Publication details
Weather patterns in eastern Slovakia 1717 to 1730, based on records from Breslau meteorological network
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Journal of Climatology |
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| Field | Atmosphere sciences, meteorology |
| Keywords | Breslau network; early instrumental masurements; visual daily weather records; temperature; pressure; weather extremes; eastern Slovakia |
| Description | The Breslau (Wrocław) physician, Johann Kanold established a network that included direct meteorological measurements and visual weather observations from several places in Europe. The results of the observations were published every quarter of a year for the 1717 to 1730 period. They included the first meteorological measurements from the Prešov station (1717 to 1720), made by the physician, Johann Adam Reimann for the recently defined eastern Slovakia (former Upper Hungary), as well as visual weather observations provided up to 1730 in a similar fashion in Kežmarok by George Buchholtz. The quality of the instrumental measurements of pressure and temperature is discussed. Observations from both places have been used to derive weighted temperature and precipitation indices. Three outstanding weather periods have been analysed in detail: a drought spring-autumn in 1718, disastrous floods in 1725 and a severe and snowy winter in 1725/1726. The article is a contribution to the historical climatology of Slovakia and central Europe. |