12 
REPORT OF THE 
In June, July, and August the rain-fall was three inches 
below the mean for those months. The range of the Barometer 
was 1*86 inch. There were displays of Aurora on May 13, 
September 9, and October 6. The unusual number and 
magnitude of spots on the Sun’s disc led astronomers to pre¬ 
dict auroral display. Both these phenomena appear to he 
intimately connected with magnetic disturbance. The increase 
and diminution of this disturbance, as well as those of the 
solar spots, observe corresponding cycles of about eleven years. 
EAIN FALL, 1869. 
Malton. 
Flaxton. 
1 
York. 
Ackwortb. 
i 
Sheffield. 
Settle. 
Jan. 
3-03 
2-95 
2-81 
2-40 
3-15 
5-03 
Feb. 
1-99 
1-32 
1-78 
1-14 
2-67 
7-72 
Mar. 
2-25 
1-06 
1-89 
1-40 
1-98 
1-85 
April 
1-77 
2-58 
2-18 
1-90 
1-82 
2-62 
May 
3-97 
3-90 
4-49 
5-48 
5-76 
3-44 
1 June 
1-51 
1-58 
1-05 
0-99 
0-87 
0-00 
1 July 
1-07 
0-70 
1-31 
0-86 
0-24 
0-97 
Aug. 
1*23 
0-82 
1-70 
1-20 
1-08 
2*05 
Sept. 
3-26 
2-72 
3-83 
3-45 
4-95 
6-92 
Oct. 
2-35 
2-20 
1-58 
1-07 
1-45 
0-52 
Nov. 
2-27 
1-70 
1-66 
1-94 
2-17 
4-65 
Dec. 
3-99 
3-47 
3-65 
2-85 
4-65 
5-77 
Totals 
28-69 
25-00 
27-93 
24-68 
30-79 
41-54 
Days. 
South, South-Westerly, and West winds have 
predominated, numbering . . .. . . 172 
Easterly and North-East . . . . . . 127 
North and North-West . . . . . . . . 66 
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