The United States Weather Bureau is a testament to many people. This image set is of some of the people, instrumentation, and weather data from the 1700s through the 1800s that eventually lead to the development of the Signal Service and the Weather Bureau. A timeline of the Weather Bureau from 1753-1891 is also available. The Weather Bureau eventually became the National Weather Service in 1970. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) were both established at the same time by Richard M. Nixon by a Presidential decree.
- Joseph HenryJoseph Henry, First Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
- Matthew Fontaine MauryMatthew Fontaine Maury
- General Myer's Weather InventionsMyer's Weather Inventions
- Old Barometer and PsychrometerBarometer and Psychrometer Image
- United States Signal ServiceUnited States Signal Service
- United States Weather BureauThe United States Weather Bureau
- War Department Weather MapWar Department Weather Map
- War Department Weather ReportEarly War Department Weather Report from Tennessee
- Waterspouts and WhirlwindsWater-spouts and Whirlwinds by Benjamin Franklin
- Weather Bureau Signal FlagsWeather Bureau Signal Flags
- William Cox RedfieldWilliam Cox Redfield, First Secretary of Commerce.
- Graphic Index
- Text Index
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