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U.S. Army Signal Corps/Weather Bureau Annual Reports, 1861-1942

This site provides access to the annual reports of the U.S. Army Signal Corps and the U.S. Weather Bureau in PDF format. The Signal Corps carried out the work of meteorological observations in the United States during the years 1861-1891. In 1891 the meteorological work was transferred to the newly-formed U.S. Weather Bureau in the Department of Agriculture.

The reports are in PDF format and require the free Adobe reader.
Select the year of the annual report
you wish to view

Scope of coverage

These reports contain reports and correspondence from the Chief Signal Officer to the Secretary of War for the year from 1861-1891. From 1892 onwards they contain the similar reports for the Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau. Report year ends June 30, but the meteorological data are for the calendar year. In 1935 the title is changed to United States Meteorological Yearbook.

How to Locate Issues of the Annual reports

To display the report you wish to see, click on the drop-down lists to the the left to choose the year, then click the "View Report" button.

Credit

Please credit the NOAA Central Library Data Imaging Project when using these reports. Share the results of your research with any of the staff members below.

Funding for this project was provided by the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.

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