Journals of the Alpena (Mich.) Weather Station, 1872-1917.

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Journals of the Alpena (Mich.) Weather Station, 1872-1917.

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MS 88-262 consists of ten journals, arranged in chronological order, from the Alpena, Michigan Weather Station for the years 1872-1917. Entries document Alpena weather conditions. Forms and severity of precipitation, wind direction, presence of frost, temperature, cloud cover, barometric pressure, aureole and solar and lunar halo sightings are often noted and described. Vessel movements and station visitors are also mentioned upon occasion. Detailed monthly charts compare Alpena station barometer readings with those of other stations. The time periods of January 1, 1883-April 20, 1885 and January 1, 1893-December 31, 1904 are not represented in this collection.

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United States. Weather Bureau. Station No. 85 (Alpena, Mich.)

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The Alpena Weather Station, designated "Station #85," was established in September 1872. It was one in a system of weather reporting stations authorized by an act of February 9, 1870 (16 Stat. 369). The stations formed part of the meteorological service of the United States Department of War's Signal Office. In 1890, this service was transferred to the Weather Bureau within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Weather Bureau became part of the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1940. In 1970, it ...

United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...