1 10 5IETE0R0L0GICAX REPORT, 1864, 



October. — Very fine till 16th, with an exceedingly steady baro- 

 meter, which fell suddenly on 1 6th, and fluctuated violently till 

 the 31st. The latter part of the month was wetter than I ever 

 remember; the total amount of rain, (6 - 67 inches), all fell after 

 the 16th ; the amount registered on the morning of 23rd was 1*54, 

 which I think is the largest fall I have known in twenty-four 

 hours, excepting in thunder storms. Mean height of barometer 

 29-873. 



November. — A most singular month as regards the fluctuations 

 of the barometer ; two very sudden and violent depressions occur- 

 ring (on 13th and 18th) without any great amount of local wind 

 or rain; another, commencing on 24th, was succeeded by a S.E. 

 gale on the coast of Northumberland, during which (more how- 

 ever owing to a heavy sea than to the wind) the unfortunate 

 steam ship "Stanley" was wrecked upon the Black Middens, 

 and thirty-nine people drowned. Mean height of barometer 

 29-696. 



December. — A fine month with very steady barometer ; the 

 mean height of which was 29-981. 



Mr. Gr. Wailes, Gateshead. Between January 1 st and October 

 18th, 15-53 inches of rain fell; between 19th and 30th October, 

 7-27 ; the wettest day was October 27, when 1-99 fell. 



Mr. C. H. Cadogan, Brinckburn. July the driest ever known 

 here. The rain in October was all in fifteen days ; the greatest 

 quantity in one day being 1-75 inch. 



The Bev. J. E. Leefe, Cresswell. Only once since 1856 has so 

 much rain fallen in October, and that was in 1862, when the 

 amount registered was 4-5 inches; the fall in October, 1864, 

 being 4-42. 



The Bev. B. E. Wheeler, Whitley. The heaviest fall was on 

 October 29th, when 1-21 fell. 



