19th Century Weather Forecasting In The United States

Weather is something that the world faces on a daily basis. The art of weather forecasting began with early civilizations using reoccurring astronomical and meteorological events to help them monitor seasonal changes in the weather (Griffin, 2005). During the 1800s, weather observations began to grow and expand across the United States (Uccellini, 2015). During the 19th century weather observations from distant points could be rapidly collected and analyzed at one location (Uccellini, 2015). The 20th century brought a lot of improvements to weather, some of these things I will mention in my paper.
People have to make accommodations for their daily activities depending on what the weather forecast is going to be. People also have to dress around what the weather …show more content…
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