Comments on: What was the weather like on a certain day in April, 1891?

What was the weather like on a certain day in April, 1891?

Grandysaur — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:16:31 -0800

USF's collection of maps of America. Includes killing frost dates from 1911, Hog production circa 1860, 1900, Paths of Western Exploration and many more.

By: Mblue

Mblue — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:39:01 -0800

Position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun during Spring and Neap Tide, 1891 Why would I want to know? It's time travel.

By: rattleandhum

rattleandhum — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:40:17 -0800

amazing, thanks for this. Cartographilia!

By: davebush

davebush — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:53:46 -0800

Autumn Killing Frost is a killer name for a band.

By: DU

DU — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:00:09 -0800

My killing frost came a week early this year. SO MUCH FOR GLOBAL ETC!

By: BlueHorse

BlueHorse — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:57:41 -0800

Interesting. My killing frost was over a week early. The 1906 and 1911 maps show the average temperature for July in this region as 65-70. It is to laugh!! The year I arrived here it was 105 degrees May 5th. Hasn't hit that since, but July have been at minimum 20 degrees more than the '06-'11 averages. We're talkin' the last 30 years. I got your global etc right here, DU!

By: neuron

neuron — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:42:10 -0800

killing frost dates A college professor in Texas said that first frost dates progress down from North Dakota to Texas by about one week per state.

By: eye of newt

eye of newt — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:22:19 -0800

Old maps were just in the news: Los Angeles Public LIbrary's maps collection is about to get a lot better due to a find in an old cottage who's owner had recently died. Strewn around were many thousands of maps and globes, some dating to the 1500s. Creason called the find unbelievable. "I think there are at least a million maps here," he said. "This dwarfs our collection — and we've been collecting for 100 years."