Articles | Volume 17, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2361-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2361-2021
Research article
 | Highlight paper
 | 
15 Nov 2021
Research article | Highlight paper |  | 15 Nov 2021

Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)

Duncan Pappert, Yuri Brugnara, Sylvie Jourdain, Aleksandra Pospieszyńska, Rajmund Przybylak, Christian Rohr, and Stefan Brönnimann

Related authors

Long vs. short: understanding the dynamics of persistent summer hot spells in Europe
Duncan Pappert, Alexandre Tuel, Dim Coumou, Mathieu Vrac, and Olivia Martius
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 769–788, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-769-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-769-2025, 2025
Short summary
Statistical reconstruction of daily temperature and sea level pressure in Europe for the severe winter 1788/89
Duncan Pappert, Mariano Barriendos, Yuri Brugnara, Noemi Imfeld, Sylvie Jourdain, Rajmund Przybylak, Christian Rohr, and Stefan Brönnimann
Clim. Past, 18, 2545–2565, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2545-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2545-2022, 2022
Short summary

Cited articles

Adams, J.: Diary of John Quincy Adams, The Adams Papers, Vol. 1, November 1779–March 1786, edited by: Taylor, R. J. and Friedlaender, M., Harvard, University Press, Cambridge MA, 228–242, 1981. a
Aspaas, P. P. and Hansen, T. L.: The Role of the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792) in the History of Auroral Research, Acta Borealia, 29, 157–176, https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2012.732283, 2012. a
Auer, I., Böhm, R, Jurkovic, A., Lipa, W., Orlik, A., Potzmann, R., Schoner, W., Ungersböck, M., Matulla, C., Briffa, K., Jones, P. D., Efthymiadis, D., Brunetti, M., Nanni, T., Maugeri, M., Mercalli, L., Mestre, O., Moisselin, J.-M., Begert, M., Müller-Westermeier, G., Kveton, V., Bochnicek, O., Statsny, P., Lapin, M., Szalai, S., Szentimrey, T., Cegnar, T., Dolinar, M., Gajic-Capka, M., Zaninovic, K., Majstorovic, Z., and Nieplova, E.: HISTALP – Historical instrumental climatological surface time series of the Greater Alpine Region, Int. J. Climatol., 27, 17–46, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1377, 2007. a
Bellani, A.: Trattativi per determinare l'aumento di volume che acquista l'acqua prima e dopo la congelazione, Giornale di Fisica, 2, 429–439, 1808. a
Brázdil, R., Demarée, G. R., Deutsch, M., Garnier, E., Kiss, A., Luterbacher, J., Macdonald, N., Rohr, C., Dobrovolný, P., Kolář, P., and Chromá, K.: European floods during the winter 1783/1784: scenarios of an extreme event during the “Little Ice Age”, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 100, 163–189, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-009-0170-5, 2010. a, b, c
Download
Short summary
This paper presents temperature and pressure measurements from the 37 stations of the late 18th century network of the Societas Meteorologica Palatina, in addition to providing an inventory of the available observations, most of which have been digitised. The quality of the recovered series is relatively good, as demonstrated by two case studies. Early instrumental data such as these will help to explore past climate and weather extremes in Europe in greater detail.
Share