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