Box 17, Folder 9: Meteorology (Milwaukee) 1859-1871

[No. 1. Printed Table].

[Page 15-Printed Circular].

57a [Printed Table.]

[Tables-Have Warm Summers been followed by Cold Winters at Milwaukee; Are cold summers followed by cold winters. yes in 6 cases No in 6 cases.]

As the mean temperature of the year varies as much as 10 deg. we must discard the idea that the warm summers are balanced by cold winter &c.

I.A. Lapham (over)

July-7-1838 at noon 88 deg. [Weather readings] mentioned as unusually warm

A newspaper clipping said on the 12th "the weather has been intensely hot-and sultry for a day or two-and the effects of it have been quite perceptible on man and beast-it has seemed rather hard for either to breathe-

[Weather readings]

Max generally much lower-up to 1870-