AMOUNT, &c, 



OF WIND 



AT BURGHFIELD GRANGE, GATESHEAD 



, IN THE YEAR 1866, REDUCED 



APPROXIMATE RESULTANT DIRECTION AND DURATION 

 OF WINDS IN 1866. 



FROM DAILY RECORDS KEPT BY G. W. WAILES, ESQ. 



WHITLEY. 



GATESHEAD. 



WTLAM. 



MONTH. 



Total 



Motion in 



Miles. 



Average 



Daily Motion 



in Miles 



Average 



HourlyMotion 



in Miles. 



Maximum 



HourlyMotion 



in Miles. 



Mean Direc- 

 tion at Time 

 of Maximum. 



REMARKS. 



MONTH. 



Equivalent 

 Direction. 



Equivalent 

 Duration. 



Equivalent 

 Direction. 



Equivalent 

 Duration. 



Equivalent Equivalent 

 Direction. Duration, j 



January . . 

 February . 

 March .... 



W.42-S. 



Wl8i°N. 



N.12°W. 



E.4> S. 



S.4°W. 



W.36°S. 



N.40°W. 



S.35*W. 



S.23°W. 



W.30°S. 



W.31°S. 



W.28 J S. 



14* 



11 



8 



12 

 5 



11* 



13 



Of 

 15 

 12 

 10 

 12 



W.29°S. 

 W.32<\N. 

 E.2PN. 

 N.34°E. 



E.38°N. 

 E.34°N. 

 N.19|°W 

 S.19°E. 

 S.5°E. 

 N.34°E. 

 W.13°N. 

 S.40 J W. 



13 



10 

 4 



11 

 6| 

 7| 



u* 



5 

 6 



H 



W.18°S. 

 W.1°S. 



W.2PS. 

 E.27°N. 



E.6°N. 

 W.11°S. 

 N.29°W. 

 W.14°N. 

 W.16°S. 

 S.35°W. 



W.1°N. 



W.2°S. 



26 



16 



6 



10 



7 



8 



6 



9 



18 



4 



23 



26 



119 





10,320 



333 



14 



43* 



s.w. 



This was on the 14th. The " London 1 ' 

 (S.S.) was lost in the Bay of Biscay on 

 the 11th, and the "Amalia" (S.S.) on 

 the 12th. 





7250 



259 



11 



28± 



w. 





April . 

 May 









March 



5436 



175 



H 



28 



S.S.E. 



The 26th of this month was the calm- 

 est day recorded in the year. Daily mo- 

 tion 6 miles. 



June . . 





July . 



Angus 







5238 



178 



n 



22±* 



W. by W. 



* These are doubtful. The maximum 

 was probably somewhat greater than 

 this, and the mean direction somewhat 

 different. 



t 







September . . 

 October .... 

 November . . 

 December . . 





7270 



235 



10 



23i 



N. by W. 







5250 



175 



n 



16£ 



N.W.byW. 





Whole Year 



W.29°S. 



77 



W.2°N. 



18| 



W.4°S. 





5092 



164 



7 



27 



N. by E. 









SEAHAM HALL. 



'• 



MONTH. 



PREVAILING WINDS. 





6022 



194 



8 



22 



W. by S. 







Janu 

 Febri 

 Marc 

 April 

 May 

 June 

 July 

 Augi 

 Sept( 

 Octo 



ary 



West and South. 



West and North-west. 



West, North-east, and South. 



North-east and West. 



East, North-east, and North-west. 



West and North. 



West and North West. 



South-west and East. 



West and South-west. 



South and South-east. 



North-west and West. 



South and South-west. 







6388 



213 



9 



21 



W. by S. 





h 





5056 



163 



7 



20 



E.S.E. 



From the 29th September, to the 12th 

 October, was the calmest period of the 

 year; the average daily motion being 

 69£ miles. 











7576 



253 



10^ 



24 



N.W.byW. 







imber 



December 



9594 



308 



13 



2H 



W. 









For whole Year . . 



80,452 



220 



9 



43 



S.W. 







The column, headed "Maximum Hourly Motion in Miles," gives the average hourly velocity for the whole twenty-four hours of the windiest 

 day in the month. The srreatest velocitv attained in anv nine-ln hour has not hppn rpoistpvpH 



Wlinlp Y«a.v 



West. 



































