Sunday, March 28, 2010

Meteorological Observations

(Under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution)
Made at Griswold College, Davenport,
BY WM. P. DUNWOODY.

Latitude 43.30. North – Longitude 13.39 West – Height above the sea, 737 feet.



Mean height of Barometer, 29.36 inches; mean Temperature, 46 degrees; mean amount of clouds 5; general direction of winds, N. W and N. E.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 1

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