Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice.
This collection consists of surface weather observations recorded by the Weather Bureau in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1887 to 1972. Barometric pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind, clouds, precipitation, dew point, frosts, and general weather observations were compiled monthly. For some years, daily records and annual summaries are included. Occasionally, newspaper clippings have been pasted into the volumes.
The United States Weather Bureau was created in 1870 as part of the Signal Service of the War Department. It was transferred to the Department of Agriculture in 1892 and then to the Department of Commerce in 1949. Today it is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The North Carolina State Weather Service was established in 1886 as part of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, which was opened on January 1, 1887.
W. O. Bailey was assigned by the Signal Service as station meteorologist and was followed by H. McP. Baldwin and then by C. F. von Herrmann. In 1896, the Experiment Station discontinued its weather service activities. From 1896-1908, observations were recorded at the Fisher Building at the corner of Fayetteville Street and Exchange Place and then at the Masonic Temple at the corner of Fayetteville and Hargett until 1940, when the location was moved to the municipal airport. For some years, there are additional observations taken at the Weather Bureau Office, 1911 Building, State College, Raleigh.
This collection consists of surface weather observations recorded by the Weather Bureau in Raleigh from 1887-1972. Barometric pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind, clouds, precipitation, dew point, frosts, and general weather observations were compiled monthly. For some years, daily records and annual summaries are included. Occasionally, newspaper clippings have been pasted into the volumes.
The collection is divided into two series. Meteorological Trends, 1887-1947 shows high, low, and normal temperatures over time. Data was graphically and numerically recorded on government forms that were adapted locally to show trends in temperature. Monthly Meteorological Reports, 1887-1972 gives surface weather observation data for Raleigh, with some years including daily records and annual summaries. Data was recorded on forms received from the United States government.
Given by the late Al Hardy, former State Climatologist, when he was a reference librarian at North Carolina State University in the late 1970s-early 1980s.
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[Identification of item], United States Weather Bureau, Raleigh Office, Records, MC 00288, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Processed by Susan J. Erickson
Completed August 2000
The collection is organized into two principal series:
The series Meteorological Trends includes Voluntary Observer's Meteorological Record, 1887-1947, which graphically and numerically presents temperature highs and lows for Raleigh, and Substation Temperature Normals Computed to Include Year 1938.
The series Monthly Meteorological Reports, which began in 1887, includes surface weather observation data for each month. Beginning in 1905, these volumes include daily local records and, for many years, an annual summary.
contains looseleaf WBA pages from January 1950, August -December 1950
Loose Leaf sheets (not volumes)
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[Identification of item], United States Weather Bureau, Raleigh Office, Records, MC 00288, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
