ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS (GRAND FORKS)

COLLECTION: OGL #1469

DATES: 1946-1948, 1952-1959, 1965, 1967-1977, 1980-1987

SIZE: 10 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Surface Weather Observations (Grand Forks) were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by the Department of Geography on December 31, 2002 (Acc.#2003-5647).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED COLLECTION:UA#62, University Weather Station

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Surface Weather Observations was a form used to record daily weather conditions in Grand Forks. The forms date from 1946-1948, 1952-1959, 1965, 1967-1977, and 1980-1987. From 1946 until 1970, the data was recorded by the Weather Bureau, an agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Responsibility for this task fell to the National Weather Service, a branch of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, in 1970.

One individual sheet was kept per day, and one reading was taken per hour. The weather data which was recorded included: temperature, precipitation, snow fall and depth, station and sea- level pressure, wind direction, speed, and character, sky and ceiling conditions, dew point, and visibility. These recordings were taken at the Grand Forks Airport. The records were originally housed in the Geography Department Library. While most of the records are originals, some are photocopies.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. March - June 1946
  2. July - December 1946
  3. January - June 1947
  4. July - December 1947
  5. January - June 1948
  6. July - December 1948

Box 2
Folder

  1. January - June 1952
  2. July - December 1952
  3. January - June 1953
  4. July - December 1953
  5. January - June 1954
  6. July - December 1954
  7. January - June 1955

Box 3
Folder

  1. July - December 1955
  2. January - June 1956
  3. July - December 1956
  4. January - June 1957
  5. July - December 1957
  6. January - June 1958
  7. July - December 1958
  8. January - June 1959
  9. July - December 1959

Box 4
Folder

  1. January - June 1965
  2. July - December 1965
  3. January - May, November 1967
  4. January - June 1968
  5. July - December 1968
  6. January - June 1969
  7. July - December 1969
  8. January - June 1970

Box 5
Folder

  1. July - December 1970
  2. January - June 1971
  3. July - December 1971
  4. January - June 1972
  5. July - December 1972
  6. January - June 1973
  7. August - December 1973
  8. January - June 1974

Box 6
Folder

  1. July - December 1974
  2. January - June 1975
  3. July - December 1975
  4. January - June 1976
  5. July - December 1976
  6. January - June 1977
  7. July - December 1977
  8. January - June 1980

Box 7
Folder

  1. July - December 1980
  2. January - June 1981
  3. July - December 1981
  4. January - June 1982
  5. July - December 1982
  6. January - June 1983
  7. July - December 1983
  8. January - June 1984

Box 8
Folder

  1. July - December 1984
  2. January - June 1985
  3. July - December 1985
  4. January - June 1986
  5. July - December 1986
  6. January - June 1987
  7. July - December 1987

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