Saturday, December 10, 2011

Meteorological Observations

(Under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution.)

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

Latitude 41.30. North – Longitude 13.30 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. 31
29.54
29.48
29.44
29
45
42
.38
Apl. 1
29.28
29.15
29.05
32
48
45
.16
Apl. 2
28.69
29.04
29.35
46
44
35
.05
Apl. 3
29.50
29.37
29.39
35
60
50

Apl. 4
29.10
28.91
29.06
46
52
42
.37
Apl. 5
29.34
29.45
29.54
32
41
30

Apl. 6
2954
29.47
29.32
28
34
34


Mean height of Barometer, 29.29 inches; mean Temperature, 39 degrees; mean amount of clouds 7; general direction of winds, N. E. and N. W.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday Morning, April 9, 1862, p. 1

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