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Weather Reports During the U.S. Constitutional Convention
Peter Legaux: Meteorological Records, 1787
Peter Legaux owned a farm and vineyard at Spring Mill, thirteen miles northwest of Philadelphia. Legaux kept detailed meteorological records between 1786 to 1827. His observations were included in the ‘Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine’, from which Hutson included them in his Supplement.
Legaux's readings only give the mean temperature for each day, as well as the highest and lowest temperature readings for each month. It is also worth remembering that his information was recorded some distance from Philadelphia.
Weather Reports During the U.S. Constitutional Convention
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Peter Legaux owned a farm and vineyard at Spring Mill, thirteen miles northwest of Philadelphia. Legaux kept detailed meteorological records between 1786 to 1827. His observations were included in the ‘Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine’, from which Hutson included them in his Supplement.
Legaux's readings only give the mean temperature for each day, as well as the highest and lowest temperature readings for each month. It is also worth remembering that his information was recorded some distance from Philadelphia.
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14th May: 56.9°; Rainy
15th May: 63.2°; Overcast, fair
16th May: 61°; Fog, very fair
17th May: 66°; Fog, fair, thunder, rain
18th May: 67.2°; Overcast, rain, thunder, storm
19th May: 67.1°; Very fair
20th May: 67.2°; Very fair, rain, storm
21st May: 60°; Very fair
22nd May: 60°; Overcast, rainy, changeable
23rd May: 60.2°; Fair, rainy
24th May: 64.8°; Overcast, wet, cloudy, fair
25th May: 59°; Overcast, rain
26th May: 57.3°; Fair
27th May: 54.5°; Overcast, cloudy, cold
28th May: 54.7°; Fair
29th May: 59°; Fog, very fair
30th May: 58.8°; Overcast, rain
31st May: 69.7°; Thunder, rain
1st June: 69°; Overcast, cold, fair
2nd June: 53.3°; lowest temp. of June, 45°; Overcast, cold, fair
3rd June: 54.8°; Rain, after fair, cold
4th June: 57°; Fair, cold, windy
5th June: 63.2°; Fair, overcast, rain
6th June: 59.2°; Fog, overcast, wet, rain
7th June: 64°; Idem.
8th June: 63.2°; Fair, cloudy
9th June: 72.4°; Fair, warm
10th June: 72.4°; Fog, sun, fair
11th June: 76°; Fair
12th June: 71°; Fog, after fair
13th June: 73.5°; Fog, fair
14th June: 77°; Fair
15th June: 81.3°; highest temp. of June, 93°; Fair
16th June: 76.7°; Overcast, fair
17th June: 68°; Rain, clouds, fair
18th June: 77°; Rain fog, clouds and storm
19th June: 73.5°; Fair
20th June: 76°; Fog, fair and clouds
21st June: 2.4°; Fog, clouds, rain, storm
22nd June: 76.5°; Fair, warm
23rd June: 76°; Fair
24th June: 75°; Fair, small rain
25th June: 77.3°; Fair, windy
26th June: 72°; Idem.
27th June: 78°; Rain, then fair
28th June: 70.8°; Very fair
29th June: 70.7°; Overcast, fair
30th June: 73.5°; Idem.
1st July: 73.7°; Overcast
2nd July: 79.2°; Fog, cloudy, warm
3rd July: 85.8°; highest temp. of July, 96°; Very fair
4th July: 77.4°; Idem.
5th July: 74.8°; Fair, clouds
6th July: 76°; Very fair
7th July: 74.5°; Idem.
8th July: 79.2°; Idem, warm
9th July: 81°; Idem.
10th July: 76°; Idem.
11th July: 75°; Overcast, then fair
12th July: 77°; Cloudy, fair
13th July: 71.1°; Very fair, aur. bor.
14th July: 61.5°; lowest temp. of July, 45.7°; Idem.
15th July: 64°; Fair, overcast, rain
16th July: 74.2°; Overcast, thunder, rain, fair
17th July: 66.8°; Very fair
18th July: 63.3°; Idem.
19th July: 66.8°; Overcast
20th July: 68.5°; Clouds, rainy
21st July: 73°; Fair
22nd July: 72°; Overcast, fair
23rd July: 75.4°; Fair
24th July: 77°; Overcast, wet, fair
25th July: 74.6°; Overcast, thunder, rain
26th July: 64°; Rainy
27th July: 71°; Cloudy
28th July: 70.2°, Overcast
29th July: 67.8°, Idem.
30th July: 67.2°; Idem.
31st July: 66.5°, Idem.
1st August: 65.7°, Rain
2nd August: 74.7°, Fair, cloudy
3rd August: 77°, highest temperature of August, 95°, Very fair and warm
4th August: 82.8°, Idem.
5th August: 79.8°, Idem.
6th August: 73.8°, Rain, then fair
7th August: 77°; Overcast, fair
8th August: 80°; Fog, fair, warm
9th August: 79°; Overcast, rain, thunder
10th August: 76.6°; Cloudy, rainy
11th August: 73.8°; Fair
12th August: 79.2°; Idem.
13th August: 78.4°; Idem.
14th August: 82°;. Idem.
15th August: 84.8°; Idem, windy, storm, thunder
16th August: 74.3°; Fair
17th August: 63°; Dew, overcast, rain
18th August: 74.8°; Cloudy, high wind, fair
19th August: 68°; lowest temperature of August, 50°; Fair
20th August: 67.8°; Rain
21st August: 79.2°; Fair, rain, thunder
22nd August: 74°; Fair
23rd August: 74.8°; Idem.
24th August: 75°; Idem.
25th August: 81.3°; Very fair and warm
26th August: 73.1°; Cloudy, windy
27th August: 60°; Overcast, rain
28th August: 65.6°; Idem.
29th August: 80.2°; Very fair, thunder, and rain
30th August: 72.8°; Overcast
31st August: 64.3°; Fair, cloudy
1st September: 64.7°; Overcast, rain
2nd September: 68°; Overcast, windy
3rd September: 65.3°; Fair
4th September: 64.9°; Fair, then clouds
5th September: 73.5°; Fog, fair, clouds, overcast
6th September: 72.2°; Very fair
7th September: 61°; Cloudy, then fair
8th September: 64°; Overcast
9th September: 72.5°; Very fair, and warm
10th September: 74.2°; Overcast, windy, fair
11th September: 80.9°; highest temperature of September, 93.9°; Very fair
12th September: 80.1°; Idem.
13th September: 77°; Overcast, rain
14th September: 75.3°; Thick, rain, thunder storm
15th September: 64.7°; Overcast, windy
16th September: 51.8°; Clouds, fair, but cold
17th September: 48.8°; lowest temperature of September, 36.5°; Fair, cold, overcast
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Supplement to the Records of the Federal Convention (James Hutson, 1987)