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.

Mean height of Barometer, 29.35 inches; mean Temperature, 11 degrees; mean amount of clouds 5; general direction of winds, N. W.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, February 11, 1862, p. 1