Primary Source Spotlight: Weather
Congress requires US military to collect weather data 1870
Weather Forecasting Among Services to [House] Members
Weather forecasting primary source set, includes teacher’s guide
More weather forecasting primary sources
Weather instruments primary source set
Weather vanes primary source set
Weather bureau primary source set
Weather Service primary source set
Meteorological stations primary source set
Weather emergencies primary source set
Here’s to the friend in stormy weather song recording
Weather signs recorded oral history interview
Meteorological Observations February, 1792
Library of Congress weather related blog posts
- Analyzing Historical Weather Tools to Understand Core Scientific Concepts May 10, 2016 Teaching with the Library of Congress
- A Beautiful Day For A March September 4, 2013 Inside Adams
- “Cloudy Joe” and Stormy Weather: Predicting the Weather During Wartime January 5, 2016 Folklife Today
- The First Isothermic World Maps April 25, 2018 Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps
- Here Comes the Sun: Seeing Omens in the Weather at Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inauguration March 4, 2015 Library of Congress Blog
- Let’s Talk About the Weather In The Muse July 18, 2018
- A Little Bit of Sunshine January 4, 2017 Picture This
- Looking for Data Patterns in Weather-Related Primary Sources May 12, 2016 Teaching with the Library of Congress
- Primary Sources in Science Classrooms: Severe Weather and Community Resilience May 24, 2016 Teaching with the Library of Congress
- Primary Sources in the Science (and Math) Classroom: Thomas Jefferson’s Measurement Problem January 14, 2016 Teaching with the Library of Congress
- Saving Science Blogs January 25, 2013 Inside Adams
- Severe Weather September 23, 2013 In Custodia Legis
- Snow Stories in Library of Congress Primary Sources December 9, 2011 Teaching with the Library of Congress
- An Unexpected Storm December 13, 2016 Teaching with the Library of Congress
- A Weather-proof Nation September 28, 2012 Inside Adams
- World Meteorological Day In Custodia Legis March 23, 2017
Related resources
- Today in History: The Galveston Storm
- Today in History: Hurricane Katrina
- Featured Image: Hurricane San Ciriaco
- Today in History: Summertime!
- Today in History: Winter Solstice
- Primary Source Spotlight: Snow
Teaching resources
- How the Sun Spots Control Our Weather guided primary source analysis activities
- Learning from the Source: Primary Source Trail of Western Migration