59 
1840..., 
.January . 
14 
Feet. 1 
1869 
. . . . February. 
131 
Feet. 
1841..., 
' ?? . 
14 
” ! 
1870 
....January . 
13 
99 
1854 ..., 
■ M 
13! 
’3 
1876 
,, 15tli .. 
13 
99 
1856... , 
, September .. . 
•13i 
99 
1877 
• • • • 99 . 
13 
99 
December 7th. 
•14.1 
93 
1831 
.. . . March 10th 
13| 
99 
1868..., 
, February. 
. 13 
39 
In 1887 
Summer level 
was 
recoi'ded 
on 176 
days. The change 
in 1881 and 
1883 at Naburn of six sluices. 4 ft. X 4 ft. on the E. side and 4^ ft. X 4ft. on the 
W. side, to six shutters of 1()| ft X 4ft. (E. side), and 11-^ ft. X 4 ft. (W. side) 
has greatly reduced the excessive floods. 
The Prevalent Winds, as always in our Islands, are 
Westerly. Here, again, tlie returns are but |)artial, as the 
wind was not entered on the tables before the middle of the 
Seventies. We have, also, a new difficulty-to contend with, 
namely, that of stating accurately the direction of the wind. 
The tables are given to 16 points—E., E.N E., N.E., &c. The 
direction has been told by the Minster vane. Now, so great 
has been the natural tendency to record the Cardinal Points, that 
the returns, as is evident, assign to them at least double their 
due proportion, compared to the points next them. Hence there 
seems little use in considering more than eight points. 
Probably, if E.N.E and N.N.E are counted to N.E., and so 
on, the results would be fairly accurate ; but this is little more 
than guess-work. The only safe result is to consider Easterly 
and Westerly Winds 
Observations made by Mr. John Gra.y, from 1800—9, are 
used by Professor Phillips in Rivers, Mountains, and Sea 
(.'oasts of Yorkshire.” Taking the six years, 1875—80, for 
comparison, the proportion of Easterly and Westerly Winds 
is practically identical. In this period there are 1227 Westerly, 
in Mr. Gray’s, 228, counting all from S. to N W. Only in 
March do Easterly Winds predominate; they are rarest in 
August. 
Stohms have not, unfortunately, been systematically noted. 
Records are made of such in 1841, II. 24, and YI. 14, the 
latter from the N.W. ; 1852, XII. 30, when salt spray from 
the Irish Sea left visible traces on windows at York [and also 
at the Flounders College, Ackworth] ; 1860 Y. 27, terrific 
wind, rain, snow, and hail; 1871, when 58 vessels were 
stranded between Spurn and Bridlington ; 1877, many ; I. 1, 
specially X. 14, also XI. 22 ; 1881, in October and November; 
1883, I. 25, IX. 1, XII. 1, salt deposit again being noted on 
windows; 1884, in the week of January 26th, when the 
AVinds. 
Difficulty of 
obs?i valion. 
I.arge propo!- 
tion of AVestcrly 
U'inds 
Storms 
Salt Spray. 
