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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 186-1, 



The quantity which fell in the end of October was extraor- 

 dinary indeed : Mr. G. J. Symons, who has taken infinite pains 

 with the subject of rainfall in Britain, states that 11 per cent, 

 of the year's fall is the average for October; while (by 27) it 

 will be seen that our per-centage for October was 22 per cent. — 

 just double. 



Ranged in order of increase of fall, the followiug succession 

 presents itself: — 



Southern District. ....... (2 observations) 



East Coast (5 ,, 



Midland District 

 Northern „ 

 Newcastle ,, E. 



„ w. 



North Tyne .... 

 Coquet Dale .... 



(8 

 (3 

 (2 

 (3 

 (1 

 (1 



22'75 inches. 



24-45 



26-10 



27-44 



28-07 



28-29 



29-02 



29-54 



43-24 



Allenheads (1 „ 



As having some reference to this part of the subject, I may 

 mention, that on reducing the level of the great flood of 1771, as 

 marked in the garden of the maister's house at Ovingham, to 

 one of the Ordnance Survey marks at the foot of the Crow Tree 

 Bank closely adjacent, that flood appears to have reached a level 

 of 53 - 65 feet above the Ordnance datum, i.e., the mean of high 

 and low water at Liverpool. 



I had intended to trace the height of that flood above the same 

 datum, at other points ; but, finding that the places where any 

 record of its height had been kept, were as far as I could learn, 

 all within the influence of the tide, I have not done so. 



Of the wind we have only three returns, which show the mean 

 direction and amount at Seaham, to have been "W. 3° S. = 73 p.c. 



at Wylam, W. 12° No. 72 ,, 

 at Howick, S. 15° W. = 40 „ 



The remarkably tranquil state of the barometer during April, 

 May, June, July, August, September, and to the 16th October; 

 was attended by an equally undisturbed atmosphere. 



In the early part of February there were some high winds, and 

 also after the sudden fall of the barometer on October 16th, though 

 they were not so much felt here, as in other parts of England. 



