BY THE REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 285 



Seaham Harbour.- — Barometer varied from. 26-60 on the 1st, 

 to 30-42 on the 24th. Dull, cold, and wet weather at the he- 

 ginning of the month. Fine and mild from about the 18th for 

 ten days. Snow with squally and very high winds on the 29th. 

 Barometer fell about an inch on the five preceding days. 



February. — Otterburn. — Snow fell on the last three days of 

 the month. 



Allenheads. — Lightning was seen on the 4th and 10th. 



Bywell. — Lightning was seen on the 4th and 7th. Aurora 

 were seen on the 7th. 



"Wylam. — Another changeable fickle month — one day fine, the 

 next coarse. The barometer fluctuating but not very violently, 

 and gradually tending upwards from the beginning to the 22nd. 



The temperature was 39-23 (39-23-38-10), 1-13° above the 

 mean height. 



Yegetation forward. Apricot on cold wall in blossom on the 

 25th. 



North Shields. — Lightning was seen, but thunder was not 

 heard, on the 3rd and 7th. Lunar halos were seen on the 1st, 

 25th, and 27th. Aurorse were seen on the 7th, 12th, and 13th. 



Seaham Harbour. — Barometer fluctuating. Weather very 

 squally on first ten days. Thunder storm on the 4th. Heavy 

 gale on the night of the 27th. Maximum height of barometer 

 30-37 on the 1st. Minimum height of barometer 28*90 on the 

 11th. 



The great gale of the 11th, which was so severely felt on the 

 southern coast of England, did not reach the northern counties 

 at all. The Board of Trade reported that "the gales of Satur- 

 day night the 10th, and Sunday the 11th, were of unusual vio- 

 lence, and appear to have been most severely felt on our southern 

 coasts. The disturbance seems to have partaken in some degree 

 of a cyclonic character. It seems probable that the area of least 

 pressure, or centre of the storm, passed in an easterly direction, 

 not very far to the northward of London." 



