NOAA Central Library U.S. daily weather maps project.

Format:

Government document

Map/Atlas

Contributor:

NOAA Central Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Climate--Maps.

United States.

Meteorology--United States--Maps.

Meteorology.

Weather--Maps.

Weather.

Climatology.

Genre:

Maps

Physical Description:

1 electronic maps collection : HTML, DJVU image files

Scale not given.

Other Title:

U.S. daily weather maps project

Title from HTML source: Daily weather maps home page

Cartographic Data:

Scale not given.

Place of Publication:

[Silver Spring, Md.] : NOAA Central Library, [200--2007?]

Summary:

The earliest Daily weather maps featured only a map of the continental U.S. with the day's air temperature, barometric pressure, wind velocity and direction, and a general indication of the weather for various cities around the country plotted directly on the map. Within a short time the Signal Corps added a table showing the amount of change in barometric pressure during the most recent 8 hours, the temperature change within the most recent 24 hours, relative humidity, and total precipitation within the most recent 24 hours. The Signal Office also added a general discussion of synoptic weather features and forecast, and then isobars and isotherms, on the maps. By the end of 1872 the maps had established the format it would use for the rest of its run. During the period January 1-August 6, 1914, a Northern Hemisphere map with data table is included.

Notes:

"This site provides access to historical daily weather maps from 1871 thru 2002."

1/17/2007 update; title from HTML title screen (viewed May 28, 2010).

OCLC:

632331852