Episode 2 of 2
Development of National Forecasts
- When
- January 1871
- Where
- New weather service
Cleveland Abbe joined the service in January 1871 and began developing a national forecast system, issuing forecasts the following month.
In January 1871, Cleveland Abbe joined the new service as the second civilian assistant to Myer. He began developing a system for national forecasts, building on his work in Cincinnati where he had issued "probabilities" since 1869. He began issuing these forecasts the following month. Myer had hired Lapham as the first civilian assistant in November 1870, an earlier step in staffing the service.
Sources
- National Weather Service Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-09
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