Sunday, June 12, 2011

Meteorological Observations

(Under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution.)

Made at Griswold College; Davenport,

BY WM. P. DUNWOODY.

Latitude 41.30. North – Longitude 13.39. West – Height above the sea, 737 feet.

DATE.
BAROMETER.
THERMOMETER.
SNOW
Inch.
7 A.M.
2 P.M.
9.PM
7 A.M.
2 P.M.
9 P.M.
Feb. 24
29.16
29.56
29.52
4
14
14

Feb. 25
29.32
29.10
28.96
24
35
32

Feb. 26
28.95
29.21
29.88
29
29
8

Feb. 27
29.43
29.42
29.89
7
22
20
0.3
Feb. 28
20.42
29.43
29.34
11
26
19
3
Mar. 1
29.22
29.08
29.05
19
26
22

Mar. 2
28.96
28.80
28.70
24
27
26
1.5

Mean height of Barometer, 29.22 inches; mean Temperature, 19 degrees; mean amount of clouds 6; general direction of winds E.N.E.  Flashes of diffuse lightning were observed during the 1st in S. and S.E.

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

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