Air temperature changes in Wrocław (southwestern Poland) in 1773–1781 based on recently discovered early-instrumental meteorological measurements

Przybylak, Rajmund; Pospieszyńska, Aleksandra; Oliński, Piotr

doi:10.5194/cp-22-1383-2026

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-1383-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-1383-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

Research article

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27 Jul 2026

Research article |

| 27 Jul 2026

Air temperature changes in Wrocław (southwestern Poland) in 1773–1781 based on recently discovered early-instrumental meteorological measurements

Rajmund Przybylak, Aleksandra Pospieszyńska, and Piotr Oliński

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-1383-2026-supplement

Data sets

Berlin Climate Record - Inner City - 1766-1934 Christopher Kadow et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870862

Air temperature data in Wrocław (SW Poland) in 1773-1781 based on a newly discovered series of meteorological measurements Rajmund Przybylak et al. https://doi.org/10.18150/PYVVWU

Short summary

The article discusses (i) a recently discovered series of meteorological measurements (air temperature, precipitation, pressure, humidity, wind direction, and force) taken in Wrocław, South-Western Poland, from 1773–81, and (ii) an analysis of air temperature. This unique, quality-controlled series, verified against data from Silesia (Żagań and Jelenia Góra) and Warsaw, extends Wrocław's regular temperature records back to 1773, previously starting in 1791.