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Did you know that one of the world’s major repositories of climate data is located here in the Southeast in Asheville NC? Of course you did, if you read this blog regularly. The two other main ones are in Hamburg, Germany, and Obninsk, Russia, but there are several other smaller ones as well. Here’s a fascinating story about NCEI and the other world weather libraries from NewsWorks.org. You can read the article at https://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/the-pulse/105742-world-weather-libraries-offer-historic-clues-about-climate.
Charleston, SC, April 1861. This weather observer kept on observing even though the Civil War hostilities started just a few thousand yards away in the middle of the month. (Courtesy William Schmitz, Southeast Regional Climate Center)
