 1-83 

 1-84 

 3-93 

 2-77 

 4-83 

 1-50 



15 

 11 



13 



8 

 14 

 17 

 25 

 16 

 19 

 14 

 22 

 14 

 13 

 11 

 24 

 18 

 20 

 13 



31-10 



24-23 

 29 -25 

 24-47 

 18-23 

 2.V45 

 31 38 

 23-54 

 24-tiS 

 28-311 

 27-57 

 29-67 

 29-81 

 22-411 

 2(1-4.! 

 25-15 

 24-43 

 2G-69 



147 

 139 

 140 

 133 

 127 

 153 

 219 

 200 

 211 

 185 

 206 

 161 

 173 

 144 

 132 

 157 

 148 

 153 







































Mean 



2-040 



14-6 



1-522 



12-55 



1-857 



14-00 



1-781 



11-72 



1-832 



11-72 



2252 



11-50 



2-058 



12-00 



2-677 



14-50 



2-502 



14-07 



29-59 



14-55 



2-541 



15-2S 



2-258 



15-89 



20-267 



16,300 





In these 18 years the greatest fall in one year was 31 - 38 inches in I860. The greatest number of wet days was 2X9 in the same year. The mouth of greatest fall was October, 1865, when 9'51 inches 

 of Rain fell; the day of greatest fall was on the 18th of the same mouth — the amount in 2i hours being 2*30 inohea. 



The year of least Rain was 1858, only 18'23 inches being received in the guage ; this was also the year of fewest wet days, as there were only 127 days on which more than one hundredth of an inch 

 of water— or melted Snow— fell. The month of March, 1856, was the dryest month, only 0*14 of Rain falling ; and June, 186S, had the fewest wet days, viz., 2. With regard to the Snow (which is 

 counted, in a melted form, as Rain, aud included in the Rain table), it only fell once, during the 18 years, so late as May ; and twice, so early as October. 76 per cent, of the anuuai fall of Snow was in 

 the first three months of the year. The greatest amouut in one year was 6'27 in 1864 ; aud the least 0-93 in 1858 ;— the greatest amount in one day was 1*80 on December, 26, 1856, 







SNOW (INCLUDED IN ABOVE TABLE) SEPARATELY. 











JANUARY. 



FEBRUARY. 



MARCH. 



APRIL. 



MAY. 



OCTOBER. 



NOVEMBER. 



DECEMBER. 



TOTAL. 



Vlllollllt 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Day.. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Vmuiini 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 



Amount 



Days. 





1-35 

 1-05 

 0-14 

 1-21 



0-13 

 1-06 

 0-27 

 0-15 

 0-28 

 0-49 

 0-50 

 0-03 

 3-61 

 1-38 



0-63 



4 

 9 



ll 

 6 



0-11 

 2-18 

 0-60 

 0-70 

 0-27 

 0-08 

 1-44 

 0-30 

 0-28 



1-27 

 0-96 

 1-20 



o-oi 



1-14 

 0-32 



1 

 14 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 8 

 2 

 3 



14 

 G 



1 



i 

 8 



2 



0-61 



0-89 

 0-66 



004 



0-17 

 1-55 

 1-31 

 3-26 

 0-94 

 1-03 

 1-06 



r'32 

 rn 



0-32 



5 



3 



4 



i 

 l 



7 

 4 



•12 

 7 

 4 



12 



ii 



4 

 5 



o-oi 



0-08 

 0-27 



0-13 

 l' ; 42 



1 



i 

 "i 



"i 



2 



1-31 



1 



0-20 

 0-03 



1 

 1 



2-31 

 0-46 



004 



0-08 

 0-69 

 0-28 



0-70 

 0-21 

 1-97 



8 

 3 



"i 



1 

 4 

 2 



1 

 2 



6 



0-43 

 0-54 

 2-40 



0-69 



1-12 



0-26 



0-99 



o'-55 

 1-75 

 0-36 



1 

 3 

 4 



3 



4 



i 



4 



2 



8 



4-21 

 4-38 

 3-00 

 2-88 

 0-03 

 1-41 

 3-93 

 1-43 

 2-26 

 1-59 

 6-27 

 2-40 

 2-52 

 5-66 

 3-50 

 2-12 

 5-97 

 1-63 



15 

 31 

 11 

 14 



6 



9 

 16 

 12 

 14 



5 

 34 

 16 



7 

 35 

 11 

 17 

 25 

 15 









1858 









1863 





















12-28 



v., 



10-S0 



62 



14-27 



80 



1-91 



8 



1-31 



1 



0-23 



2 



6-74 



27 



9-09 



32 



50-69 



293 





MONTHLY HEIGHT OF TYNE AT WYLAM BRIDGE FOR 10 YEARS (IN FEET). 



JULY. AUG. SEPT. 



NOV. DF.C. Moan. Highest 



lst',1 

 1865 

 1866 

 18117 

 1868 

 18G9 

 1870 

 1871 

 Mean 



2-71 



2-44 



2-45 



2-65 



2-40 



1-60 



1-78 



1-50 



8-14 



1-67 



3-50 



2-80 



Mar. 15 

 Oct. 17 

 Oct. 3(1 



Sopt.LVL-. 



Anjf.&f. 

 .Iiilv.&o. 



974 2-53S 2-1133 l>lo 1 ;,:;.. 1-0611 



058 2-887 3-41 



Mr. Atkinson states Hie ? 



On December 7, 1856, there was a Hood which rose to 19 feet of the gnage. 

 tyf his scale of feet on South Pier of Wylam Bridge to be 14-38 above the ordnance zero ; and the fall of the river between 



the Crtbw Tree Bank at Ovingham and Wylam Bridge (4,525 yards) to be 12-02 feet, or 408 feet per mile. 



