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			Rain Inch
	7 A.M.	2 P.M.	9 P.M.	7 A.M.	2 P.M.	9 P.M.
Mar. 17	29.33	29.10	29.12	28	40	31
Mar. 18	29.26	29.26	29.22	29	40	36	1.2
Mar. 19	28.95	28.76	28.80	35	35	33	4.5
Mar. 20	28.80	28.79	28.82	38	32	32	6.0
Mar. 21	28.92	29.06	29.11	31	37	32
Mar. 22	29.16	29.06	29.06	29	35	32
Mar. 23	29.14	29.17	29.21	32	35	31

Mean height of Barometer, 29.04 inches; mean Temperature, 33 degrees; mean amount of clouds 7; general direction of winds, N. N. E.

A heavy storm visited us during the week, beginning in the night of the 18^th and continuing at intervals, for forty eight hours.  During the 19^th and morning of the 20^th, we had rain, hail and sleet, with very strong N. E. Wind.  At 12:30 of the 20^th, a heavy snow storm set in, which continued during the afternoon and night.  About 3 inches of snow fell, a great portion of which was melted in less than twenty four hours from the time it fell.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, March 25, 1862, p. 4