4 July 2014

The Weather 238 years ago today in Philadelphia- Courtesy of T. Jefferson

Posted by Dan Satterfield

From the Mass. Historical Society. Thomas Jefferson's weather notebook for July 1776. Click for larger version.

From the Mass. Historical Society. Thomas Jefferson’s weather notebook for July 1776. Click for larger version.

It was cloudy in Philadelphia. Weatherwise Magazine has an excellent article with more about Jefferson and his weather records. Truly he was America’s first Meteorologist.