Friday, January 28, 2011

Meteorological Observations

(Under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution.)

Made at Griswold College, Davenport,
BY WM. P. DUNWOODY.

Latitude 41.30. North – Longigude 13.30 West.  Height above the sea, 737 feet.



Date
Barometer
Thermometer
Snow
Inch
7 A.M.
2 P.M.
9 P.M.
7 A.M.
2 P.M.
9 P.M.
Feb. 10
29.05
28.91
28.64
19
20
31
.5
Feb. 11
28.88
28.81
28.84
31
32
29

Feb. 12
29.98
29.67
29.14
28
35
28

Feb. 13
29.26
29.40
29.48
28
7
-7

Feb. 14
29.54
29.48
29.40
-22
-6
-7

Feb. 15
29.34
29.20
29.22
-3
3
3

Feb. 16
29.23
29.21
29.19
7
31
22



Mean height of Barometer, 29.13 inches; mean Temperature, 15 degrees; mean amount of couds 7; general direction of winds, N. W. S. W.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, February 18, 1862, p. 1

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