The National Weather Service was founded on February 9, 1870. The ability to observe and forecast the weather is an important practice in order to make the lives of citizens better. It helps plan your every day. It helps to warn against upcoming severe storms. Learn about the early history of the National Weather Service below. Historical Timeline: 1849, interest in tracking the weather began in earnest when the Smithsonian Institution supplied weather instruments to telegraph companies. These companies then shared their weather observations to the Smithsonian, who created weather maps. 1860, 500 stations around the United States are making and sharing their weather observations. However, this work is interrupted by the Civil War. 1869, the Telegraph service began collecting their own data to produce weather charts. This quickly led to weather forecasting. 1870, Congress passes a resolution that requires the Secretary of War to start taking meteorological observations at military sta...
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