United States. National Weather Service

This collection consists of the daily records of the Weather Station at Alpena, Michigan for the years 1872-1882 and 1885-1917. The journals include weather information such as storms, temperature readings, aureole and lunar halo sightings, sunset predictions, barometer readings, and additional information on visitors and vessel movements. The collection is valuable for the study of early efforts to systematically record weather in the U.S.

Included are 84 bound volumes of meteorological observations recorded from 1870 to 1948 at the Cleveland, OH office of the National Weather Service. Observations appear as handwritten notes on printed forms and as extensive notebook commentaries. Information recorded includes wind direction and speed, temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, cloud conditions, and other weather data.

Includes meteorological observations recorded at the Toledo, Ohio office of the National Weather Service from 1870-1994.