Meteorological Observations

(Under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution)

Made at Griswold College, Davenport

BY WM. P. DUNWOODY.

Latitude 41.30. North – Longitude 13.30. west – Height above the sea, 737 feet.

Date	Barometer			Thermometer			Snow
	7 A.M.	2 P.M.	9 P.M.	7 A.M.	2 P.M.	9 P.M.
Jan. 27	23.34	29.22	29.19	24	30	30
Jan. 28	29.14	29.19	29.22	32	31	15
Jan. 29	29.40	29.42	29.45	0	5	-7
Jan. 30	29.46	29.45	29.45	-13	4	3
Jan. 31	29.24	29.19	[29.18]	12	13	19
Feb. 1	29.48	29.50	29.55	-10	2	-7
Feb. 2	29.57	29.56	29.41	-14	5	11

Mean height of Barometer, 29.30 inches; mean Temperature, [22] degrees; mean amount of clouds 5; general direction of winds, N. W.  On the 27th light snow fell during the morning & evening vary damp, with frequent flashes of lightning.  Drizzling rain during the 28th.  Light snow during the afternoon of the 30th.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, February 4, 1862, p. 1